Ml. J. li. MalK-cIi on K.coUc Muscariilic. 387 



Orij;iii:illy (lcscril)cd from Java and recorded at the same 

 time from Australia. 



Lispa sericipalpis, Stein. 



I liavc before ine one male of this speeies. An entirely 

 black speeies, o[)a(|ue, the body covered with yellowish or 

 brownish pollinosity, which is sericeous on lace and j)alpi. 

 The alKlomen has a pair of hirj^e contiguous curved brown 

 spots on tergites 2 to 4, which are slightly shining. The 

 legs are slender, without conspicuous armature, the mid and 

 hind tibie having their one median bristle very short, and 

 the femora of tlic same legs with some long setulose hairs 

 on i)asal half ventral ly. 



Originally described from Java. The specimen before me 

 i.s from Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon, 11. vii. 1892 {J. IV. Yerbunj). 



Lispa ineegualiSj sp. u. 



Male. — A pale grey-pruinescent species, the basal two 

 antcnnal segments, palpi, tibise, and tarsi tawny, the tibite a 

 little darkened a|)ically. Thorax without distinct vittae, 

 and with three pairs of postsutural dorso-centrals, the 

 anterior two pairs weak. Abdomen with a pair of idongate 

 fuseous-brown spots on second aiul another on third ter^^ite, 

 fourth with two series of long bristles, one near base and 

 the other near apex ; basal portion of hypopygium, sides of 

 fourth tei'gilc, and a narrow transverse stripe on anterior 

 and posterior margins of second and third tergites fuscous. 

 Tore tibia with a long median posterior bristle ; mid-tibia 

 with a posterior median bristle; hind femur with one or two 

 fine bristles on basal Imlf of postero-ventral surface and one 

 beyond middle on ant«ro-ventral surface ; hind tibia with 

 some fine hairs ventrally, which are notieeai)le only on apieal 

 half, one long fine antero-ventral bristle beyond miildlt-, and 

 the apical dorsal bristles long and line ; hind tarsus with the 

 basal segment very conspicm)Usly dilated, shorter tliau 

 second, and extending along tlie base of latter on its posterior 

 side ; tarsal claws \ery long, the pairs on fore and mid legs 

 very uneipial in length. First j)Osterior cell narrowed 

 slightly at apex. 



Ijcngth o mm. 



Type, Patani Cape, Siam, 7. vi. I'JOl (//. C. liohinsun and 

 A'. Annandiilf) . 



Very similar to metatarsuta. Stein, but that 8i)eeies has 

 the first posterior cell not narrowed apieally,the tarsal claws 

 short, and the antenna' shorter, as well as the hind tibia 

 Milh mure conspicuous soft hairs. 



