ENTOMOLOGISCHE BERICHTEN. :}«>< 



discreted basally, apically rounded, glabrous; palpi normal. 

 Antennae 16-jounted, about as long as abdomen; funiculus 

 attenuate towards the base, basal joints slightly decreasing 

 in length. 



Thorax gibbulous ; scutellum convex; parapsides indicated 

 in front, dull, coriaceous throughout; metathorax short ; area 

 postica distinct, reaching centre ; basal areae wanting. 



In forewing stigma large and broad ; radius rectangularly 

 broken, radial cell short, triangular; nervus basalis strongly 

 dilated towards the costa ; nervulus postfurcal ; areola wanting; 

 nervus areolaris ven' short ; nervus recurrens interstitial ; 

 nervus parallelus below centre of brachial cell. In hindwing 

 abscissa shorter than recurrent, nervellus postfurcal, not broken. 



Abdomen glabrous and nitidulous, compressed ; basal seg- 

 ment elongate, somewhat dilated towards the apex, with the 

 spiracles behind the centre ; segment two short, with small 

 thyridii ; terebra curved, viewed from above, three-quarters 

 the length of abdomen. 



Legs normal ; tibial spurs short and straight ; metatarsus 

 long in proportion. 



Length, including terebra, 4 mm. 



Head black, clupeus badious, mandibles testaceous-red, 

 palpi piceous. Antennae black, basally somewhat rufescent. 

 Thorax immaculate black. Wings infumato-hyaline, iridescent, 

 with the tegulae, stigma and nervures fulvous. Legs fulvous- 

 red, coxae and trochanters black, femora basally infuscate. 



On account of its basally attenuated flagellum this species 

 can just as well be placed in the genus Phradis. 



I swept one $ from lower plants at Carthage in April 191 1. 



Named in honour of Dr. A. C. OUDEMANS, professor of 

 Natural History at the town academy for higher classes at 

 Arnhem. 



The Hague, April 1913. C. A. L. SMITS VAN BÜRGST. 



