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middle, and anotlier more diffuse one on the apical part ; discal 

 transverse vein slightly bent inward, parted by about one-third of 

 its length from the border and by less than its length from the 

 praebrachial transverse vein. 



Male. — Abdomen blackish, compressed. 



Female. — Apical half of the abdomen ferruginous, depressed, 

 shining. 



Length of the body 5—^1^ lines; of the wings Sg — 6 lines. 

 Hindostan. 



Genus Bricinnia, N. 

 Corpus longiusculum, sat angustum. Peristoma magnum. 

 Antennarum articulus 3"* longus, gracilis, linearis ; arista 

 simplex, gracilis. Thorax longus, lateribus compressis. 

 Abdomen longum, subfusifornie, apice attenuatum. Pedes 

 validi. Alae sat angustee, venis rectis. 



Fcem. — Oviductus vaginse products, graciles. 



Body rather long and narrow. Epistoma rather prominent ; 

 mouth large ; third joint of the antennae long, slender, linear, 

 extending to the epistoma ; arista slender, simple, nearly twice 

 the length of the third joint. Thorax long, compressed on each 

 side. Abdomen long, subfusiform, attenuated towards the tip. 

 Legs stout, moderately long. Wings rather narrow ; veins 

 straight. 



Female, — Abdomen attenuated at the tip. Vagina of the 

 oviduct slender, produced. 



Bricinnia Jlexivit la. 



Fcem. — Nigr;i, capite apiul oculos albo, vitta antic4 albida, an- 



tennis ferrugineis basi fulvis, thorace vittis tribus albidis, 



pectore purpureo-cyaneo, abdomine cupreo, fenioribus pos- 



ticis basi flavis, tarsis fulvis, alis sub-cinereis, costa apiceque 



luridis, vitta discali angulata nigrd, vena discali transversa 



vix arcuata. 



Female. — Black: head white about the eyes and with a whitish 



facial stripe, which is dilated towards the epistoma; antennae 



ferruginous, tawny towards the base; thorax with three whitish 



stripes; pectus blue, varied with purple; abdomen cupreous; 



vagina; of the oviduct attenuated; hind femora yellow towards 



the base ; tarsi taw-ny ; wings greyish, lurid along the costa and at 



the tips, and with a blackish stripe which extends from the base 



to and along the discal transverse vein ; the latter is upright and 



hardly curved, and is parted by four times its length from the 



