ASCHISTOPHLEPS. OLIGOPHLEBIA. 



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and first tarsal joint with orange hairs mixed with a few silvery 

 scales ; the distal tarsal joints black. Wings yellow hyaline, the 



Fig. 129. Aschistophleps lampropoda, <$ . f. 

 veins, margins, and a broad discocellular streak to fore wing 



black ; cilia black ; inner margin of hind wing orange. 



Hob. Margarita, Assam, May (Doherty). Kvp. 20 millim. 

 in coll. Elwes. 



Type 



382. Aschistophleps melissoides, n. sp. 



2 . Abdomen apiform. Palpi white ; head, thorax, and abdomen 

 black ; tibiae and first tarsal joint of mid and hind legs clothed 

 with black, grey, and white hairs. "Wings hyaline, with the veins 

 and margins black; fore wing with a black band occupying the 

 middle third of the wing, and sending three spurs outwards along 

 costa, vein 5, and inner margin. 



An excellent mimic of the smaller Indian bee, Apis indica. 



Hob. Eastern Pegu, 1000 feet, April (Doherty). Exp. 20 millim. 

 Type in coll. Elwes. 



Genus OLIGOPHLEBIA. 



Oligophlebia, Hmpsn. III. Het. ix, ined. 



Type, 0. nigralba, Hmpsn. 



Range. Ceylon. 



AntennaD minutely ciliated. Palpi upturned. Fore tibia with 

 a terminal tuft of hair ; mid legs with a small median and large 

 terminal tuft to the tibia, the first two joints of the tarsus tufted ; 

 hind tibia with a very large terminal tuft. Fore wing with veins 

 5 and 7 absent. Hind wing with the discocellulars erect ; veins 

 3 and 4 stalked. 



Fig. 130. Oligophlebia nigralba, tf. f. 



383. Oligophlebia nigralba, Hmpsn. III. Het. ix, ined., pi. 157, %. 21. 

 tf . Head and thorax black ; frons, genae, palpi below, and pectus 



