LEPIDANTHRAX. 233 



ISO. Lepidanthrax compacta, sp. nov. 



S 5 . Mead of S with frons half as wide at vertex as at level 

 of antennae, where it forms rather more than one-fourth of the 

 head, (apparently) dark brownish grey, covered with yellowish- 

 grey scales, with which some fine black hairs are intermixed ; 

 face similarly clothed ; mouth-opening very large, with some 

 golden-grey hairs round anterior margin ; proboscis dark brown, 

 with long yellow bristles at tip ; antennae black, first two joints 

 very bristly ; occiput blackish, with small yellowish-grey scales. 

 In $ 5 frons rather broader at vertex, and forming nearly one-third 

 of head at level of antennas. Thorax blackish, with very short, 

 yellowish-grey, flat-lying scales on dorsum, and with brownish- 

 yellow or yellowish elongate scaly pubescence on anterior margin 

 and towards sides ; the usual fan-shaped bunches of similar 

 structure below shoulders and below hind corners of dorsum ; 

 some light yellowish pubescence on pleura? ; scutellum with 

 yellowish-grey scales and some black bristles on hind margin. 

 Abdomen blackish, covered with short yellowish-grey depressed 

 scales ; those at base of 3rd and towards sides at bases of 5th 

 and 6th segments are whitish ; on 7th segment they are longer 

 and almost silvery ; some sparse soft brown hairs on abdominal 

 dorsum and stiffer ones on hind margins of segments ; venter 

 blackish, covered with short yellow scales and hairs. Legs black, 

 tibiae brown : hind legs with rather broad, very thin, short, 

 yellowish-white ( J ) or yellow (§) overlapping scales covering 

 entire surface, except underside or tarsi, giving in the $ a 

 distinct yellow colour to the legs. Wings clear, costal and 

 subcostal cells and extreme base of wing yellowish brown ; 

 halteres pale yellow. 



Length, 5-7 mm. 



Described from a few specimens in the Indian Museum and 

 Pusa collections from Allahabad, 26. hi. 1906 (type d), 10. iv. 1906 

 (type $ ), 14. x. 1905 (Hoivlett). 



Type <S and $ sent to British Museum. 



181. Lepidanthrax transversa, sp. nov. 



? 2 • General characters as in L. compacta. Head : frons 

 gradually widening from vertex to level of antennae, where it is 

 rather narrower than in compacta : covered with small yellowish 

 depressed scales and erect black pubescence ; face covered with 

 dense elongate pale yellowish scales, no black bristles; 3rd 

 antennal joint short onion-shaped, black, with long black style ; 

 proboscis lying along mouth-opening, but apparently long enough 

 to project as far as in compacta if pointed forwards ; occiput 

 black, with small white scales around eye-margins and yellowish 

 scales in the middle. Thorax as in compacta. Abdomen with a 

 broad basal band of small depressed yellowish scales on each 

 segment except the 1st ; rest of dorsal surface with depressed 

 dull black scales ; posterior margins of 5th and 6th segments 



