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above, half of it below the eyes, the palpi, the edge of the pronotum, 

 the scutellum, a line on the middle of the median segment, half on 

 the areola, half on the posterior median area, a curved, narrow line 

 on the under side of the propleurae, the tubercles, a large mark shortly 

 below the middle of the mesopleurte, obliquely truncated in front, 

 rounded behind, an irregular mark on the apex of the metapleurffi — 

 rounded above, straight below and at the base and apex — touching the 

 keel, the apex of the petiole, widest in the centre, behind the stigma, 

 a line on the sides of the apex of the second segment, obliquely 

 narrowed on the inner side, a smaller square mark on the apex of the 

 third and the middle of the seventh segment, lemon-yellow. Legs 

 black ; the apices of the four front cox^e, the four front trochanters, 

 and a large mark on the hinder coxre above, lemon-yellow; the fore 

 tibiffi almost entirely, the middle on the basal half, the hinder to 

 beyond the middle, and the greater part of the tarsi, yellowish. On 

 the hinder femora in the middle above is a short lemon -yellow line. 

 Wings hyaline, with a slight fuscous tinge ; the stigma and nervures 

 testaceous. 5 . Length, 12-13 mm. 



Hab. Darjeeling. 



The middle of the antennte has a broad white band, the apex 

 brownish. Face closely and distinctly punctured, and sparsely covered 

 with short pale pubescence ; the clypeus is more sparsely and strongly 

 punctured. Mesonotum closely and uniformly punctured, as is also 

 the scutellum, which is covered with pale pubescence. The base of 

 the median segment is closely rugosely punctured ; the posterior median 

 area closely transversely striated ; the lateral basal arete are coarsely 

 transversely striated at the apex ; the lateral apical areae bear some 

 stout, irregular transverse keels. Pleurae closely and irregularly 

 punctured ; the meta- below closely and distinctly striated. 



The three known species of Haliphera may be separated as 

 follows : — 



1 (2). The centre of the metanotum not marked with 



yellow, its sides largely yellow ; the second 

 and thu'd abdominal segments broadly banded 

 with yellow ...... fuscitarsis. 



2 (1). The centre of the metanotum marked with 



yellow, its sides immaculate ; the second and 



third abdominal segments marked with yellow 



on the sides only. 

 8 (4). The mark on the centre of the metanotum large, 



the centre of the hinder femora yellow . maculipes. 



4 (3). The mark on the centre of the metanotum small, 



the hinder femora entirely black . . . flavomaculata. 



OXYUEA. 



Epyris albopilosus, sp. nov. 



Black ; a rufous band behind the mandibular teeth, the four 



posterior trochanters testaceous, the wings fuscous hyaline, with a 



violaceous tinge, the stigma and nervures black. 3- . Length nearly 



10 mm. 



Hah. Darjeeling. 



