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which it very materiah}' differs from the definition given by 

 Macquart. 



Firstly, he says the front in the & (tlie only sex given) is 

 moderately wide, whereas in my s]3ecimen the eyes touch for a dis- 

 tinct space ; but possibly Macquart's specimen was a 2 ; secondly, 

 the hind femora in my species are very greath^ enlarged, in the 

 same proportion as in Syritta^ whereas Macquart's description is 

 onh^ " epaisses " ; moreover they are barely curved at all, much 

 less possessing the extraordinar}^ curvature shown in Macquart's 

 figure (Dip. Kx. Supp. iv, pt. r, pi. xiii, fig. o c). Again, though 

 that figure shows a small tooth at the base below, it is not so 

 conspicuous as in oricntalis. 



The genus was established for hicolor , Macq., from Nova Scotia, 

 and has not been previousl}' recorded from the East ; but, knowing 

 of no other in which to place the Oriental species, I leave it here, 

 where Bigot ])laced it. 



Apart from the question of the location of oricntalis in Poly- 

 donta, the genus requires renaming, being preoccupied in Mollusco 

 by Fischer in 1807. 



I might add that Bigot's label reads "Polydiiota," but T presume 

 he means Poly donta. 



The type-specimen only possessed one tarsus, which has, un- 

 fortunately, been broken off since my describing it, but I noticed 

 particularly, the slight thickening of the metatarsus below, men- 

 tioned by Macquart. 



HUMERUS, Mg. 



E. argyropus, Dol. 



{E. argentipes, Wlk.) 



There are three cf & and a $ from Assam in the Indian 

 Museum collection which T have identified with this species. 



E. nepalcnsis, mihi, sp. nov. 

 9 . Nepal (Chonebal). Long. 8 mm. 



Head vQvx shining black, face below antennas, black, antennoe 

 Ijright tawny red, the edge of the 3rd joint black. 



T hoy ax dark shining aenous black, with tawny grey pubes- 

 cence on dorsum , and gre^^ pubescence at the sides , scutellum 

 unicolorous, with soft, rather long yellowish grey hair, posterior 

 border with a flat edge which is serrated above. 



Abdomen shining black, with two oval, oblique pale spots on 2nd 

 segment, their ends touching the posterior border of the segments 

 near the side margin ; extreme posterior border of segments ver}" 

 narrowly tawny. On the 3rd segment are two smaller and nar- 

 rower spots similarly situated ; on the 4tli segment, two hardly 

 visible pale grey similar spots with white hair. vSides and tip of 

 abdomen with white hair. Belly black, pale in centre. 



