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Thorax. — Black (dorsum^denuded), with thick, bright ferrugi- 

 nous hair in front, at the sides, and below. Lower part of thorax 

 bare, with ferruginous marks. Scutellum dull red ferruginous, 

 base brown with a row of long black spines on posterior border. 

 Traces of golden yellow pubescence on (at least posterior part of) 

 scutellum. 



Abdomen. — Elliptical oval. Black, the sides more or less 

 broadly brick-red ; this coloration is very variable in quantity, 

 as in one specimen it only moderately narrowly" borders the abdo- 

 men, and in another one it extends so far inwards as to reduce 

 the black part almost to a dorsal row of spots. Bunches of ferru- 

 ginous hair at each side of ist and 2nd segments, and a small tuft 

 of stiff black hairs at the sides of each segment. The dorsum is 

 thinly covered with short tawny yellow and black hairs. Last 

 segment reddish, black at the middle of the base. Belly brownish 

 brick-red with sparse yellow hair. 



Legs. — Tawny brown : hind femora and tibiae with short 

 black spines. 



Wings. — Dark brown, tip, and posterior border nearly to the 

 base, clear, the clear part extending into the discal cell. Traces of 

 a small, round, clear spot in upper corner of 2nd basal cell. 



Described from three 9 9 in good condition in the Indian 

 Museum from Calcutta. 



E. retrorsa, mihi, sp. nov. 

 (Plate xii, fig. 19, wing.) 



2 . Persia (Bushire). Long. 15 mm. 



Head. — Frons moderately broad, yellowish gre}^ with yellow 

 hair. Antennae black, 2nd joint short, first two joints cylindrical, 

 cup-shaped at tips, 3rd longer than 2nd, but shorter than ist, 

 onion-shaped, with short, distinct style. Posterior orbit of eyes 

 very narrowly f ringed with gre}^ hairs. 



Thorax. — Dark grey, covered with greyish yellow hair, which is 

 thickest in front and at the sides ; a few long, strong black bristles 

 on sides of thorax and several on the posterior calli, directed hori- 

 zontally backwards. 



Abdomen. — Broadly ovate, blackish ; the posterior borders of 

 segments with rather thick yellowish grey hair, which is also 

 present to some extent on the surface of the segments. A bunch 

 of nearly white hairs on each side of first and second segments, 

 and this is extended less thickly down the sides of the abdomen. 

 Belly similar to dorsum. 



Legs. — Tawny brown, with short, black, stiff hairs, and a row 

 of small black bristles on under side of all the femora. 



Wings. — Pale grey, veins ferruginous brown, and showing 

 a rather abnormal form of venation. The veinlet joining the upper 

 branch of the third longitudinal vein is deflected backwards in- 

 stead of being more or less vertical, and does not meet the second 



