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Female. — Head black-brown, flattened and receding below the 

 antennae; eyes red-brown; mouthparts well developed extending only 

 half the length of the oral cavity. Frons broad, swollen above the 

 antennae; nubbly portion narrowing dorsally to the width of the ocel- 

 lar tubercle, dorso-lateral portions with transverse ridges like a crackle 

 finish; postocular ridge moderate'y wide; ocellar tubercle black-brown, 

 prominent; ocelli red-brown. Antennae as in male except all segments 

 red-brown. 



Thorax as in male; tarsi uniformly light red-brown. 



Abdomen red-brown; for details of eighth sternum and bursa see 

 figure. 



Length: Male body 3.3 mm., wing 2.2-2.7 mm.; female body 4.5 

 mm., wing 2.8 mm. 



Type-locality: Yanchep, W. Australia, 32 mi. north of Perth; 

 20-31 December 1935 (R. E. Turner). 



Holotype: Male; allotype female; and paratype IcT, 19, (same 

 data but 24 November and 2 December), (BMNH). 



39. Scenopinus gromieri, new species 



Figure 39 



Female. — Head red-brown; eyes brown, with a well defined 

 postocular rim; frons broad, nearly one-third the width of the head, 

 shining, reminiscent of S. glahrifrons but smaller in size yet larger 

 than S. jphaidimos; ocellar tubercle prominent; ocelli orange. Anten- 

 nae red-brown, first segment short and small; second twice as large 

 as first; third segment four times as long as one and two combined, half 

 as broad as long. Mouthparts well developed, palpi short. 



Thorax black-brown, granular; humeral and supra-alar calli yellow- 

 brown; pleural area red-brown. Wing hyaline, dusted with brown; 

 veins brown anteriorly, strawyellow posteriorly; halter stem brown, 

 knob white. Front leg with coxa, trochanter and femur straw colored, 

 tibia orange-brown, tarsus red-brown; middle leg with coxa, trochanter 

 and femur straw colored, remaining segments red-brown; hind leg 

 with all segments red-brown. 



Abdomen red-brown; see figure for details of eighth sternum and 

 bursa. 



Male. — Unknown. 



Length: Female body 3.3-4.2 mm., wing 3.5-3.7 mm. 



Type-locality: Cameroun N. O., Plateau de Dchany 1500 m., 

 Saison Seche; 1 November 1942, (Dr. Gromier). 



Holotype: Female (MNHN). 



Paratypes: 3 9 9, Chilanga, N.W. Rhodesia; 2 9 9,4 October 

 1913, in grain store in house 1 9 , 20 November 1913, on window in 

 house; all (R. C. Wood) (BMNH). 



