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of the longitudinal diameter of the eyes ; under-side of the head with a 

 row of bristles. Anteonse black, inserted on the median lice of tbe 

 eyes; first joint short, second a little longer, third joint three times as 

 lono" as the second ; arista slightly pubescent, thickened at its proximal 

 balf. Proboscis black; palpi pale rufous, cylindrical. Thorax black j 

 a white dust covers the shoulders, and is prolonged to a broad lateral 

 band ; a white median spot appears at the anterior margin ; the hind 

 margin of the thorax bears some long macrochsetse ; seutellum black, 

 laterally whitish, with long discal and marginal maeroehgetse. Abdo- 

 men black, elliptical ; the segments of nearly equal length j the front 

 half of the second and third segments white, forming thus two white 

 rino-s, which, however, are somewhat interrupted on the dorsal portion ; 

 first and second segments with a pair of marginal macrochsetse, the 

 second also with a pair of discal ones, third and anal segments with two 

 discal and a whole row of marginal macrochsetse; besides these macro- 

 chsetEe still lateral ones; all the macrochsetse are long and strong ; the 

 anal segment is truncated, the short conical ovipositor rufous, at least 

 towards the apex. Legs piceous-black, the front coxae and the hind side 

 of the front femora with wliitish dust ; the femora rather thick ; the legs 

 have long and scattered bristles ; tarsi thin ; foot-claws and pulvilli very 

 short. Tegulse bone-white. Wings slightly brownish, longer than the 

 abdomen, their tip blunt and rounded ; apical cell opened nearly at the 

 wings^ tip; curvation of the fourth vein rectangular without appendice; 

 small cross-vein before the middle of the discal cell ; apical cross-vein 

 concave ; posterior cross- vein distinctly curved ; first and third veins 

 bristly, the first nearly over its whole length, the third as far as the 

 small cross-vein ; the surface between the second and third veins shows 

 a series of oblique folds, which appear as cross-veins if the wing is seen 

 against the light. 



A single female, bred in the Indian Museum from Lasiocampid 

 caterpillars destructive to rice-plants in Sambalpur. 



5. Masicera castanea, n. sp. {$). 

 PL 1, fig. 3. 



Blackish ; head whitish ; palpi, seutellum and sides of the abdomen 

 rufous ; antennse and legs black. 



Length 10,5 millim. 



Head as broad as the thorax; front cinereous, on the vertex nar- 

 rower than the eyes; frontal band more obscure but not black ; frontal 

 bristles on each side in a curved row, descending to beneath the second 

 antennal joint; no orbital bristles. Eyes bare. Face whitish, perpendi- 

 cular ; facial ridges divergent downward and slightly bent inward near the 



