of the Family Tiibanldfc. 125 



lliematoputu cordujcni, $ , Bigot. 



Type from India. 



This species is easily distiiiguislicd by the colouring of the 

 {'(U'chcad, by the cylindrical antennie, and by the rings on 

 the middle and posterior tibiae. 



Face grey, no spots except faint traces of two below the 

 antennae. Palpi yellow with black pnbesccnce; beard white. 

 Frontal callus dark brown, shining, reaching the eyes, 

 broad, bordered in front by a shining ycOlow narrow band, 

 which is continued between the antennae instead of the 

 usual black spot. Forehead grey, with a large, brown-l)lack, 

 heart-shaped spot in place of the nsual paired spots; it joins 

 the posterior border of the frontal callus and almost reaches 

 the eyes at the sides, becoming narrower on its posterior 

 half it is continued to the vertex as a broad stripe. An- 

 tennae yellow, long, slender, but not so long as those of the 

 preceding species, the first joint being not much more than 

 half as long as the third, the second joint short, both with 

 black pubescence; the third with the extreme apex dusky. 

 Thorax brown, with grey shoulders and grey stripes, ending 

 in spots at "the suture ; grey spots at the base ; the sides are 

 also grey, as is the breast, which has white hairs. Scutellum 

 brown, grey in the centre. Abdomen dark brown, with 

 distinct white borders to the segments, but no sign of stripe 

 or spots ; the underside brown, with grey tomentum. Legs 

 yellowish brown; the fore tibia? and tarsi dark brown, the 

 fore tibiae white at base, the middle and posterior tibiae with 

 the typical rings, and the basal joint of the tarsi whitish. 

 Wings pale bronn, with brown veins and an appendix; the 

 apical band single, broad, and curved. 



Length 8 mm. 



PI. VI. fig. 21, type (female). 



HiPmatopota punctifera, $ , Bigot. 



From Java. 



The antennae are incomplete ; the first joint reJ, short, and 

 incrassate, the second one red, small. 



Face grey, with white hairs, no spots, but a dark brown 

 bund between the eyes and the antennae. Palpi reddish, 

 with black pubescence. Frontal callus black, shining, 

 reaching the eyes, narrow, curved on the posterior border 

 and produced to a j oint in the centre ; a black spot between 

 the antennae. Forehead (denuded) blackish, with grey 

 tomentum and some golden pubescence. Thorax (denuded) 



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