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The Indian Museum localities are as follows : Kurseong, Dar- 

 jiling district, 15. viii. 09 (Paiva), 8-9. ix. 09 (Annandale) ; Naiui 

 Tal, v. & vi. 1903 ; Bhim Tal, 4500 feet, 19-22. ix. 06 ; Dharam- 

 pur, Bengal, and Simla, 5000 feet, 6-8. v. 07 (both Annandale) ;. 

 Shillong (La Touclie) ; Soondrijal and Xagarkot, Nepal.* 



Type in the Hope Collection at the Oxford University Museum. 



There seems hardly any doubt that E. vehitina, Walk., is an 

 absolute synonym of this species, the description applying exactly, 

 except that Walker speaks of a broivn transverse mark on the 

 already brown wings, which seems obviously an error for dear or 

 opalescent. As a matter of fact I had already identified the 

 Indian Museum specimens and others as vehitina before I received 

 the Vienna specimens, where the same species was given as 

 nepalensis. Westwood's description is of course far too short for 

 anything like accurate identification, but takes priority of Walker's. 



Walker notes that the male is longer than the female. This is 

 further corroboration of identity as the reverse is usually the case- 

 in TlPULID^E. 



395. Eriocera flavipes, sp. nov. 



c? . Head dark grey, with stiff black hairs on frons, vertex and 

 back of head ; frons nearly one-third the width of the head, its. 

 sides parallel. Proboscis and palpi dark grey, nearly black, 

 considerably pubescent. The 1st scapal joint of antennae dark 

 brown, 2nd small, yellowish brown ; fiagellum yellow, last joint 

 black. Thorax : dorsum soft dark grey, covered rather thickly 

 with soft, moderately long, dark brown hairs ; three median 

 narrow black stripes from the anterior margin, converging but not 

 uniting at the suture ; an additional short stripe outside each 

 outer stripe, beginning at its middle and ending at the suture. 

 Thorax behind the suture, scutellum, metauotum and sides of 

 thorax blackish grey, all with soft dark brown hairs except the 

 metanotum. Abdomen dull black, with soft brown hairs; base of 

 each segment with a dull leaden band, not noticeable at first 

 sight, except that of the 5th segment which fills the whole doraum 

 and is of a bright shining lead -colour, with a narrow median 

 black stripe that widens somewhat on the posterior border. Belly 

 all dull black, underside of 1st segment dark brown. Genitalia. 

 dark brown, pubescent ; a pair of two-jointed claspers (the 2nd 

 joint forming a black horny hook) and a small upper piece are all 

 the parts that are visible. Legs : coxa? black ; femora and tibia> 

 and the first three tarsal joints yellow, except the tips of each, 

 which, with the last two joints of the tarsi, are black. All the 

 legs distinctly and rather closely pubescent. Wings dark brown, 

 costal part a little yellowish, and the area posterior to the 5th 

 longitudinal vein a little less dark ; an elongate oval clear streak 

 across the middle of the wing from the 1st longitudinal vein to 



* Assuming the identity of E. vehttina, Walk., with E. nepalensis, Westw., 

 it figures in the British Museum from Nepal, Assam, Sikkim, Khasi Hills,. 

 Kangra Talley, Darjiling, Simla, and Chin Fu San in West China. 



