TROCHILIUM. SPHECODOPTERA. 



189 



top of head ; mid and bind femora but slightly hairy. Fore wing 

 with veins 7 and 8 stalked. Hind wing with veins 3 and 4 from 

 end of cell, the discocellulars very oblique. 



345. Trochilium ommatiaeforme, Moore, MS. 



c? . Palpi yellow ; antennae, thorax, and abdomen red-brown, 

 with a few yellow scales : legs yellow. Wings hyaline, the veins 

 and margins very narrowly brown. 



Hab. Baluchistan. Exp. 38 millim. 



346. Trochilium ignicolle, n. sp. 



Antenna? rufous ; palpi yellow ; vertex of head rufous ; collar 

 fiery orange ; thorax brown ; abdomen brown, the second segment 

 fringed with red, the terminal segments fiery orange. Wings 

 hyaline, with narrow brown margins ; costa of fore wing brown ; 

 the costal, median, and internal nervures slightlv streaked with red. 



Hab. Simla (Harford). Exp., <j 36, $ 46 millim. Type in B. M. 



Genus SPHECODOPTERA, nov. 



Type, S. repanda, Walk. 



Range. N. India. 



The third joint of palpus longer than in Trochilium • the tibiae, 

 especially those of hind legs, much more thickly clothed with hair. 

 Hind wing with veins 3 and 4 stalked ; discocellulars more erect. 

 Antennas almost simple, with a slight bristle to each segment. 



347. Sphecodoptera repanda, Wlk. Cat. viii, p. 11 ; C. fy S. no. 189. 



<S . Antennae orange, black towards tips ; legs fulvous, tibiae 

 with some black hairs ; palpi, collar, and tegulae with some yellow 

 scales ; thorax and abdomen black, the former with a yellow stripe 

 on vertex, the latter with fulvous' segmental bands, the last two 



Fig. 118. — Sphecodoptera repanda, $. \. 



segments fulvous. Wings hyaline, with the veins and margins 

 narrowly fulvous ; slight black streaks in the interspaces of fore 

 wing towards apex, and the costa and discocellulars streaked with 

 orange. 



Hab. Simla. Exp. 50 millim. 



