86 ^Ir. F. W. Edwards oyi the Old-World 



velvet-hlack; middle segments of abdomen extremely broad, 

 quite twice as broad as the base and considerably broader 

 than in tlie ty|)e female of E. ctenophoroides ; legs stout, but 

 considerably less so than in the type, the femora and tibiie 

 being also distinctly longer. 



Cevlon: Pallamadulla^, 17. vi. 1892, 1 ? {Lt.-Col. Ycrbury). 



I referred to this specimen in desci'ibing E. ctenophoroides 

 in 1911. The difference from the type is not confined, 

 as I then thought, to the black thoraK, and the specimen 

 evidently represents a distinct variety it' not species. 



9. Eriocera albonotata, var. n. citrocastanea. 

 (PI. X. fig. 6; text-fig. 2f.) 



Differs from the typical form as follows : — Thorax and 

 dark parts of the abdomen dark chestnut-brown, not black ; 

 fifth abdominal segment of male longer and entirely dark ; 

 femora without black tips ; hypopygium rather light brown ; 

 side-pieces longer (quite 1*5 times as long as their breadth 

 at the base) ; penis longer (about 4 times instead of 2'5 

 times as long as its breadth at the base) ; preapical notch of 

 outer clasper much less distinct. 



Length of body, c? , 23 mm.; wing, c?, 17x4-8 mm. 



Length of body, ? , 25 mm.; wing, ? , 19x5 mm. 



Ceylon: Passara, 6.vi.l897 (Lt.-Col. Yerbury),\ S ] 

 Puudaluoya, v. 1889 (E. E. Green), 1 ? . 



10. Eriocera robinsoni, sp. n., ? . (PI. X. fig. 3.) 



Head dull blackish grey, with numerous black bristles ; 

 antennae and palpi dark brown. Frontal tubercle moderate, 

 simple. First scapal joint more than three times as long 

 as broad. Flagellum six-jointed, first two joints together 

 longer than the remaining four. Palpi rather short and 

 stout, first joint a little longer and more slender than the 

 remaining three, which are subequal. Thorax dull dark 

 brown, unmarked. ^Z'^omen velvety-black, rather damaged, 

 but apparently with shining bands at the bases of the ter- 

 gites. Eecjs uniformly blackish ; claws simple ; empodia 

 short and thick. Wiugs rather strongly infuscated ; a large 

 but inconspicuous pale area in the middle extending across 

 the inner marginal and basal cells, but not quite reaching 

 Ri or Cu. Sc ending just beyond base of Rg ; r about three 

 times its length from tip of Rj ; Rj more than three times 

 as long as R2+3 ; four posterior cells ; Cu^a near ape.x of 



