118 ]\Iiss G. Hicarclo on ilie Genus Hrematopota 



appendix; the apical band sinj^le; all the posterior cells and 

 aj)ical cell with a triangular ^hite spot at their openings, 

 Avith the exception of the fourth posterior cell. 



Length 9 mm. 



PI. V. fig. 14, not type (female). 



Hamatopota unizonata, (^ ? , sp. n. 



Type (male), Hakgala, Ceylon, 9.5. 91 (Yerhwi/), 9.2. 192. 



Type (female), Hakgala, Ceylon, 24. v. 91 [Yerbury), 

 92. 192; three females, from Niuwara Eliva, 16. v. 91, 

 12. V. 91, 5. V. 91 {Yerburij), 92.192; five' females from 

 Pandaluoya, Ceylon {Green), 90, 115 and 95. 91, and one 

 female, April 1898, 1903. 150; one female from Galagedara, 

 Ceylon, June 1897 (Green), 1903. 150. 



There is a note by Col. Yerbury on this species, viz. : " Very 

 common at Niuwara Eliya, May 1891.^' 



A reddish-brown species, witli rings on the middle tibire 

 only ; the other tibiae white at the base ; the antennae long, 

 cylindrical. 



Face grey; a yellowish stripe covered with brown dots 

 and spots reaches from the antennae to the eyes on each side ; 

 palpi yellow, with white pubescence ; beard white. Frontal 

 callus dark brown, sliining, concave on the anterior, convex 

 on the ])osterior border ; the .spot between the antennae 

 black, oblong; the paired spots black, oblong, just reaching 

 the eyes, with grey borders. Forehead brownish yellow, 

 darker on the vertex, grey at the sides. Antennae long and 

 slender, reddish yellow, the third joint darker; the first joint 

 not quite so long as the third, the second small, both with 

 black pubescence. Thorax reddish brown, the shoulders, 

 two stripes which reach the suture and end in two spots, the 

 base of thorax, and a spot on each side grey; traces of a 

 short white pubescence on the dorsum ; breast brown with 

 brown pubescence, then grey with white pubescence ; seutel- 

 luni reddish brown. Abdomen a redder brown, segments 

 bordered Avith narrow whitish bands ; pubescence black, 

 white on the borders of the segments and at the sides ; traces 

 of grey spots on the apical segments ; the underside brown, 

 Avith Aviiitc borders to the segments, grey at the sides. Legs 

 dark brown, the middle tibiie redder, Avith tAvo Avhite rings, 

 and the base of the tarsi yellowish, as are also the [)Ostcrior 

 tarsi ; the middle femora are reddish, Avith Avhitc pubescence. 

 Wings brownish, with brown veins and an appendix ; the 

 light markings distinct, Avith three rosettes, the apical band 

 single. 



Jjcn-ith 8 mm. 



