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middle tibiae, apex of hind tibiae, third segment of tarsi, etc., 

 more or less fuscous. Tegniina hyaline, tinged with cinereous, a 

 fuscous line covering- cubital and median cross veins, another 

 over media and a third through subcostal cell to apex, a black line 

 over apical cross veins. 



Length 4.5 mm. : tcgmcn 9 mm. 



Hab. : Parit lUmtar (Malay Peninsula), Mowong .-ind Peka- 

 longan ( Muir ). 



This ma}' i)ossibl_\- l)e W'estwodd's Z. ritfata. the localiU' of 

 which is unknown, but he omits all mention of the conspicuous 

 spots at the base of the tcgmina and on the mesonotum : and the 

 antennae are shaped quite dififerently, so much so. in fact, that if 

 I did not think W'estwood's description and figure of them ( the 

 antennae) erroneous, I should have founded a new genus on that 

 character alone. (i. W. K.j 



The pygophor ])ro(luce(l on ventral edge into a small median 

 rounded projection, the side into a broadly triangular plate, with 

 ])ointed apex reaching nearly to apex of genital stvle ; anal tube 

 large, slightly longer than genital styles, anus about one-third 

 from base, apex angularly emarginate : genital styles long and 

 narrow, slightly broader at base than at ai)ex. a])ex with sharp 

 point turned upward and inward. Hind margin of last abdom- 

 inal plate of female evenly and widel\- emarginate in mid<lle. the 

 lateral ])ortion of margin being slightly raised above median 

 portion. 



Zoraida Kirk. 



Ill rue ia Westwood. ])reoc. 



This genus ap])arently has four or five cubital veins, and four 

 sectors to the media ; the first sector, which has two branches, ap- 

 pearing as belonging to the cubitus. 



( 1 ) Z(ir. sii/^crhd s]). nov. ( S ). 



Antennae longer than face, cylindrical, sense organs small, 

 light-colored. Posterif)r median cdi^c of ])ygoi)hor produced into 

 small triangular i)late, a little longer than width of base, sides pro- 

 duced into small angles, not half as long as genital style: anal 

 tube very long, reaching be\ond styles, anus about one-third from 

 base, apex wide, deeply, angularly emarginate: basal fourth of 

 genital stvles narrow. a])ical three-fourths wider, convex outside. 

 apex truncate with .m inwardly curved s])ine on lower ;ipic;d 

 angle. 



TTcad. thorax and abdomen reddish-brown, keels yellowish, 

 pronotum and abdomen beset with sm;dl light-colored tubercles. 



