74 STHATIOMYID.E. 



Table of Species. 



1. Body seneous or metallic "2. 



Body never metallic; yellowish, with darker 



markings ; anterior cross-veins at tip of 



praefurca 3. 



1 } . Anterior cross-vein at tip of prajfurca; body 



reneous blue, green, or black ; femora orange ; [p. 75. 



wings exceptionally long hmyipenmo, Vv ied., 



Anterior cross-vein much before tip of prae- 



furca; body shining violet ($); femora 



black ; wings of normal length ci/anens, Brun., p. 75. 



3. Wings wholly dark brown aitrobnuineus, sp. n., 



Wings never wholly dark brown, either [p. 76. 



yellowish on basal "and blackish on apical 

 half or practically uniform yellowish grey . . 4. 



4. Wings yellowish on about basal half, blackish 



on remainder 5. 



Wings uniformly yellowish or yellowish grey 

 (or practically so*) " ". 7. 



5. Genitalia black; tarsi always more or less 



dark; wings yellow only up to just beyond 



discal cell 6. 



(lenitalia fulvous ; tarsi orange to tips; wings 



yellow nearly up to halfway between discal 



cell and wing-tip mtfpii, 1'run., p. 77. 



0. First four abdominal segments orange, with or 



without darker transverse spots or bands, 



these segments generally similarly marked ; [p. 78. 



rest of abdomen black aitrifer, Walk., 



First four abdominal segments orange, 4th with 



a large round black spot, conspicuously dif- 

 ferent from the other segments apiculis. Lw., p. 77. 



7. Front metatarsus nearly as long as tibia; whole 



front tarsus proportionately much longer than 



in ceylonicus, and brown from tip of 1st joint 



to tip of tarsus ; hind tarsus all white, except 



extreme base of metatarsus; 1st abdominal 



segment with blackish band ; posterior cross- [p. 79. 



vein practically absent; long. 10-1 '2 mm. . . imstrah's, Sch., 

 Front metatarsus much shorter than tibia ; 



whole front tarsus proportionately much 



.shorter than in austral itt, and only last 



three joints brown ; hind metatarsus all 



black ; 2nd joint and part of 3r<l yellowish 



white or white, rest dark brown or black ; 



1st abdominal segment without cross-band, 



but sometimes a little darker in middle; 



posterior cross-vein distinctly present ; long. 



14-18 mm cingulatus, Lw., 



[var. ceylonicus, nov., p. 80. 



