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than the antenna, the first segment only slightly shorter 
than the second. Legs stout, the hind tibiae and tarsi 
slightly thickened; otherwise of normal shape. 
Wing (Fig. 2A) very large, nearly four times as long 
as wide, subhyaline except along the anterior margin and 
at the base, where it is suffused with yellow; veins pale 
chestnut-brown. Costa distinctly developed along the hind 
margin and reached by the diagonal vein. Alula very 
broad. Venation normal, the same in both wings. 
Fig. 2. Hirmoneura vitalisi J. Bequaert. A, wing; B, head seen 
in front; C, antenna. 
Length: 18 mm.; length of wing: 19 mm.; width of 
wing: 5 mm. 
Holotype male, Giaray, Cochinchina, February 24, 1921 
(R. Vitalis de Salvaza Collector. — M. C. Z., Cambridge, 
Mass.) . 
This species is quite closely allied to H. ochracea Licht- 
wardt, from which it differs as shown in the key. 
Subgenus Hirmoneuropsis J. Bequaert 
Hirmoneura (Hirmoneuropsis) basalis Lichtwardt 
Hirmoneura basalis Lichtwardt, 1910, Deutsch. Ent. 
Zeitschr., p. 595, fig. 3 ( $ ; erroneously described as from 
Ecuador; the type came from Northern India) ; 1913, Rec. 
Indian Mus., IX, p. 333 ( $ ; Burma: Dawna Hills, 2,000- 
3,000 ft.). Brunetti, 1920, Fauna Brit. India, Dipt. Brach., 
I, p. 149 ($). 
B 
