432 ARKIV FÖR ZOOLOGI. BAND 1. 



Geographical distribution. Africa: Egypt, Senegambia and 

 Port Natal. 



Se. (Elis) propinqua Tuilgr. n. sp. 



Female. — Black, on the first abdominal dorsal segment 

 a yellowish spöt on each side at the hind edge, the 2d and 

 3d segments at the hind-edge with a veiy broad yellowish 

 band that is a little emarginated in the middle and on each 

 side. The 4th segment with a very narrow yellowish band 

 along the hind-edge. The head, thorax, legs and abdomen 

 with cinereous yellow hairs. The abdominal segments ciliated 

 with golden-yellow hairs. 



The head densely pnnctnred except on the vertex and 

 clypeus. The clypens with several longitudinal ridges at the 

 front-edge. The thorax densely punctured except on the 

 scutellnm and postscutellnm which are smooth. The punctur- 

 ing on the mesonotum a little sparser and coarser than on 

 the other parts. The median segment with a median longi- 

 tndinal feeble carina that at the npper edge of the trunca- 

 tion projects in an acute point. The abdomen, especially the 

 sicles of dorsal segments and the whole dorsal part of the 

 iifth one densely punctured. 



Wings dark fnscons-hyaline with a darker fascia along 

 the first cubital cell and ontsides of the radial one, with a 

 verv faint violet efful^ence. Two cubital cells. The radial 

 cell not twice as long as high. The interval between the 

 anterior inserting-points of the both recurrent nervures on the 

 cubital n. a little shorter than the distance from that of the 

 second one to the posterior one of the second transverse cubi- 

 tal nervure. 



Length 17.5 mm. Exp. 35 mm. 



This species, of which the collection contains a single 

 female ( 23 /io 1891), seems to be nearly related to E. aureola 

 Fabr. and felina Sauss. Besides in size it difFers from these 

 through the dark fuscous wings and especially from E. 

 aureola through the clense punctuation on the mesonotum. 

 In the coloration of abdomen it reminds of E. elegans 

 Brullé, but this species has the wings hyaline and the me- 

 dian space of the mesonotum impunctate. 



Perhaps all these species are only varieties of E. aureola 

 Klug. 



