Mr. C. G. Lamb on Exotic Chloropidse. 



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Meroacinis planiacutellatd) sp. n. 



The second species is more normal in pnnctation and 

 general form, but has the scutellar disc flattened like in 

 Chloropiaca. 



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

 triangle shining, its base extenling nearly across vertex, 

 Bides straight, tip extending to antennae 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 black, 

 as is the hin 1 head. 



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



Fi«. 6. 



Pier. 7. 



Fig. 8. 



Meroscinis planiscutellata, x 22. 



standing in tiny punctures and showing brown against the 

 background ; scutellum subtrapezoidal, flattened on the disc 

 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 ending before 

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

 dull oran 



Legs all alike; coxa black, trochanter just visibly orange, 

 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). 



M' roscitiis valid! s.-ii ma y sp. n. 



This species is aberrant in respect to its powerful hairy 

 legs aud its abdomen, which has the peculiarity shared by 



