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in male. Antennae as in male except last segment black-brown, [)olli- 

 nose. 



Thorax dorsum black, transversely striated, with numerous short 

 hairs giving a silvery appearance; humeral and supra-alar calli red- 

 brown. Halter stem brown, knob red-brown with a brown pollinose 

 bloom. Legs short and stout, femora and tibiae red-brown, tarsi 

 orange-brown except last segment dark. Wing brown, fumose; veins 

 brown. Sternum of eighth segment orange-brown, sculptured as in 

 figure, bursa as figured. 



Length: Male body 3.2-3.8 mm., wing 2.4-2.6 mm.; female body 

 3.2-4.5 mm., wing 2.3-3.2 mm. 



Type-locality: Bekily, Reg. Sud de L'Ue, Madagascar; March 

 1933 (A. Seyrig). 



Holotype: Male (MNHN). 



Allotype: Female Vila Pery, Mozambique; 24 November 1928 

 (P. Lesne) (MNHN). 



Para types: cf 9 copulatory pair, Bekily, Reg. Sud de L'lle, Mada- 

 gascar; April 1938 (A. Seyrig). 1 cf of same data but October 1936. 

 1 cT Plaines de Fiherera; 1905 (F. Geay) in (MNHN). 2 99 Mada- 

 gascar Nord, Montague d'Ambre 1000 M., dct. Diego-Suarez ; 23 

 November-4 December 1957 (B. Stuckenberg) in (NMP). 



27. Scenopinus balteatus Lamb 



Figure 27 



Scenopinus balteatus Lamb, 1922, p. 363. 



The male is characterized by a smooth, sword-shaped central ridge 

 on the frons, a single white band on the abdomen and by the shape 

 of the terminalia. The female may be recognized by the configuration 

 of the eighth sternum and bursa. The halter of the male is tan, that 

 of the female white. 



Length: Male body 3 mm., wing 2 mm.; female body 3.7 mm., 

 wing 2.7 mm. 



Type-locality: Mahe, Cascade Estate; 800-1500 ft., Seychelles 

 (Percy Sladen Exp.). 



Types: (BMNH). 



28. Scenopinus biroi Kertesz 



FiGuiiE 28 

 Scenopinus biroi Kertdsz, 1899, p. 173. 



This species is common to New Guinea and Australia; may be 

 recognized by its dark body and bright yellow legs. 



Male. — Head black, frons snuill, triangular, eyes with large upper 

 and small lower facets. Thorax black; wings brown; legs yellow. 



