ERIOCEKA. 537 



383. Eriocera meleagris, Os. Sac. 



Erioccra videu(jris, Osten Sacken, Berl. Ent. Zeits. xxxi, p. 2-2\ 

 (18S7). 



" $. Thorax orange-red, with black stripes; winp^s subliyahue, 

 with a cross-band formed by four opalescent spots ; two similar 

 spots near the basis. Length 7-8 mm. (without the ovipositor). 



'• S • Head reddish brown, more brown on the vertex ; antennae 

 and palpi brown. Thorax yellowish orange ; the usual dorsal 

 stripes well defined, brownish black, with narrow orange lines 

 between them ; a black stripe on each side between the root 

 of the wings and the humerus, Halteres black. Abdomen 

 black, last segment orange ; the colour of the abdomen is 

 somewhat obliterated, perhaps by mould or moisture ; J believe 

 there are plumbeous cross-bands at the base of the segments. 

 Legs (including cox;e) brown. Wings subhyaline, with a slight 

 yellowish tinge ; four bluish opalescent spots form a cross-band in 

 the middle ; the first about the middle of the inner marginal cell, 

 the second and third at the end of the two basal cells ; the fourth 

 in the 4th posterior cell ; two similar spots near the base of the 

 wings (one in the proximal end of the 1st basal cell, the second in 

 the proximal end of the spurious cell); four posterior cells. 



" llah. Ceylon (betw^een JST. Ellia and Gampola, Dec. 13 and 14, 

 1859, A . Humbert). 



" Museum in Geneva. A single female. 



" The tip of the auxiliary A'ein is slightly anterior to the 

 proximal end of the 2nd submarginal cell; the 1st sub marginal 

 ■cell is a trifle shorter than the 1st posterior cell ; the great cross- 

 vein is a trifle before the discal cell." (Osteti Saclxn.) 



No specimen has appeared before me that I could refer to this 

 species. 



384. Eriocera pachyrrhina, Os. Sac. 



Eriocera pacJti/rr/ii/Ki, Osten Sacken, Berl. Ent. Zeits. xxxi, p. 222 



(18H7). 



" c? 5 . Yellowish orange ; hind borders of abdominal segments 

 black, or brownish ; wings subhyaline, with a slight bluish 

 opalescence. Length, d , about G mm. ; $ , 7-8 mm. (without 

 ovipositor). 



" Yellowish orange ; antennae, except the scapus, brown. 

 Halteres with a brown knob ; abdomen with rather narrow 

 black or brown hind borders of the segments ; the segment 

 preceding the genitals is almost altogether black or brown. 

 Legs brownish yellow, ends of tibiie and the tarsi darker. Wings 

 subhyaline, with a slight yellowish tinge and a bluish opalescence ; 

 four posterior cells. 



" JIah. Ceylon (Kaduganawa, Oct. 8, Mr. A. Humbert) ; 

 c? and $ , found in cojnda. 



