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



somewhat more sinning- basally than apically ; a narrow 

 sliinin^ leaden band at the base of the third tergite. Hi/po- 

 pi/gium: side-pieces simple, about twice as long as their 

 greatest breadth. Outer claspers with small but deep pre- 

 apical notch. Middle third of ninth tergite prominent, 

 with median emargination. Parameres rather broad, some- 

 what pointed, dorsal lobe represented only by a small back- 

 wardly projecting tooth. Penis, if straight, would be almost 

 as long as the side-piece, but is bent downwards and back- 

 wards about the middle. Legs black. Claws with basal 

 tooth ; empodia about half as long' as the claws. Whys 

 black, bright yellow at the base; anal and axillary cells 

 lighter ; a white median fascia of almost even width 

 extending from Ri almost to the hind margin. Sci ending 

 immediately before base of Eg; Scj scarcely beyond 

 base of R2+3 \ venation otherwise almost the same as in 

 E. assamensis. Halteres black. 



Length of body 12 mm.; wing 12x3*8 mm. 



W. China : Golden Buddha Mt., N. of Changking, Sze- 

 Chuen Province, 5000 ft., 15. viii. 190/ [W. A. Maw), 1 S- 



Evidently closely allied to E. tiepalensis, but certainly 

 distinct. The hypopygium of E. nepalensis differs from that of 

 E. sinensis as follows : — the ninth tergite is not prominent in 

 its middle third ; the preapical notch on the outer clasper 

 is less maiked; the side-piece is somewhat shorter and 

 stouter ; and the penis is shorter and more pointed. 



13. Eriocera chrysomela, sp. n. 

 (PI. X. fig. 7; text-fig. 2a.) 

 Head velvet-black, with a pale grey central longitudinal 

 line, and with black hair. Frontal tubercle divided into 

 three parts, the upper portion rounded, only very slightly 

 prominent, the lower portion produced into two conspicuous 

 tubercles. Antennae black; first scapal joint about three 

 times as long as broad; first flagellar joint half as long 

 again as the second, which is half as long again as the 

 third ; terminal portion about as long as the first joint, 

 without definite jointing in the male, but with six rather 

 indistinct joints in the female. Palpi black, moderately 

 long; fourth joint almost as long as the second and third 

 together ; first not quite as long as the fourth ; second some- 

 what thicker than the others. Thorax uniform velvet- 

 black or very dark brown ; pubescence sparse and not very 

 long. Abdomen velvet-black ; basal halves of tergitcs 2-5 

 sinning blackish ; beyond the shining area is a rather 

 narrow transverse leadeu-grey band on each of the segments 



