318 PBOCKICDINIIS OF rillC NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



HYPERALONIA SIMILIS, new species. 



lila(5k, tlic. iipc-x of tlio Kcntc.lliim hrowiiisli black. Ifiiirs of front, 

 an teimjie 5111(1 face black, lower ])art of front and whole of face sparsely 

 i'overed with (hiijresscd yellow scales, third Joint of antennae elongate- 

 conic;il on the> basal iialf, the reinainder nearly line>ar, style two-thirds 

 as lonj? a.t the tliird Joint; proboscis not i)roJeetinj;' beyond the oral 

 margin. Thorax oi)a(pie, the middle of the dorsum covered witii 

 de|)r<;ssed black scales which in some lij?hts have a i)early roileetion, 

 inti'rniixed with a. few bla<;k haiis, in front of the scutelliim, on the 

 posterior an y;les, sides, front end and pleura with golden-yellow hairs; 

 scutellum covered with black s(iales inix(^d with a few black hairs, 

 the niJMjiin iM'iiriufi^ black bristles and a few golden yellow iiairs. Abdo- 

 men on the sides Ix^aring a fringe of hairs which on tiie (irst segment 

 and anterior angles of the second is chielly golden yellow, on the third 

 partly white, the reinaiiuU^r black; dorsum of abdomen densely <'-overed 

 with depressed black scales, (ix<;ej)t a crossband of golden yellow ones 

 occupying the whole of the third segment and the ])ostei'ior half of the 

 second, on the latter broadly interrupted, on the third subinterrupted, 

 with bhuik scales in tin', middh^, the seventh segment beaiing an inter- 

 mitted ciossbaiid of depressed white scales. Wings dark brown, with 

 a purplish relh^ction, the ai)OX from the tip of the lirst vein to that of 

 the lifth, grayish hyaline. Iiairs and bristles of legs chielly black. 

 Length, !.'{ mm. Two si)e(^imens (No. Ol.'i). 



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SPOGOSTYLUM DISTIGMA Wiedemann. 



Aiilluax tlintif/ma VVmmu'.iMANN, Aus. Zvvoif. Iuh., 182S, I, ]>. .'{()l). 



Two specimens (No. (Jl!)). This species was originally described from 

 .lava, and has been reported Irom Nankauri, one of the Nicobar Islands; 

 from north ilengal, llindoosta-n ; HoriKio, Sumatra., Celebes, Philippine 

 Islands, anil several other islands of Malaysia. 



ANTHRAX LIMBATA, new species. 



lihu'-k, the hallcies yellow. Iiairs of front black, tin* scales sparse, 

 depr(!sse(l, paJ(i yellow, scales of the face and cheeks dense and white, 

 hairs of antennae mixed black and yellowish; third Joint ol antennat* 

 eoni<',al on its basal fourth, the remainder nearly linear; ])roboscis not 

 piojecting l)eyond tlui oral margin. Thorax covered with depressed 

 black scales, those in front of the scutellum yellow, hairs of the sides, 

 fi'ontend and pleura, also yellow; s(;utellum covered on thc^ ui)i)er side 

 with dei)ress(^d bhudi scales, the margin with yellow scales and black 

 bristles. Abdomen on the (irst. segnu'iit, base of the second and sides 

 of the- first four covered with rather long yellow hairs, sides of the 

 tiltii and sixth with black ones; dorsum covered with depressed black 



