268 SJOSTEDTS KILIMANDJARO-MERU EXPEDITION. 8: 7. 



centre of apical half; the metanotum much more closely punctured, especially towards 

 the apex, the centre more or less striated. Pleura? closely punctured, the puncturalion 

 becoming stronger and closer towards the apex; the pubescence is dense, almost hiding 

 the sculpture. Wings hyaline, the nervures black, the apex slightly infuscated; the 2nd 

 abscissa of radius a little longer than (he 1st, and not one quarter longer than the 3rd ; 

 the 1st recurrent nervure is received shortly before the middle of the cellule, tf. 



Length 22 mm. 



Kilhnandjaro : Kibonoto, cultivated zone, 1300 1900 in. 9th May. 



The hair on the head, and especially on the outer orbits, is longer and denser 

 than it is on the thorax. The eyes converge slightly below; the hinder ocelli are separ- 

 ated from each other by a distinctly less distance than they are from the eyes. 



II. Subgenus PsammopMla. 

 Aimnophila (Psammopkila) cyanoa, sp. nov. 



Blue, the 7 basal joints of the antenna?, the mandibles, tegulee, the 1st abdominal 

 segment except above, the 2nd and 3rd and the 4 front legs red; wings hyaline, the 

 stigma testaceous, the nervures black; the 1st abscissa of radius a little longer than the 

 2nd, half the length of the 3rd; the 1st recurrent nervure is received shortly before the 

 middle of the cellule. Head and thorax densely covered with white pubescence. Eyes 

 distinctly converging above; the hinder ocelli separated from each other by a slightly less 

 distance than they are from the eyes. 3rd and 4-th joints of the antenna? of the same 

 length. Pronotum distinctly furrowed in the middle. Mesonotum finely, sparsely punct- 

 ured. Scutellums almost shagreened. Metanotum closely distinctly transversely punctured; 

 the apical slope more widely than the base. Abdominal petiole as long as the hinder 

 femora. Hind tarsi closely spinose. tf. - - Length 17 mm. 



Meru low lands, Ngare na nyuki. October. 



The apex of the wings is narrowly clouded. The middle cox?e are for the greater 

 part blue; the base and apex of the hind femora narrowly rufous. Radial cellule sharp- 

 pointed at the apex. 



A distinct species readily known by the blue colour. 



Annnopliila (Psammophila) Tydei, KOHL. 



KOHL, Ann. K. K. Hof. Mus. XXI, 284; where the full synonymy and references are 

 to be found. Kilimandjaro : Kibonoto low lands and the lower cultivated region, 



1000 1300 m., August to November. Natron lakes, December. 16 examples of this 

 common and wide-ranging species. 



Sceliphrou spirifex, L. 



tfplte.r spirifex, LINN., Syst. Nat. 1, 942, 9. Peloporus spirifex, FAB., Syst. Piez. 

 202, 1. tiirliphron spirifex, KLUG, New. Schritt. Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berl. Ill, 564; 



