452 Mr. W. F. Kirby's descriptions of 



second more slightly ; the second, thu-d, and fourth frmged behind 

 with ferrnginovis hairs, and the thkd, fourth, and fifth fringed 

 before with yellow hairs ; the sixth fringed in front with golden 

 hairs ; the terminal segment bare, densely striate-punctate ; legs 

 clothed with bristly yeUow hair, shading into pale red towards the 

 tarsi ; wings hyahne, with brown nervures, a little smoky towards 

 the costa. 



Hah. Delagoa Bay. 



Allied to C. undulata, Smith. One of the largest of 

 the African species. 



Caminomeris regalis, Sauss. & Sich. 



Elis regalis, Sauss. & Sich., Cat. Scol., pp. 190, 298 

 (1864). 



There is a specimen labelled "East Indies" in the 

 Museum, from F. Smith's collection, which agrees with 

 the description of this species, but is not much more 

 than half the size of the typical specimens. 



Campsomeris ceylonica, n. s. 



Long, corp, 9 — 17 mm. ; exp. al. 22 — 26 mm. 



(J . Head and thorax black above ; face yellow below the black 

 antennse, with a blackish spot in the raised middle of the clypeus ; 

 head and thorax mostly clothed with fulvous hairs above ; the 

 pleura and more or less of the middle of the thorax above with 

 pale gi-eenish golden hairs ; legs red ; abdomen with a violet- 

 purple iridescence, the first four segments with a tawny band 

 behmd, these segments edged behind, and the remainder clothed 

 with fulvous hair. Wings yellowish, with yellow veins, the costa 

 and tip dusky. 



$ . Head black or ferruginous ; antennse and mandibles 

 ferruginous ; head and thorax clothed with fulvous hair, except 

 the metathorax, which is clothed with pale golden haii", espe- 

 cially on the sides ; legs red, coxse and femora often darker ; 

 abdomen black above and rufous below ; the base of the first 

 segment and the extremities of all the segments bordered with 

 fulvous hair, which is almost continuous on the hinder segments ; 

 on the first three segments this is preceded by a yellowish tawny 

 stripe, that on the second segment with a large projection in the 

 middle. Wings yellowish hyaline, more yellow in the cells on the 

 costa, and with a nearly square brown subapical patch. 



Hah. Ceylon ; a single specimen also from Bombay. 



