ERIOCERA. 537 



383. Eriocera ineleagris, Os. Sac. 



Eriocera meleayris, Osten Sacken, Berl. Ent. Zeits. xxxi. p. 221 

 (1887). 



" $ . Thorax orauge-recl, with black stripes ; wings subhyaliue, 

 with a cross-band formed by four opalescent spots ; two similar 

 spots near the basis. Length 7-8 mm. (without the ovipositor). 



' ; c? . Head reddish brown, more brown on the vertex ; antennae 

 and palpi brown. Thorax yellowish orange; the usual dorsal 

 stripes well defined, brownish black, with narrow orange lines 

 between them ; a black stripe on each side between the root 

 of the wings and the humerus. Halteres black. Abdomen 

 black, last segment orange; the colour of the abdomen is 

 somewhat obliterated, perhaps by mould or moisture ; I believe 

 there are plumbeous cross-bands at the base of the segments. 

 Legs (including coxae) brown. Wings subhyaline, with a slight 

 yellowish tinge ; four bluish opalescent spots form a cross-band in 

 the middle : the first about the middle of the inner marginal cell, 

 the second and third at the end of the two basal cells ; the fourth 

 in the 4th posterior cell ; two similar spots near the base of the 

 wings (one in the proximal end of the 1st basal cell, the second in 

 the proximal end of the spurious cell); four posterior cells. 



" Hob. Ceylon (between N. Ellia and Gampola, Dec. 13 and 14, 

 1859, A. Humbert). 



" Museum in Geneva. A single female. 



" The tip of the auxiliary vein is slightly anterior to the 

 .proximal end of the 2nd submarginal cell; the 1st submarginal 

 cell is a trifle shorter than the 1st posterior cell ; the great cross- 

 vein is a trifle before the discal cell." (Osten Sacken.) 



No specimen has appeared before me that 1 could refer to this 

 species. 



384. Eriocera pachyrrhina, Os. Sac. 



Eriocera pachyrrhina, Osten Sacken, Berl. Ent. Zeits. xxxi, p. 222 

 (1887). 



" 6 $ Yellowish orange ; hind borders of abdominal segments 

 black, or brownish ; wings subhyaline, with a slight bluish 

 opalescence. Length, d, about mm.; $, 7-8 mm. (without 

 ovipositor). 



" Yellowish orange ; antennae, except the scapus, brown. 

 Halteres with a brown knob; abdomen with rather narrow 

 black or brown hind borders of the segments; the segment 

 preceding the genitals is almost altogether black or brown. 

 Legs brownish yellow, ends of tibiae and the tarsi darker. Wings 

 subhyaline, with a slight yellowish tinge and a bluish opalescence ; 

 four posterior cells. 



"Hob. Ceylon (Kaduganawa, Oct. 8, Mr. A. Humbert); 

 <? and $ , found in copula. 



