Genus Neomacleaya. 239 



violet reflections and a median fore line with a single row of 

 creamy-yellow narrow-curved scales on each side ; palpi black 

 scaled, slightly clavate ; proboscis black ; antennae brown, base 

 of the second segment pale, the basal and second segment with 

 some flat black scales. Black chaetae projecting inwards in front 

 over the eyes. 



Thorax deep blackish-brown clothed with an irregular mass of 

 small narrow-curved rich golden-brown scales, appearing duller in 

 some lights ; dense black chaetae over the roots of the wings ; 

 scutellum with rather paler narrow-curved scales than the 

 mesonotum and deep brown border-bristles ; metanotum brown ; 

 pleurae brown. 



Abdomen with the basal segment clothed with blackish scales 

 and with golden-brown hairs ; second segment with a basal white 

 band ; third and fourth segments with a white band near the 

 base but separated from it by deep coloured scales, fifth with 

 the band broken in the middle, the last segments with lateral 

 white spots partly median, partly basal ; border-bristles pale 

 golden ; venter with many creamy scales. 



Legs deep brown ; femora creamy white at base and beneath ; 

 fore and mid ungues equal, uniserrate. 



Wings with the fork-cells very short, the first sub-marginal 

 narrower and but very little shorter than the second posterior, its 

 base nearly level with that of the latter, its stem as long as the 

 .cell ; stem of the second posterior also as long as the cell ; 

 posterior cross-vein sloping backwards, rather more than its own 

 length distant from the mid. 



Halteres brown with grey scales on the outer sides of the 

 knob. 



Length, — 5 mm. 



Habitat. — India (Dr. Christophers). 



Observations. — This insect at first sight resembles Skusea 

 funerea. It cannot be mistaken, however, if placed under the 

 two-third power. The head and scutellar squamose characters 

 and the marked abdominal ornamentation at once will render its 

 identification an easy matter. 



