02. SIOBLA. 251 



Head and thorax dull black, coarsely punctured : clypeus and 

 antennae reddish; cenchri white. Abdomen black at base and tip 

 above, and more shining than the brad and thorax ; segments 3 6 

 abov pt the base of the third) and whole undersurface shining 



lute lish. Legsluteons; coxae and trochanters black, 



and four front femora black at base; hind coxae large; hind femora 

 black, except at base; hind tibiae black at the extremity. Wings 

 yellowish hyaline, with brownish nervures ; costa and stigma yellow; 

 dae black. 



In the male the markings are redder, the antennae are black at 



the base nearly to the the third joint, and only segments '■'<. 



-4. and part " red above. Segments 2-5 are reddish at the 



sides and beneath: beyond this t • are black beneath, and the 



it is whitish. 



Hab. Ai: 



«. b. ( r 2 ■ (Tyi ■ Ai. 



3. Siobla pacifica. 

 i Plate IX. fig. 17.) 



M •■'■ | Id i , - ifica, Smith, Trans, i Lon ?. 1874, p. 378. 



I . \\k al. 1 2 1 in.. . irp. 5 lin. 



Black, shining: antenna' reddish, the two b darker. 



hri yellow: second segmeni of abdomen luteous above, but divided 



.>■ middle; four fronl legs reddish yellow below the tips of the 



femora, hind femora wholly black; tibiae and tarsi reddish yellow 



at the base ; hinder half of tibia', and of the first joint of the tarsi, 

 and tip- tip- of the remaining joints. Mark. \\ ings dull yellowish 

 hyaline, with fuscous nervures; stigma yellow; a dark line along 

 the costa. 



Described from one female example. Smith describes tin- mal< 

 having the base of the antennae black, nearly to the extremity of the 

 third joint, and a yellow, slightly interrupted band on segments 

 •J and •"> of the abdomen. But no such specimen exists in the 

 British M useum colled 



Hab. Japan. 



a. £. (Type.) rth Japan. R. Fortune. 



4. Siobla flavipes. 

 d'late IX. fig. 22.) 



Macrophya flai <th, Tra N '. Lond. 1874, p. 381. 



Exp. al. 8 lin.. long. corp. 3^ lin. 



Iliad black between tb. mi,t reddish yellow, face paler 



yellow, back of head reddish. Thorax black, with a reddish patch 



