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lateral) black bristles ; bristles on the frosty area yellowish- 
brown, dark brown at the sides ; scutellum yellowish-brown, with 
three patches of black scales and long dark bristles; metanotum 
yellowish-brown, with a purplish sheen; pleurae pale testaceous 
with a few black hairs. 
Abdomen covered with brown scales with a few scattered 
creamy ones on the dorsum and sides, each segment with a 
moderately broad basal band of creamy scales; first segment 
very pale ochraceous, with a dark ochraceous blotch on each side 
from which spring long golden-brown hairs, a few purplish and 
creamy scales in the middle ; each segment is bordered posteriorly 
by short golden hairs; there is also a lateral patch of yellowish 
scales on each segment rather basally situated ; ventrally chiefly 
ochraceous. 
Legs deep ochraceous with scattered dark scales, femora with 
but few dark scales, tibiae with rather more, fore metatarsi 
pale at the apex, slightly so at the base, first tarsal apically 
and basally pale, second and third basally pale only, fore tarsi 
therefore with three pale bands, the first two involving both 
sides of the joints; there is also a trace of pale basal banding on 
the last joint; mid legs with metatarsi, first and second tarsi 
basally and apically banded and also the base of the third ; hind 
legs with the same banding, but not so distinct and with the 
tarsal joints much darker than in the other legs; ungues 
equal and simple, those of the hind legs very small ; front femora 
with comparatively long bristles. 
Wings with a slight yellowish-brown tinge, the veins clothed 
with rather long brown scales ; first sub-marginal cell slightly 
narrower and much longer than the second posterior cell, its stem 
very short, about half the length of the cell; third long vein 
with darker scales than the rest of the wing ; posterior- cross-vein 
short, about three times its own length distant from the mid 
cross-vein, which is about twice as long as the posterior one. 
Halteres with pale ochraceous to white stem and with dark 
knob with black scales. 
Length. —4*5 mm. 
Time of capture .—July (Quilon, Captain James). 
Habitat .—Selangor (A. L. Butler, October 23, 1899) ; Perak 
and Quilon. 
Observations .—Described from a single 9 specimen received 
in perfect condition, taken by Mr. Butler amongst plantains. 
It is a very beautiful and distinct species, of a general ochraceous 
