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Mr. C. Q-. Lamb on Exotic Chloropidoe 



dull, the triangle very shining black, its base occupying 

 about ;-; of the vertex and ita tip extending to the antennee 

 and rounded. Side-view : antenna bright orange except 

 for the slightly infuscate tip o( the 3rd joint ; arista pubes- 

 cent, much paler than usual ; all the bristles on head strong ; 

 the palpi arc retracted, but are apparently black ; vibrissa 

 evident. 



Thorax (fig. 4) : dorsum all shining black, coarsely and 

 shallowly punctate, the hairs well developed, brownish ; 

 scutellum as above ; pleura all smooth, shining black. 



Fie:. 



Fig, i. 



Fijr. 5. 



Meroscinisfoveata, \ 22. 



Wings (fig. 5) with basal widening of 1st posterior cell 

 less than usual, cleaij with brown veins. Balteres witli black 

 head and yellow stalk. 



Legs stouter and hairier than usual ; all black, except for 

 the entirely pale yellow tarsi. 



Abdomen shining black, haired as the thorax. 



Length a little over 2 mm. 



Ceylon : Peradeniya (.1. Rutherford). 



Note. — This species must ho related to M, albiseta, Beck, 

 (III. p. 193), but is abundantly distinct. 



