408 APPENDIX. 



Pipunculus siugalensis, Kert. 



Fipunculus singalensis, Kert^sz, Ann. Mus. Hung, i, p. 469 (1903). 



S. Heaxl: vertical triangle black, shining, shimiuering silvery- 

 wliite behind ocellar bump ; frons black, bearing silvery-white 

 toiueiitum, which is absent on a median bare stripe reaching from 

 base of antennae to about middle of frons, this stripe being 

 pointed at its upper end; epistome with parallel sides, shimmering 

 silvery-white ; antennae brown ; 2nd joint microscopically bristly 

 haired, ijrd joint yellow, with tip drawn out beneath ; arista black, 

 indistinctly two-jointed, the 2nd joint spindle-shaped and 

 thickened at base ; occiput black, with white retiections. Thorax'. 

 dorsum black, shining, without whitish dust ; shoulders brownish- 

 yellow ; pleurae grey-dusted, the sternopleura and metapleura 

 more especially shimmering silvery-white ; scutellum shining 

 metallic green ; metanotum shining silvery-white. Abdomen 

 shining metallic green ; 1st segment, also the small hypopygium, 

 with greyish-white dust, the hy|)opygium with a small oval opening 

 on the right side. Legs : coxae and femora blackish-brown to the 

 extreme apex ; middle and hiud femora furnished on apical half 

 of under side with microscopic spines ; tibiae on basal fourth and 

 at the extreme tip, blackish-brown ; tarsi yellow, with last joint 

 very slightly brownish. Wings narrow, barely tinged with brown ; 

 stigma absent ; 3rd costal segment half as long as 4th ; both 

 together half as long as 5th ; anterior cross-vein placed opposite 

 the middle of the 4tb costal segment, and rather beyond middle of 

 discal cell ; 3rd vein slightly sinuate at tip, Halteres yellow. 



5 . Prons deep black, shining, slightly wider than lower face, 

 with sides parallel ; both frons and lower face shimmering silvery- 

 white ; a silvery-white shimmering spot is also present behind 

 the ocellar bump. Antennae paler and more yellowish. Thoracic 

 dorsum with dust more greyish-brown. Abdominal segments 

 greyish-dusted towards sides ; last segment with an impression on 

 front and hind margins as well as at the sides. Hypopygium 

 small, without any furrow, although the last segment has in its 

 middle a shallow furrow which extends nearly to the full breadth 

 of the segment. Ovipositor straight, as long as the hypopygium. 

 In all else as in the S . 



Length, 2-5 mm.; wings 2*4 mm. 



A single pair, Colombo, 28. ii. 1902. Tgpes in Hungarian 

 Museum. 



Pipunculus angustipenuis, Kert. 



Pipunculus anyustipennis, Kert6sz, Ann. Mus. Hung, i, p. 470 (1903). 



c? . Head : eyes narrowly separated by the extremely narrow 

 frons, which is shimmering silver)^- white on its lower part and 

 shining black on its upper part ; lowei" face with parallel sides, 

 shining black with silvery-white reflections; basal antennal joints 



