— hk — 



on the praesculum, no pale libial band, a daik line on the mesonotal 

 poslnolum and on ihe mesopleura; wings paler with G/2 longer than 

 Ihe dellection of C«i, the abdomen uot so long and sieuder and without 

 Ihe blackened ninth tergite. 



Lecteria africana nigrilinea nov. siibsp. 



In gênerai structure and coloration resembling L. afr'mma Alexander 

 (Belgiau Congo), differing as follows : 



Praescutum reddish with a single ralher broad blackisb médian Une that 

 becomes indistinct at about midlength of the sclerite; Ihe long dark Une 

 on the pleura beneath the wing-root is dark brownish black; Aviugs a little 

 broader; venationai détails distinct: Tîs a little shorter, cell Ml sraaller, 

 Cm2 shorter than the dellection of Cmi; velu ^ml \ very considerably 

 shorter. 



Uah. — Length about 3i mm.; wing 19.2 mm. 



Habitat. — Ivory Coast. 



Holotype, d*, Région de San Pedro. 1901 (G. Thoiré). 



Type in ihe Paris Muséum. 



More material will be necessary lo détermine the true slalus of this 

 insect. 



Lecteria metatarsalba , nov. sp. 



General coloration orange; legs brown, the femora with a ycllow sub- 

 terminal ring, the melatarsi largely white; wings faintly yellowich, A\ith 

 five brown spots, the first at the origin of the sector, the last in cell /?2; 

 iiarrow paler brown seams along the cord and outer end of cell 1 st Ma. 



Maie. — Length i8.5 mm.; wing 1/1.8 mm.; abdomen alone, 

 i3.9 mm. 



Rostrum and palpi dark brown. Anlennae wilh the first segment dark 

 brown, sparsely gray pruinose; second scapal segment yellow; flagellum 

 dark broAvn, the segments with very long verticils. Head dark brown , paler 

 on the front and occiput, the vcrtex gray pruinose. 



Thorax orange-yellow, Avithout distinct darker markings, the praescutal 

 interspaces wilh abundant délicate erect hairs. Haltères pale, the knobs 

 dark brown. Legs with the coxae and Irochanlers pale yellow; femora 

 brown, the tips dark brown, before the tips with a broad (about 1.8 mm.) 

 yellowish ring; tibiae dark brown ; metatarsi almost ail white (3 to 3.5 mm.) 

 with only the narrow tips and slightly broader bases black ; remainder of 



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