EEIOCEKA. 539' 



tiidinal vein, tlie otlier above the fork of the 2nd vein ; one at the 

 tip of the marginal cell ; two small ones (possibly in some specimens 

 united) in the ist snbmarginal cell ; a larger one extending over 

 the 2ud snbmarginal cell and 1st posterior cell, all these latter 

 spots placed on the border. All the posterior cells are somewhat 

 clear, as is also the wing to some extent behind the oth longitudinal 

 vein. Halteres small, black. 



LenfjOi IG millim. 



Described from a single female in the Vienna INIuseum fron\ 

 Tandong, 4000 ft., Tenasserim, May (Fruhstorfer). 



387. Eriocera tenuis, sp. nov. 



J. Head blackish; the 1st scapal joint of the antennre dark 

 grey, the remainder black. Thorax dark mahogany-brown, with 

 three blackish dorsal stripes of the usual pattern, and with blackish 

 marks here and there. Pleurae slightly dusted with grey, and 

 traces of grey dust on the anterior margin of the thorax and else- 

 where- Scutellum and metanotum reddish brown. Abdomen:. 

 1st segment and base of 2nd light reddish brown; remainder of 

 2ud, tlie whole of the 3rd and 4th, and the greater part of the 5th 

 pale yellow ; remainder of abdomen blackish, the centre of the 

 6th segment dark brown ; the 5th segment widening towai'ds the 

 tip, the 6th considerably wider, the remaining segments diminishing 

 rapidly in width. Legs: coxa) blackish brown, dusted with grey ; 

 femora yellowish brown, rather broadly blackish at tip ; tibiae and 

 tarsi darker brown, the latter black towards the tips. Wings 

 coffee-brown : a very small white spot on the margin of the wing 

 extending from the tip of the lower branch of the 2nd longitudinal 

 vein to the 3rd vein. Four posterior cells. Halteres brownish 

 black. 



Length 31 millim. 



Described from a single type male from the Nilgiri Hills, South 

 India, 3500 ft., April 1910 {H. L. Andreives). 



Tgpe in the Indian Museum. 



388. Eriocera greenii, Brun. 



Eriocera (jreenii, Brunetti, Rec. Iiid, Mus. vi, p. ^*)10 (1911). 



5 . Head dark grey, with black hairs. Frons broad, but very 

 short, of uniform width, one-third the \\idth of the head, Pro- 

 boscis dark brown, with two peculiar large, pale yellow, flattened, 

 two-jointed labella at the tip. Palpi dark blackish brown. 

 Antennal scape blackish, with stiff black hairs, the tip of the 

 1st joint with a circlet of stronger ones ; 2nd joint short ; 

 flageilum brownish yellow, becoming brown at the tip, covered 

 with irregularly placed black hairs. Thorax : dorsum very dark 

 rich velvet-brown, with a few isolated short black hairs on the 

 anterior part ; two short blackish stripes towards the sides ; no^ 



