376 Mr. F. Smith's descriptions 



H. pagana of Europe is its having a large yellow patch 

 beneath the wings. 



7. Hylotoma pagana, VdiUz. 



Female. — Length 4 lines. Head and thorax blue- 

 black ; the abdomen yellow ; wings fuscous, their apical 

 portion palest. 



Hab. — Hakodadi. 



I consider this identical with the European species. 



8. Hylotoma trinotata. 



Female. — Length 4 lines. Head black ; thorax and 

 abdomen yellow. Head shining and with a thin, short, 

 cinereous pubescence on the face ; antennjB black. Thorax : 

 a large ovate black spot on the mesothorax in front and 

 an oblong one on each side between the tegulce ; wings 

 slightly fuscous, darkest towards their base, the nervures 

 black ; the posterior coxaj, trochanters and tibise yellow. 

 Abdomen very shining bright yellow. 



Hab. — HioffO. 



9. Hylotoma captiva. 



Female. — Length 5 lines. Purple, with the thorax 

 ferruginous above. Head shining and having a little short, 

 fine, pale pubescence on the face. The prothorax entirely 

 ferruginous ; the mesothorax is ferruginous above and half- 

 way down the sides beneath the wings ; the scutellum fer- 

 ruginous, with a purple spot behind; the wings fuscous, 

 the posterior pair and apical portion of the anterior wings 

 palest. The abdomen very glossy and having tints of blue 

 and purple. 



Hab. — Hiosro. 



Genus Selandria, Leach. 



1. Selandria nigriceps. 



Female. — Length 3 lines. Luteous ; the head black, 

 wings fuscous. The apex of the tibiae, and the tarsi, 

 black ; the region of the scutellum dusky ; the nervures 

 of the wings and the stigma black, the wings palest towards 

 their apical margin?. 



Hab. — Hioffo, 



