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the fifth in the middle with a narrow lon'c^itudinal stripe, which becoming 

 broader on both ends. Venter yellowish, with a pearl luster. Wings 

 hyaline, somewhat longer than the abdomen, with a pale fulvous shade. 

 Legs pale yellowish, tarsi pale fulvous, with pale yellowish and fuscous 

 hairs. 



^. Vertex with a shining broad, black stripe down to the aiU し' i 川 ae， 

 face lacking a black tubercle. Abdomen black, with an indigo luster, 

 somewhat broader than the thorax, the second, third and fourth segments 

 each with a broad yellowish band, the filth and sixth each at the hind 

 margin and a longitudinal bar in the middle, as well as a transverse spot 

 on each side at the base, black, above with short black hairs. Other 

 characters just like those of the rnaie. 



Length 一 ビ宇 5.5-6 mm. ； exp. lo-i i mm. 



Hab. — Hokkaido (Sapporo), Honshu (Takasago); not rare. 



Jap. name ― Jakasago-mme-mrataabii. 



Resembles somewhat to taeniatllS Meig. but much smaller in size. 



1. Melithreptus Hirayamae Mats. (n. sp.) 



Much resembles to takasagensis M.， but differs from the latter as 

 follows : 



^ . Proboscis yellowish, in the middle fuscous. Thorax black 

 aeneous, with 3 narrow, indistinct, black stripes. Scutellum with pale 

 fulvous hairs, on its hind margin without brownish hairs. Wings 

 distinctly shorter than the abdomen. Abdomen fuscous, the second to 

 fourth segments each with a broad yellowish ^band, the fifth with a 

 H-shaped black mark, of which the lower cross-band being broader, 

 shorter and on both ends somewhat enlarged ； with pale fulvous hairs, 

 the second, third and fourth each in the disk with very short black hairs. 

 Two apical joints of the hind tarsi brownish. 



Length ― ^ 6 mm. ； exp. 10 mm. 



Hab. 一 Honshü (Tokyo); a single ビ specimen collected Mr. S. 



Hirayama. 

 Jap. name —— Hirayama-hime-hirataabu. 



