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M. scittcllata de Meijere, 1908, there can be no donbt but that the 

 name Rhodesiella Adams, 1905, must be employed in place of the 

 name Meroscinis de Meijere, 1908. 



The Chloropid genus Rhodesiella is a very important one, being 

 widely spread over the Oriental and Ethiopian Regions, with rather 

 numerous species, as may be seen from the following list: 



Rhodesiella Adams 1905 (= Meroscinis de Meijere 1908), 

 Sp. typ. tarsalis Adams 1905 (= scutellata de Meijere 1908). 



A. From the Oriental Region (arista always pubescent). 



a. Scutellum short, rounded at end, with less developed tubercles. 



1. R. meijerei Becker (191 1, p. 92) Java. 



2. R. tibiella Becker ( 191 1, p. 90) Ceylon. 



3. R. latipennis de Meijere (1913, p. 297) Java. 



b. Scutellum a little more elongate, but rounded at tip, with less developed 



tubercles. 



4. R. finitima Becker (1911, p. 92) Formosa and New Guinea. 



c. Scutellum elongate, triangular or rectangular, as a rule with more 



developed tubercles. 



5. R. tarsalis Adams (1905, p. 198) (= scutellata de Meijere 1908, p. 



172, PI. IV, fig. 14) Java, Sumatra, Singapore, Formosa. 



6. R. nitidifrons Becker (191 1, p. 93) Assam, Java, Formosa. 



7. R. sexseta de Meijere (1913, p. 295) Java. 



8. R. dimidiata Becker (1911, p. 91) Formosa. 



9. R. elegantula Becker (1911, p. 89) Java, Sumatra, Formosa. 



10. R. quadriseta de Meijere (1913, p. 296) Java. 



11. R. conica Becker (19 11, p. 89) Java. 



12. R. recta Becker (191 1, p. 91) Formosa. 



13. R. pellucida Becker (1911, p. 92) Java. 



14. R. albiseta Becker (1911, p. 93) Java. 



B. From the Ethiopian Region. 



a. Arista pubescent, wings hyaline. 



5 bis. R. tarsalis Ad. (scutellata de Meij.), 



Abyssinia, Erythraea, German East Africa, Rhodesia. 



15. R. aneifrons Lamb (1912, p. 332, fig. 19, PI. XVI, figs. 6-7), 



Seychelles. 



16. R. rugosa Lamb (1917, p. 333, PI. XVI, tfig. 8) Seychelles. 



12 bis. R. recta Becker British East Africa. 



b. Arista pubescent, wings spotted or infuscated. 



17. R. plumigera (Loew i860) Becker (1913, p. 156), 



Abyssinia, Caffraria. 



18. R. cuneata Becker (1913, p. 156) Abyssinia. 



19. R. conflitens Becker (1913, p. 157) Abyssinia. 



20. R. infumata Becker (1913, p. 158) .Abyssinia, British East Africa. 



