. Fig. 45.—Korinckia rufa : head of 2 , front view, X 4 ; head of cj", side view, X 8. 4th abdominal segments paler, not darkened in the middle; 5th segment shining, reddish in the middle, with black, depressed, shaggy pubescence, especially on the hind margin. Length, 16-17 mm. This description is based on that of Monsieur Herve-Bazin, which was made from a single S and a single $ from Kodaikanal, South India, V. 193 3. The figures also are reproduced from Herve-Bazin's drawings. Types in his collection. This species possesses all the characters of Korinclda, and is allied to Edwards' th


. Fig. 45.—Korinckia rufa : head of 2 , front view, X 4 ; head of cj", side view, X 8. 4th abdominal segments paler, not darkened in the middle; 5th segment shining, reddish in the middle, with black, depressed, shaggy pubescence, especially on the hind margin. Length, 16-17 mm. This description is based on that of Monsieur Herve-Bazin, which was made from a single S and a single $ from Kodaikanal, South India, V. 193 3. The figures also are reproduced from Herve-Bazin's drawings. Types in his collection. This species possesses all the characters of Korinclda, and is allied to Edwards' three described species. It differs from Idossi in having the facial bump small and rounded ; from Moss'i and robinsoni in having the scutellum red, and from monticola in having the pubescence of the thorax and scutellum wholly reddish, and in other respects. Subfamily MILESIINiE. Antennae moderately long, generally pendent, never porrect; arista dorsal, bare (except in two or three genera, Serkomyia etc.). Trons prominent, bare or slightly pubescent: eyes gene- rally bare, contiguous or approximate in S, wide apart in $; face usually bare. Hind femora generally dentate, spinose or * I do not know whether the original descrij^tion refers to the tliird pair of legs only.


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