122 Bliss G. Ricaido on tJie Genus Ha3rnatopota 



callus brown, shining, narrow, reaching the eyes; the ante- 

 rior border irregular, with yellow edges ; the posterior 

 border nearly straight ; the paired spots black, large, touching 

 the eyes ; the unpaired spot small, bordered with yellow ; 

 forehead, grey, yellower on the vertex, with short black 

 pubescence. Antenna very similar to those of H. rubida, 

 long, robust, yellowish red, darker at the tip, with black 

 pubescence ; the first joint shorter than the tliird, stout, in- 

 crassate, the second very small, the third broad, ending in an 

 obtuse point. Thorax brown, with a narrow, indistinct, grey 

 median stripe continued to the scutelhun ; tiie side stripes 

 grey, broa ler, ending' at the suture in trim^ular spots ; the 

 shoulders and posterior border of the thorax grey ; a short 

 grey stripe from each side of the base o£ the thorax running 

 up to the suture outside the usual side-stripes; the sides and 

 breast grey, the latter with white hairs; traces of silvery- 

 white pubescence on the dorsum, with some black pubes- 

 cence. Scutellum brown, grey on its anterior border. 

 Abdomen brown, with distinct greyish-white borders to the 

 segments ; the sides of the first four segments grey; from 

 the fourth segment large grey spots are apparent on each 

 side; a grey median stripe is here indistinct, but apparent 

 on the other specimens ; the pubescence brown, with some 

 white hairs, especially at the sides ; underside grey. Legs 

 yellowish, the fore tibiae white at base, dark brown on the 

 apical half; the fore tarsi brown, t!ie middle and posterior 

 pale at base ; tiie anterior and middle femora with whitish 

 pubescence, the hind ones with a heavy fringe of black hairs ; 

 the tibiae yellowish, with a brown ring in the middle and 

 brown at base, thus appearing as yellow rings on the tibiie ; 

 the hind tibiie with a heavy fringe of black hairs extending 

 two thirds of the length to the apex. 



Wings greyish, with yellow veins and stigma and a long 

 appendix ; the apical band single, divided, in half, the two 

 upper rosettes distinct ; in the corner of the wing is a round 

 circle, and above this a double concave circle eKtending into 

 the anal cell ; above the stigma is a small round circle ; the 

 basal half of the first posterior cell is wholly pale ; only the 

 upper part of the third rosette is distinct. 



Length 9 mm. 



in \}\c females from Burmah the wings are browner and 

 the white markings more numerous at tbc opening of 

 posterior cells. 



Hcematoputa brev'is, ? , sp. n. 



Type (fcnuile), Kautiialla, Ceylon, 19. x. 90 {Yerbury), 



