408 Mr. E. E. Austen on n&io 



tending beyond antenna on each side ; thorax RcaUbrown ; 

 scutellum smuke-yrey , hind border seal-broivn ; abdomen clove- 

 broivn or block, hind borders of segments cinereous ; legs 

 black or blackish brown, middle femora lighter, front tibice 

 with a cream-buff band close to base, two bands on middle and 

 hind tibia (often incomplete or indistinct in case of latter) and 

 base of first joint of middle and hind tarsi buff, front and hind 

 tibiae expanded, front and hind femora and liind tibice fringed 

 above and below with long black hair, middle femora and outer 

 side of hind femora and tibia also clothed with greyish-white 

 hair. 



Head: lateral frontal dark brown spots large, con- 

 spicuous, not in contact with eyes, median frontal spot small, 

 inconspicuous, vertex with a lar^e seal-brown spot on each 

 side of middle line ; a large clove-brown or black spot below 

 and in contact ivith inner angle of each eye, on a level with 

 antennse, and a third spot of same colour between antenna 

 below callus, with which it is in contact; frontal callus 

 widely separated from eyes, its upper margin convex ; lower 

 part of face and jowls clothed with yellortish-white hair; 

 palpi smoke-grey, clothed with yellowish-white hair, distal 

 half of last joint black, clothed with minute black hairs, last 

 joint but little expanded at base; first joint of antenna buff, 

 expanded towards tip, which is dark brown, second joint 

 clove-brown, third joint seal-brown or dark brown, extreme 

 base buff, basal portion elongate, slender, and tapering, last 

 annulus equal in length to two preceding annuli taken 

 together. Thorax : median dorsal stripe stopping short of 

 hind margin, admedian stripes expanding posteriorly, curving 

 outwards on hind margin and running forwards again as far 

 or nearly as far as transverse suture, with a backward process 

 on each side on to postalar callus ; pleurse and pectus smoke- 

 grey. Abdomen : cinereous hind border of second segment 

 expanded in middle line into a narrow forwardly-directed 

 triangle, hind borders of all segments expanded on sides, 

 sixth and seventh segments each with a pair of admedian 

 grey spots ; abdomen clothed above with short blackish hair, 

 except hind borders and sides of segments, which are clothed 

 Avith whitish hair ; venter cinereous, clothed w ith minute 

 appressed whitish hair, last three segments except hind 

 margins black and clothed with black hair. IVings : a very 

 conspicuous, quadrate, dark brow^n blotch extends downwards 

 from stigma ; as far as third longitudinal vein it is usually 

 unbroken, below this its continuation widens out and in- 

 cludes rosette round distal end of discal cell, the markings 

 composing which are slender and sharply defined ; another, 



