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margined with black. Wings hyaline. Forewing with a violet gloss towards the margin. Veins black. The 
broad black costal margin extends to vein 9 and contains a fine yellow line above vein 11, encircling also 
the apex. Inner margin yellow at the base. The spot at the cross-vein extends to the inner margin. Hind- 
wing normal. d 16 mm. Burma. 
C. flavicaudata Mr. Violettish-black. Palpi below, the collar and the margin on the fifth abdominal fiavicau- 
segment narrowly yellow. Anal tuft orange. Legs with yellow rings. Wings hyaline. Margins and veins 
violettish-black. Cross-vein, costal and distal margins of forewing broader black. $ 17 mm. Ceylon. 
C. howqua Mr. Palpi black above, white below. Body bluish-black. Three narrow yellow lines on howqua. 
the abdomen at equal distances. Beneath with white lines. Legs black with white rings. Wings hyaline, 
veins and margins black. Cross-vein of forewing only narrowly black. 14 mm. Shanghai. It is also 
palaearctic. 
C. tenuiventris Le Gerf (94 d). Body black, abdomen very long and narrow, beneath with a white tenuiven- 
median line. Wings hyaline, relatively short. Veins and margins narrowly black. $ 21 mm. Java. 
C. caerulipes Hmps. Thorax black, palpi yellow. Abdomen greenish black; the second, fourth and caerulipes. 
fifth segments margined with white scales, yellowish beneath. Legs yellow and black. Hind tibiae and tarsi 
above metallic blue. Wings hyaline, veins and margins black. Margins of forewing broad black like the cross¬ 
vein. The bifurcation of veins 7 -f 8, however, is still hyaline in the otherwise broad margin. <$ 22 mm. 
Sikkim. 
C. javana Le Cerf (94 d). Palpi yellow with a black lateral line. Body bluish-black. Patagia mar- javana. 
gined with pale yellow. The 2nd, 4th and 6th abdominal segments margined with yellow, the 3 last seg¬ 
ments yellow beneath. Legs black and yellow. Wings hyaline with bluish-black veins and margins. Distal 
margin of forewing somewhat broader dark, costal margin beneath pale yellow. Hindwing normal. $ 18 mm. 
Java. 
C. tficincta Mr. (94 d). Brown. Collar and lateral streaks on the thorax yellow. Abdomen with tricincla. 
yellow rings at the beginning, in the middle, and at the end. Legs brown. Wings hyaline iridescent, with 
a narrow violettish-brown margin and similar streaks at the cross-vein. 22 mm. Sikkim. 
C. auripes Hmps. (94 d). Frons white. Antennae and body black with few yellow scales. Forelegs auripes. 
orange. Hind tibiae orange with a bluish-black band, tarsi blue and white. Wings hyaline, veins and margins 
narrowly black with a few yellow scales. Fringe brown. $ 26 mm. East Pegu, Tenasserim, Canton. 
C. clavicornis Wkr. Dark violet. Thorax in front yellow and with yellow lateral stripes. The 3rd clavicornis. 
abdominal segment yellow, the 4th and 5th margined with yellow behind. Middle and hind tibiae yellow 
and blue. Forewing bluish-violet, hindwing hyaline. Batjan. 
C. mushana Mats. Colour of body not mentioned. Palpi, 3 stripes on the thorax, some spots on mushana. 
the legs yellow. Wings hyaline. Forewing with a moon-spot at the cross-vein, with yellow scales outside. 
Hindwing with a triangular cross-vein and a yellow costal margin. Margin and veins bluish-black in both 
wings. 3 20 mm. Formosa. 
C. taikanensis Mats. Body black with a metallic blue reflection. Patagia yellow, legs partly yellow, taikanensis. 
Each abdominal segment beneath with a yellow margin. Wings hyaline. Cross-vein of forewing black. Margin 
hyaline (rubbed off?). $T'24 mm. Formosa. 
18. Genus: Sphecosesia Hmps. 
Proboscis normal, palpi erected to beyond the frons, in front at the base with long hairs. Antennae 
of $ finely tufted, considerably thickened behind the middle. Legs without a hair-pencil. Abdomen very 
wasp-like. Vein 2 of forewing present, 7 8 stalked. Veins 3 -f 4 of hindwing stalked. Type: pedunculata 
Hmps. 
S. pedunculata Hmps. (94 h). Thorax dark brown, palpi yellow. Abdomen dark reddish-brown with ped 
white segmental margins, beneath with dark margins. Legs white. Wings hyaline, veins and margins dark 
brown, d 28 mm. Sikkim. 
S. aterea Hmps. Frons silvery white, body black, tegulae with yellow margins. Abdomen with yellow aterea. 
lateral tufts at the base, the 4 th segment margined with yellow. Abdomen beneath on the 4th and 5th 
segments as well as the legs predominantly yellow'. Forewing hyaline, the veins and margins narrowly black, 
a black streak in the cell-end. Blackish-brown triangular streaks before the distal margin between the 
veins. Hindwing hyaline, with a narrow black margin. $ 22 mm. Philippines. 
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lata. 
19. Genus: Toleria Wkr. 
Proboscis very feeble, palpi short, thick, hairy, the third joint small. Antennae short, with a pencil 
at the apex. Tibiae ciliated, spurs long. Type: abiaeformis Wkr. 
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