Mr. C. Gr. Lamb on Exotic Chloropidaa. 



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Mtroscinis planiscutellata, sp. n. 



The second species is more normal in punctation and 

 general form, but has the scutellar disc flattened like in 

 ( 'hloropisca. 



Head (top-front view, fig. 6) : — Black, eye-margins dull, 

 triangle shining, its base exten ling nearly across vertex, 

 sides si raight, tip extending to antennas and slightly rounded ; 

 antenna with brown basal joints, clear orange 3rd, and dark 

 pubescent arista. Side-view : all bristles prominent, in- 

 cluding the vibrissa; jowls narrowly linear, shining blade, 

 as is the hind head. 



Thorax (fig. 7) : dorsum all shining black, the hairs 



Fier. 6. 



Fig. 7. 





Meroscinis planiscutellata, X 22. 



standing in tiny punctures and showing brown against fho 

 background; scutellum subtrapezoidal, flattened on the 

 and covered there with coarse shallow shagreening : long 

 terminal bristles on small tubercles, a smaller one on each 

 side on a smaller tubercle, and a few bordering hairs. 



Wings (fig. 8) clear, with yellow veins, 4th end in; 

 tip, 1st, posterior cell but little widened at base. Halteres 

 dull orange. 



Legs all alike; coxa black, trochanter just visibly oral 

 femur black except the knee, tibia with broad infuscate belt 

 leaving base and tip orange, tarsi all orange. 



Abdomen shining black. 



Size 2 mm. 



Ceylon : Peradeniya (A. Rutherford). 



Meroscinis validissima, sp. n. 



This species is aberrant in respect to its powerful hairy 

 legs and its abdomen, which has the peculiarity shared by 



