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18. Eudmeta brunnea, Meij. 



Eudmeta brunnea, de Meij ere, Bijd. tot Dierk. xviii, p. 94, pi. viii, 

 fig. 10 (1904). 



S 2 • Send with irons at level of antennae, one-fourth of head, 

 a little narrower at vertex and a little wider at lowest part of face ; 

 yellowish brown ; antennae blackish brown. Thorax yellowish 

 brown, sides a little darker. Abdomen yellowish brown, 2nd 

 segment in middle with two blackish- brown longitudinal stripes 

 near side-margins ; 4th and 5th segments with hiud borders 

 blended together so that the whole surface is blackish brown, 

 except that in the 4th is a triangular middle spot of the ground- 

 colour ; anterior border of this segment narrowly yellow ; venter 

 yellowish brown, tip darker. Abdomen in 5 lighter in middle. 

 Legs : anterior tarsi darker at tip ; hind tibiae and tarsi black ; 

 rest of legs yellowish brown ; hind metatarsi in 5 as long as 

 tibiae, whereas they are shorter in the <3 . Wings rather dark, 

 more yellowish on anterior border ; tip and a band across the 

 middle blackish brown, more or less connected with a dark patch 

 in anal cell ; halteres brown. 



Length, 14 mm. 



Described mainly from a specimen in the Indian Museum from 

 Kohima, Assam, augmented by de Meijere's description of a 6 

 and 2 $ $ from Darjiling. 



The only discrepancy is the fact that the thoracic dorsum is 

 darker than the sides instead of vice versa • also the dorsum of 

 the abdomen is mainly blackish brown, except towards sides on 

 anterior half, where it is lighter brown. 



19. Eudmeta flavida, Brun. 



Eudmeta flavida, Brimetti, Rec. Ind. Mus. vii, p. 454 (1912). 



<$ . Head with eyes contiguous for two-thirds the distance from 

 the very small vertex to the frons ; upper facets rich red-brown, 

 much larger than the lower ones, which are nearly black ; ocellar 

 triangle small, black, slightly elevated, with a few hairs, lower mar- 

 gin of eyes white ; frons aud face smooth, bare, livid yellow. Mouth 

 and proboscis brown ; palpi small, black, oval at tip. Antennae 

 yellow, almost bare, except a few hairs at tips of the first two joints, 

 which are very short ; 3rd joint elongate, with a little greyish 

 shimmer towards the rather narrowed tip, ending in a distinct, 

 moderately long, black, cylindrical style, which is 3-jointed and 

 very closely black pubescent, the first two joints very short. 

 Occiput not projecting beyond hinder margin of eyes, much in- 

 vaginated in the middle ; yellowish, with very short hairs. 

 Thorax rather dull brownish yellow : sides, scutellum, and meta- 

 notum concolorous, except that the scutellum is rather reddish. 

 Whole dorsum, sides, and scutellum covered with soft, dense, pale 

 yellow hair. Abdomen rather shorter and more globose than 

 E. brunnea, Meij. ; ferruginous brown, blackish on the edges and 



