— G08 — 



with tlio ventral plounil .ijjpcndng'e sniall, sliorlor thai> llio pl(Miril(«, 

 penis-guard stout, inrlisliuclly Itilirl at the tip. 



Htihital. — Los Islands, West Africa. 

 Hololype : d", Tamara, Jiily 1910 (J. Serand ). 

 Paralopntype : c?. 

 Type in Ibe Paris M^isenni, 



Dicranomyia tamarae nov. sp. 



Anlenna^ dark brown , ibe second segment more ycllnwisb ; tborax yello- 

 wisb brown. tbe pnnscutum darker medially; legs dark brown, tbe lips 

 of Ibe femora narrowly yoliowisb; wings grayisb siibbyaiine witb indistinct 

 darker clouds; Sc-2 at the extrême tip of .Scj ; r at the tip of [([. 



Fcniiik. — Lengtb 7,6-8.:^ mm.: wing, 7,5-8,5 mm. 



Piostrum and palpi dark brown. Antenna^ daik brown, tbe second 

 scapal segment more yeilowisb, ihe distal flagellar segments elongate- 

 oval. Head dark grayisb brown; a distinct impressed brown longitudinal 

 line on the verlex; vertex between tlie eyes very narrow. 



Pronotnm dull brownish vellow, darker brown medially. Mesonolimi 

 yellowisb brown, the prajscutum broadly brown medially. Pleura didl 

 leddisb yellow, indistinctly marked wilh darker. Haltères pale, tbe liase 

 of tbe stem more yellowisb, Ibe knobs dark brown. Legs wilb tbe coxie 

 leddish yellow; Irochanters dull yellow; femora brown, paler at tbe base, 

 becoming darker toward tbe tip wbicji is abruptly ligbt yellow; tibiœ and 

 tarsi dark brown; claws with three teetb Ihat gradually inerease in sizo 

 outwardly. the last aboiil one-balf tbe lengtb of tbe apical point. ^^ ings 

 grayisb subbyaline, cells ^y' and >S'r more yellowisb: stignia oval . brown: 

 large, indistinct brownish gray clouds at the origin ot Hs, lipofNc, extond- 

 ing downover tbe end of tbesector, lipofthewing,alongtbecord andoutor 

 and of cell ist M2 and at the end of vein andA ; cell ist M2 is largely subhya- 

 line; veins brown. Venation : .SV long, cxlending alniost lo the end of lis, 

 .SV2 near the extrême tij) of Sc\ so tbat iSc2 is very much longer ihan S('\ 

 alone; Un long, sligbtly angulated or spurred at its oi'igin: basai dedection 

 of /?4+,-, short, only about ono-balf longer than r-in: r at the end of l'n; 

 cell ist Mo rathei' long, a small spur frora the outer dellection of l/.-j close 

 lo /// jutting into cell ist M-2; basai dellection of (lii\ at tbe fork oï M. 



Adominal tergites brown, the caudal margins broadly more reddisb 

 brown; sternites dull yellow. In the paralype. tbe abdominal tergites are 

 more uniformly reddisb brown. Ovipositor with tbe tergal valves very 

 slender, sternal valves very compressed, the lips acute. exlending almosl 

 lo the Gndrt of the lei'gal valves, 



