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side on the front margin of the mesonotnm, and another 

 above and behind the insertion of the wings. Legs dark 

 brown^coxse ochreous brown, femora some what ligliter towards 

 base. Wings uniformly fuscous- tinged, unspotted except 

 for the stigma and a faint brown cloud at the base of the 

 prsefurca. Mediastinal vein reaching costa considerably 

 beyond origin of praefurca, subcostal cross-vein near its tip. 

 Marginal cross-vein nearly three times as long as the up- 

 turned tip of the first longitudinal, with which it is nearly 

 in a line. Second posterior cell with a rectangular base ; 

 third longer than second, its upper margin rounded towards 

 the base. Great cross-vein at or just before the base of the 

 discal cell. Halteres with the knob brown, the stem ochreous. 

 Abdomen dark fuscous. 



Length of body 5 mm. (excluding rostrum) ; wing 6 mm, 

 Hab. Madulsima, 21. xii. 1907 ("^ $ ), 19. v. 1908 (type ? ) 

 (T. Bainbrigge Fletcher). 



4. Libnotes ptxciloptera, O.-S. Ann. ]\Ius. Civ. Genova, xvi. 

 p. 403. 



Pundaluoya {U. E. Gr^een). 



5. Teucholabis cyanea, sp. n. 



Cyanea, abdomine purpureo-cj-aneo ; pedibus luteis, femoribus apice 

 nigris incrassatis ; alis fasciis 4 fuscis. 



Head shining dark purple, almost metallic, slightly hairy 

 on vertex. Antennae with the scape ochreous, the flagellum 

 fuscous, clothed with a rather dense pubescence ; joints 

 ovate-cylindrical, about twice as long as broad. Thorax 

 shining blue-black, submetallic ; mesopleurge dull whitish. 

 Legs : coxae, trochanters, and basal 5 of femora ochreous, 

 apical fourth of femora brownish or purplish black, preceded 

 by a pale ochreous ring ; the apices of all the femora are 

 thickened, those of the hind legs to the greatest extent. 

 Tibiae and tarsi of the fore and mid legs greyish ochreous, 

 darker towards the tips. Hind tibiae with the basal two- 

 thirds ochreous, apical third blackish and somewhat thickened. 

 Hind tarsi blackish except for basal half of metatarsus, 

 which is ochreous. Wings hyaline, iridescent, with four 

 brown cross-bands, which are darker towards the costa : the 

 first of these is at the base of the basal cells, the second is 

 mainly before, but includes the origin of the praefurca ; the 

 first extends only halfway across the wing and is connected 

 with the second by a longitudinal brown patch occupying 



