SCENOPINIDAE OF THE WORLD 



163 



Length: Male body 3 mm., wing 2.4 mm. 

 Type-locality: Egypt. 

 Type: (SEE). 



113. Caenoneura nigra, new species 



Figure HI 



Female. — Head black; eyes black, with a narrow postocular 

 rim; frons broad, roughened, with a row of punctures along the 

 eye margin and a faint median groove. Mouthparts well developed, 

 black-brown; oral opening wider than long, fringed with silvery 

 pile. Ocellar tubercle prominent, ocelli reddish. First two antennal 

 segments black, short; third segment brown-black, over twice as 

 long as first two combined, truncate. 



Figure IIL — Caenoneura nigra, new species, female: a, 

 wing; b, c, lateral and frontal aspects of head; d, enlarged 

 detail of antenna. 



Thorax black, rugose; humeral and supra-alar calli brown, scutellum 

 not sharply cut off from general tergal area; wings smoky brown, 

 veins dark brown, characteristic of genus. Halter stem black, knob 

 brown, round. Legs with femora and tibiae black, tarsi brown. 



Abdomen black, broad, and rounded. 



Male.^ — Unknown. 



Length: Female body 2.1 mm., wing 1.7 mm. 



