SG Mr. F. W. Edwards on the OlcLWorld 



velvet-black; middle segments of abdomen extremely broad, 

 quite twice as broad as tbe base and considerably broader 

 than in tbe type female of E. ctenophoroides ; legs stout, but 

 considerably less so than in the type, the femora and tibiye 

 being also distinctly longer. 



Ceylon: Pullamadulla, 17. vi. 1892, 1 ? {Lt.-Col. Yerbun/). 



I referred to this specimen in describing E. ctenophoroides 

 in 1911. The difference from the tvpe is not confined, 

 as T then thought, to the black tiiorax, and the specimen 

 evidently represents a distinct variety if not species. 



9. Eriucera albonotnta, var. n. citrncastanea. 

 (PI. X. fig. 6; text-fig. 2f.) 



Differs from the typical form as follows : — Thorax and 

 dark parts of the abdomen dark chestnut-brown, not, black ; 

 fifth abdominal segment of male longer and entirely dark ; 

 femora without black tips ; hypopygium rather liglit brown ; 

 side-pieces longer (quite 1'5 times as long as their breadth 

 at the base) ; penis longer (about 4 times instead of 2'5 

 times as long as its breadth at the base) ; preapical notch of 

 outer clasper much less distinct. 



Length of body, S > 23 mm.; wing, ^ , 17X4.-8 mm. 



Length of body, ? , 25 mm.; wing, ? , 19x5 mm. 



Ceylon: Fassara, fi.vi.l897 (Lt.-Col. Yerbury), \ S '■> 

 Pundaluoya, v. 1889 {E. E. Green), 1 ? . 



10. Eriucera roblmoni, sp. n., ? . (PI. X. tig. 3.) 



Head dull blackish grey, with numerous black bristles; 

 antennie and j)alpi dark brown. Frontal tubercle moderate, 

 simple. First scapal joint more than three times as long 

 as broad. Flagellum six-jointed, first two joints together 

 longer than the remaining four. Palpi rather short and 

 stout, first joint a little longer and more slender than the 

 remaining three, which are subequal. Thorax dull dark 

 brown, unnifirked. Abdomen weUeiy-hVdck, rather damaged, 

 but ap])arently with shining bands at the bases of the ter- 

 gites. Legs uniformly blackish; claws simple; empodia 

 sliort and thick. Wings rather strongly infuscated ; a large 

 but inconspicuous pale area in the middle extending across 

 the inner margitial and basal cells, but not quite reaching 

 Ri or Cu. Sc ending just beyond base of Ro ; ">' fibont three 

 times its length from tip of Ri ; Rj more than three times 

 as long as R2+3 ; f^^^^' posterior cells ; Cuia near apex of 



