84 . Mr. F. W. Edwards on the Old-World 



r-m nearly twice its leugtli from base of E.i_,.5 ; cell 3fi pre- 

 sent, a little longer than its petiole ; Cuia just beyond middle 

 of discal cell ; Cu2 short, curved ; distance Ax-An on -wing- 

 margin not mncb longer than An-Cuj, and distinctly shorter 

 than Cug-Cui. Halteres black. 



Length of body 21 mm.; wing 15 x4*2 mm, 

 Penang : no further data {H. N. Ridley), 1 ? . 



5. Eriocera shirakii, sp. n., c^. 



Head velvet-black, pubescence black, rather long ; frontal 

 tubercle moderate, simple. Antennae black, rather less than 

 twice as long as the thorax; first scapal joint small, very 

 little longer than broad; ilagellar joints regularly dimin- 

 ishing in length, the fourth rather more than half as long 

 as the first. Palpi black; first and second joints about 

 equal in length, third considerably shorter, fourth half as 

 long again as the second. Thorax velvet-black ; pubes- 

 cence black, long and dense; prsescutiim with four rather 

 narrow, slightly shining stripes. Abdomen with segments 

 1, 6, 7, and 8 entirely velvet-black, 2-5 and 9 entirely 

 orange. Hypopyyiuni : ninth tergite emarginate. Side- 

 pieces simple, somewhat narrowed towards the tips, nearly 

 three times as long as broad. Outer clasper with a few long 

 hairs towards the base, abru})tly narrowed a little before the 

 tip, which is bent inwards and hook-like. Inner clasper 

 moderate, separated from the outer almost to the base. 

 Parameres bilobed, dorsal lobe curved, pointed ; ventral lobe 

 larger than the dorsal, long-conical, the sharply pointed 

 apex projecting inwards. Dorsal plate entire. Penis as 

 long as the mesosome, straight, pointed, bare. Leys 

 black, somewhat shining, moderately stout. Claws with 

 strong basal tooth, twice as long as tlie empodium. Wings 

 uniformly blackish, anal and axillary cells somewhat lighter. 

 Sc ending opposite base of Rg '■> *' over twice its length from 

 tip of Ri ; Kg over twice as long as R2+3 ; r-m nearly tu ice its 

 length from base of R4+6; cell Mi absent; Cu^a just before 

 middle of discal cell; Cug curved, not much shorter than 

 Cu^a. Distance Ax-An on wing-margin just over twice 

 An-Cug. Halteres black. 



Length of body 13 mm. ; wing 12 X 3*8 mm. 

 Formosa : Koshuu, 25. iv.-25. v. 1918 {J. Sonan, K. Mi- 

 yake, and M. Yoshino), 1 ^ , preseuted to the British Museum 

 by Dr. T. Shiraki. 



It is possible that this may be the male of E. rubriceps, 

 Edw. 



