38 Mr. C. G. Laiul) on Exolic Cliloropiflas. 



stripes, wliicli are less covered with the tiny bristles clothing; 

 the rest of the dorsum — hence these pale stripes are 

 made more conspicuous ; beyond these down to the noto- 

 ])hural suture the dorsum is afjain reddish brown, thouf!;li 

 less intense ; callus with a black central spot surrounded 

 by yellow ; pleura orange, shining. Scutelhnn with its 

 middle third occupied by a bright yellow longitudinal stripe, 

 bounded by black, though the extreme hind angles are pale ; 

 teruiiual crossed bristles just at the end of the black 

 stripes; the surface is very faintly aiul sparsely striate. 



The venation is exceptional ; the cross-veins are much 

 ap|)roximated. being separated by a distance rathe r less than 

 1^ times the length of the hind cross-vein. Tliediscal cross- 

 vein is a little beyond the costal ending of the 1st ; wings 

 clear, with pale orange veins. Halteres white. 



Legs all yellow except for an infuscation on the front 

 til)ia and tarsus and on the last joints of the other tarsi, A 

 very striking and constant chai'acter is a darkened " brand'* 

 on the back of the hind tibia; this brand occupies about ^ 

 the length of the tibia. Similar structures can be just seeu 

 on the legs of other species, but are not coloured in them ; 

 they also occur in other Chloropid genera. 



The abdomen is the same colour as the thorax, the margins 

 narrowly paler, and has a well-marked interrupted darkened 

 middle line. 



The intensity of the reddish colour of the insect varies to 

 a fair extent. 



Length (exchading antennae) nearly 3 mm. 



A long series in Cam. Coll., Durban {F. M.). 



Note. — It is just possible that this species is the same as 

 Becker's P. contractus (11. p. 393) ; but it is unlikely that 

 so careful an observer sliould not mention the " brand " or 

 the relation of the cross-veins. 



Var. — There is a single specimen with a slightly paler 

 triangle and no visible dark brand. This is in the Bur. 

 Coll., Manganallur, Tangore. Although the localities are 

 so far apart, the insect is not specifically separable, 



Steleocekus, Beck. 



S. tepidojAis, Beck. Cam. Coll., from Chirinda Forest 

 (G, A. K. M.). 



