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black, a silvery spot near the apex of the hind femora, and at the apex ; 

 also one on the apices of the tibiie. Venter dusky. Length. — 3"8 mm. 



Habitat. — Old Calabar. " Taken in the Vice-Consulate, and hence 

 possibly a domestic species." 



11. URANOTiENIA MALAYI, Theobald (Monocr. II, p. 258). 



Tarsi unhanded, black. Thorax black, with flat bronzy 

 spindle-shaped scales, with some white ones just behind the 

 head, and in front of the roots of the wings. Abdomen dusky 

 blackish-brown, with small triangular basal lateral white spots. 



$ . — A rather dusky species. Head clothed with flat black scales, 

 with a few grey ones forming a pale central line, a border of creamy 

 white scales round the eyes and at the sides, a few small black, upright 

 scales at the back of the head ; a few black bristles projecting in 

 front ; antennae brown ; palpi black scaled, and with black bristles ; pro- 

 boscis dark brown, with short blackish bristles. Scutellum clothed with 

 flat dark scales. Pleurae purple-black, with white scales. "Wings with 

 small fork-cells, the anterior being the smaller, but with the cross-A'eins 

 further out than is usual in this genus, so that the stems are i)ropor- 

 tionally shoi'ter than in most species ; but apparently without any 

 glistening basal patches. Legs black, with pale knee-spots. Length. — 

 3-8 mm. 



Habitat. — Jungle, Selangor, Straits Settlements. 



12. URANOTiENIA SOCIALIS, Theobald (Monog. II, p. 340). 



Tarsi unhanded, brown. Thorax chestnut, with iridescent 

 blue adornment, consisting of a median line, stopping short at 

 a bare space in front of the scutellum ; a spot on the mid 

 lobe of the latter, and patches before the roots of the wings 

 and on the prothoracic lobes. Abdomen black, unhanded, and 

 usually unspotted, though occasionally with a whitish apical 

 patch on the fifth or sixth segment. Wings with an azure 

 patch at the base of V. 



$ . — Head dark, covered with flat black scales and flat metallic-blue 

 ones bordering the eyes in the middle; clypeus fawn; palpi brown, 

 very hairy ; antennie brown with grey bands, basal joint bright testa- 

 ceous ; proboscis black, swollen apically. rieurse pale brown, with a 

 small blue patch. Wings, with fork-cells small, the hinder the larger. 

 Legs dark, with snowy spots on the apices of the femora and tibiie ; the 

 fore and mid femora dilated. Venter greyish. Length. — About 2 mm. 



Habitat. — Jamaica. Is said not to bite. 



