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it is short compared with its width ; the basal abscissae straight, 

 obhque. The apical nervures in the hind wings are faint ; the 

 transverse median nervure is broken shortly below the middle. 



As with most Hcmitelini, the wings are spotted ; the first and 

 second joints of the flagellum are equal in length ; the ocelli are 

 widely separated from the eyes ; the hinder from each other by 

 about the same distance as they are from the eyes. The temples 

 are half the length of the top of the eyes ; the occiput is roundly 

 incised. 



The other three species known to me may be separated by the 

 following table : — 



a. Basal segment of the abdomen red ; areola broad at the 

 base : — 



The stigmal cloud in fore wings of equal width through- 

 out, extending uninterruptedly to the discoidal nervure, 

 base of costa black, middle lobe of mesonotum furrowed 



down the middle quadriannulata. 



The stigmal cloud not of equal width, not extending un- 

 interruptedly to the discoidal nervure ; base of costa 

 broadly white, middle lobe of mesonotum not furrowed 

 down the middle nijicornis. 



b. Basal segment of abdomen black, areola narrowed to a 



point at the base latifasciata. 



LlENELLA QUADRIANNULATA, Sp. nOV. 



Head and abdomen black ; the thorax and basal segment of the 

 abdomen red ; the apical four segments of the abdomen lined with 

 white at the apex ; the four front legs fuscous -testaceous, the hinder 

 black, the coxae broadly black at the base above, the base of the 

 tibiae with a white ring. Wings hyaline ; the stigma and nervures 

 are black, the former narrowly white at the base ; a broad fuscous 

 violaceous cloud extends from near the base of the stigma to its 

 apex, then to the discoidal nervure, it extending slightly beyond the 

 transverse cubital nervure and the recurrent ; there is a small cloud 

 on either side of the transverse median nervure and a wider cloud 

 beyond it. ? . 



Length 7 mm. 



Natal. 



Antennae 28-jointed, the middle joints fuscous. Head densely 

 covered with white pubescence, finely rugosely punctured, the front 

 furrowed down the middle ; the antennal tubercles, apex of clypeus 

 and mandibles, except the teeth, red ; the palpi testaceous, covered 

 with white pubescence. Face raised in the middle, the raised part 



