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Figure 44.— Scenopinus madagascariensis Enderlein, female: a, wing; h, c, lateral and frontal 

 aspects of head; d, enlarged detail of antennae; e, ventral aspect of 8th sternum;/, lateral 

 aspect of 8th and 9th segments; g, detail of posterior margin of 8th sternum; h, 9th sternum 

 and bursa; i, lateral aspect of bursal area. 



short; second orange, larger than first; third segment pear-shaped, 

 split at tip, orange basally darkening to black-brown distally. 



Thorax dorsum with a black-brown ground heavily dusted with 

 yellows-brown pollen; humeral and supra-alar calli cream; scutellum 

 orange, granular; pleura red-brown, granular. Wings brownish hya- 

 line, veins brown; halter stem cream, knob brown above, cream below. 

 Legs with fore leg orange; middle leg orange except tarsus red-brow^n; 

 hind leg orange except coxa and tarsus red-brown. 



Abdomen red-brown shining, base of segments black-brown, widest 

 at middle rounding posteriorly, flattened; see figure for details of 

 terminalia. 



Male. — Unknown. 



Length: Female body 2.6 mm., wing 2.3 mm. 



Type-locality: Madagascar, Diego-Suarez (S. V. Fredericks). 



Type: (DEI). 



46. Scenopinus minutus, new species 



Figure 45 



Male. — Head black-brown; eyes black-brown above, black below; 

 frons short, subshining with a small dimple below the center; ocellar 



