BY F. W. EDWARDS. 2G1 



structure alike in the two sexes; iflagellar segments oval, the 

 terminal one very small. Palpi rather long, black. Thorax, 

 abdomen and legs ochreous, the pleurae and the dorsum of the 

 abdomen rather darker. Male hypopygium as figured. Ovi- 

 positor normal. Wings with a very slight brownish tinge, 

 veins Hght brown, except the upper part of the cord, which is 

 dark brown ; stigma absent. Hair on veins and fringe moder- 

 ately long. Rs long, fully as long as R2 ; r — m far beyond the 

 middle of the wdng ; cell M, long, its base slightly outside that 

 of cell Ro ; Ax very long and sinuous. Halteres with whitish 

 stem and black knob. 



Length of body 4.5-5.5 mm. ; wing 6-5 mm. 



Mt. Murud, top— 1 cf (type), 2 9 ; 7000 feet, October— 1 cf, 

 1 9 ; headquarters — 1 9 • 



This is closely related to E. uigripalpis de Meij., differing 

 maonlv if not solelv in the structure of the male claspers. 



Erioptera murudensis sp. n. 



9 . Head dark brow^n in the middle, broadly pale ochreous 

 round the eyes, pubescence black. Antennae with the scape 

 dark brown ; first two flagellar segments large and ochreous, 

 the rest oval and dark brown. Thorax, abdomen and legs uni- 

 formly brownish ochreous. Wings light brownish, the cord 

 and Cw, rather conspicuously seamed with dark brown ; stigma 

 brownish, not very distinct. Han- on veins long, brownish. 

 Rs long, straight, almost as long as jR, J r — m well beyond the 

 middle of the wing ; cell M^ long, its base slightly outside that 

 of cell R2 ; Ax very long and conspicuously sinuous. Halteres 

 ochreous. 



Length of body 6.5 mm. ; wing 5.6 mm. 



Mt. Murud, headquarters, October — 19- 



The most striking character of this species is the continuation 

 of the dark seam of the cord along the whole of Gu„. 



Erioptera nigribasis Edw. MS.* 



Mt. Dulit, 3000 feet— 1 9 ; Mt. Penrissen, 3000 feet— 1 9 . 



* Kuala Lumpur Museum Collection. 



