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MICRECIA; LOPHOCNEMA; DIAPYRA. By M. Gaede. 
gra cilis. 
sikkima. 
metallica. 
zonionota. 
formosi- 
cola. 
regalis. 
bicincia. 
pernix. 
methyalina. 
eusphyra 
black (inthe type) or orange (f. jucunda Swh.). Tarsi with reddish-yellow and white rings. Forewing metallic 
bluish-black with a violet lustre. Hindwing hyaline. 34 mm. Rangoon. 
P. gracilis Bmps. Thorax orange; abdomen black, only the 1st and 3rd segments and the anal 
tuft orange, beneath with traces of orange bands. Eorewing orange with black scales. Hindwing hyaline, 
veins orange. Fringes of both wings black. Legs black and yellow. 34 mm. Rangoon. 
P. sikkima Mr. (94 i) differs from noblei in the antennae being black above. Thorax with a chrome- 
coloured lateral streak. Anterior tarsi white, middle and hind tarsi spotted white. $ 30 mm. Sikkim. 
P. metallica Hmp>s. differs from noblei in the entirely bluish-black thorax. Abdomen also bluish-black 
with fine yellow segmental margins. Thorax beneath. Tarsi black. 32 mm. Burma. 
P. zonionota Trnr. Thorax blackish, patagia dark grey. Abdomen blackish, the 5th segment margined 
with white, the following segments beneath the same. Legs blackish-brown. Forewing hyaline. The veins, 
the broad cross-vein and the marginal band dark brown with a violet gloss. Hindwing the same. <$ 24 mm. 
Queensland. 
P. formosicola Strd. (94 i). As veins 3 + 4 of the hindwing are stalked, the generic name of 
Paranthrenella Strd. may be used for this species. Similar to the well-known Syn. tipulijormis (Vol. II. p. 384, 
pi. 51 d). Body bluish-black. Thorax with yellow margins. Abdomen with a yellow spot above at the base 
and 6 yellow rings of variable widths, anal tuft almost entirely yellow. Legs with violet and yellow rings. 
Wings hyaline, a blue gloss on the forewing. Costal margin and cross-vein of forewing broad black with 
yellow scales. The band at the distal margin is as broad as the hyaline area there, also with yellow scales, 
the inner margin narrow black, bordered in front by a yellow line. The cross-vein on the hindwing and 
the veins behind it yellow like the inner margin, the other veins and margins narrow black. 20 mm. Formosa. 
The following species having been dealt with in the Palaearctic Part (Vol. II) belong also to the Indo- 
Australian fauna: 
regalis Btlr. (Vol. II, p. 380, pi. 51 b). From Canton. 
bicincta Wlcr. (Vol. II, p. 380, pi. 50 k). From Canton. 
pemix Leech (Vol. II, p. 409, pi. 51 k). From Canton. 
34. Genus: Ulicreela Hmps. 
Proboscis stunted. Palpi projecting beyond frons, the second joint at the end with a scale-tuft in 
front. Antennae of $ plain, the shaft slightly thickened, thinner towards the end, without a hair-pencil. 
Anterior tibiae with thorny hairs at the end. Middle tibiae with a tuft of thorny hairs at the beginning 
and end. Hind tibiae with hair-tufts on the middle and end spurs, tarsi with small tufts at the ends of the 
joints. Abdomen flattened with lateral hair-pencils near the end. Forewing without vein 3. Veins 4—6 
well separated, 7 + 8 stalked, 11 absent. Hindwing: 3 + 4 strongly stalked, 5 absent, 6 from the middle of 
the cross-vein. 
M. methyalina Hmps. Body black with a bluish-green gloss. Abdomen with a white line at the base 
on the second segment, the small anal tuft reddish-yellow. Abdomen beneath and the legs almost entirely 
white. Forewing black with a bluish-green gloss. Hindwing hyaline, the dark distal margin faded inwards. 
$ 14 mm. Key I. 
35. Genus: l^opliocnciiia Trnr. 
Proboscis absent in the + present in the + Palpi short. Hind tibiae of with a large dense scale- 
tuft on the backside at the end. Middle tibiae of <$ thickened by long hair. Forewing densely scaled except 
between the bases of veins 4—7. Vein 2 absent, 7 + 8 stalked. Hindwing: veins 3 + 4 stalked. 
L. eusphyra Trnr. Body black. Metathorax with orange spots. A whitish ochreous spot on the 2nd 
abdominal segment above, orange spots from the 4th segment to the end, anal tuft orange. Tibiae and 
tarsi dark brown and whitish ochreous. Forewing pale orange with black longitudinal streaks. A black 
spot and a tripartite hyaline area behind the cell. Hind wing hyaline, veins and margins black. 15—20 mm. 
Queensland. 
36. Genus: Diapyra Trnr. (Glossecia Hmps.) 
Proboscis well developed. Palpi not reaching to the frons, the 1st and 2nd joints moderately hairy in 
front. Antennae of $ with long cilia, without a hair-pencil at the end. Tibial spurs and at the ends of the 
tarsal joints with tufts of thorny hairs. Abdomen flat with small lateral pencils except near the base. Veins 
of forewing as in Micrecia , but vein 11 present. Vein 6 of hindwing above the middle of the cross-veins. 
