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Udhhut. — Los Isliinds, W(\sl Africa. 



[lololypo : V'. Tamara, Aujiusl if)i.'{ (.1. Scraiid). 



Paralo|)n(\|)n : V\ Soplomltor 1918. 



Type iii llii^ Paris Miisoiim. 



Tlie rolorenco ol' lliis spocies lo IIkj ji'omis Dicmnomi/ia is pi-ovisional. 

 Tlie species soems lo ho on llie direcl border belwoon Limnulùn and Dirm- 

 mini/ia and might bo reforred lo either of ihose groups willi alniosl erpjal 

 pi'opriety. 



Dicranomyia recurvans nov. s[). 



Anlenn;i' daik brown, llic second segment yollowlnli: goneral coloralion 

 dark l»ro\vni>li hlack ; legs pale, claws simple; uings hyaline wilh a lipa\y 

 dark bvovvn pallern ol liroken crossbands and doU; Se long. .SV^ al tlio 

 lip of S('ù >' Jjii" lemoved from ibe lip of Ri; anal vejns slrongly rocurNod 

 ad Iheir lips. 



Femalo. — Lenglb , 5 mm.; wing , 6,8 mm. 



Rostrum small, reddish brown; palpi dark brown. Anlenna^ witli llic 

 first segment black, the second segment yellowish; flagellum dark brown, 

 the segments witli a short basai pedicel ; basai Hagellar segments subglo- 

 bular, Ihense passing into oval and elongate oval, the last (fourteenth) 

 segment elongate-subulate. Verlex between the eyes rather broad , brilliantly 

 silvery Avhile. lîemainder of the liead reddish brown. indislinclly silvcry 

 pruinose along ihe inner margin of the eyes. 



Pronotum dark brown, the sides of tho scntelliim \oliowish, ibe ecn- 

 tum large and prominent. Mesonotnm brownigh black, Ihe prœscntum witli 

 ihree indistinct deep reddish brown stripes that are nearly conllnent, ihe 

 latéral stripes sparsely gray prninose, the médian stripe split by a broad 

 blackish line;8cntnm and |)0?tnotum indistinctly pruinose. Pleura blackisli. 

 Halleres black, ihe base of ihe stem conspicuously yellow. Legs wifh the 

 coxa> blackish; remainder of the legs very pale yellowish brown, the 

 npical tarsal segments darker brown; tarsal segments throe and four a 

 litlle enlarged : claws untoothed. W^iiigs hyaline with a very heavy dnrk 

 brown paltern that appears as about four broken crossbands, the fîrf ai» 

 a large blolch al the end of vein -vid I ; the second as a similar blotch 

 «t tho end of yein jst A aqd a similar area at the origin of Rs ; ihe thlrd, 

 largest, along the cord; the four th as a large blolch ni the ouler end of 

 cell liil M 2 and al ihe radial crossvein, the latter conlluenl wilh the tbii'd 

 band; besides thèse intorrupted bands the remainder of the cells are fdled 

 with small black dois and spnis that become confluent al the wing-base 

 and before the apex; veins dark brown; pale longitudinal oblileralive 

 slreaks in the cells /i, /?5, ^s' M-2. M and (ji. Venalioa : .S> very long, 

 cnding opposite ihe fork of tho long scclor, Sr-2 at the lip of .SVj ; /• very 



