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black ; the fore femora (except base and tip), the apical half of 

 the middle femora, the middle tibiae wholly, and the hind femora 

 are yellow, but the latter bear a broad deep black band, occupying 

 about the middle half of their length. The wing has a large, very 

 distinct, blackish-brown stigma, whilst the cross-band on the wing 

 is much darker. The abdomen is differently coloured, closely 

 resembling that of calopa, except that the posterior half of the 

 4th and 5th segments is occupied by a whitish band, which is 

 invisible from certain points of view ; the basal half of the 5th, 

 and the whole of the 6th, segment is black. 



Prom calopa the broad band on the hind femora easily separates 

 it, this character being consistent in the ten specimens examined. 

 The wing-marks also distinguish it, owing to the prominent 

 stigma and the much more distinct apical part. 



Length, 8| mm. 



Described from ten c? c? in excellent condition taken by Dr. 

 Annandale, 16. iv. 1909, on Paresnath Hill, West Bengal, 2000 ft., 

 on rocks at the edge of a small jungle-stream, where it was 

 present in large numbers ; Bojiaghat, 12. vi. 1915. 



This is evidently a good species, the ten specimens agreeing 

 exactly in all particulars, whilst the three examples of my calopa 

 are also consistent ; limbata of Osteu-Sacken, however, according 

 to him, appears to be variable. The present species is best 

 described as possessing the abdomen of calopa with the wing of 

 limbata, with the addition of an all-black thorax and a large black 

 stigma. 



78. Atrichops metatarsalis, Brun. (PI. II, fig. 14.) 



Atherix metatarsalis, Brunetti, Rec. Tnd. Mus. ii, p. 422, pi. xii, 



figs. 5, 6 (1909). 



<S . Head : vertex small, prominent, with a few bristly hairs ; 

 eyes contiguous for a moderate distance, the facets of the lower 

 third much smaller; antennae pale yellow, with a few bristles and 

 nearly straight arista; face bluish grey, palpi black; lower side 

 -of face with some long black hairs ; occiput grey, encircled with a 

 row of irregular bristly hairs of different lengths. Thorax rich 

 shining brown, with a semi-livid tinge towards the sides in front ; 

 sides w r ith bluish grey reflections ; scutellum concolorous, with a 

 row of minute black bristles on posterior border ; dorsum of 

 thorax with scattered minute black bristles. Abdomen with 1st 

 segment pale yellowish, with a few black hairs and bristles ; 

 remainder shining black ; dorsum of 2nd with a slight pale 

 yellowish tinge ; whole abdomen with black bristly hairs ; venter 

 black, pale yellow at base ; genitalia black, hairy, apparently in 

 three pieces, moderately prominent. Legs pale brownish yellow, 

 posterior coxae shining brown, middle femora brownish except at 

 base and tip, hind femora with distal half dark brown, hind tibiae 

 dark brown ; hind metatarsi much thickened ; all the legs shortly 

 pubescent, the hairs being softer and longer below the femora 

 and shorter and more bristly on the tibiae (especially the hind pair) 



