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tlic tip ratlicr expanded witli a deep V-shaped incision, llie l()I)es 

 rounded. Pleuritcs long, cylindrical, not very convex on outer 

 lace: I line apical appendages, the more dorsal being somewhat 

 tli^liN , liruwn, elongatc-c>lindrical, narrowed basally, provided 

 witii long hairs, and, at its tip, with a slender hook directed ccpha- 

 lad; the median apical appendage is longest, chitinized,very strong- 

 ly so at its lip; tiji broadly expanded and concave, this concavity 

 jinnided wiih minute tUniicuhx'; the ventral apical appendage is 

 shorter than liie median i iie, fleshy, cylindrical, narrowed at base. 

 X'icwed from beneath, I he 9th sternitc is straight on its caudal 

 margin, pleuritcs very broad at base, produced entad and almost 

 meeting en the median line on the sternum; second gonapoph\ses 

 long, slender, acicular, the tijjs bareh- projecting beyond liie caudal 

 level of the 9th stornile. 



Female. — Similar, but averages larger in size. 



\'ial Xo. 1.— Tokio, Japan; 2 cf , 2 9 . 



\'ial Xo. 16.— Tokir. Japan; 2 9 (small, but apparently of 

 the same species.) 



Holotype.— a'. Vial Xo. 1,1. 



Allotype.— 9. Vial Xo. 1. 



Paratypes.— 1 d", 3 9 , X'ials I and Ki. 



Types in author's collection. 



E. eleganlula differs fr(;m E. javensis Meij. (Tijd \'oor ICnto- 

 mol., vol. 44, p. 45. 46, fig. 28, 1911) and E. notatu Meij. (I.e., p. 46, 

 hgs. 29-31) in its spotted wings. 



Genus Molopliilus Curtis. 

 Molophilus pegasus, sp. n. 



.Antenna' of the male shi.rt; color of body brown. 



Male. — Length, 4.2 mm.; wing, 4.3 mm. 



Female. — Length. 4.9 mm.; wini^. .^.1 mm. 



Male. — Rostrum and i)alpi dark brown; antenna' light \ellow, 

 the flagellar segments with the exception of the first, a little more 

 brownish; antennic short, extending about to the base of the wings, 

 segments of flagellum cylindrical; front, vertex and occiput bnnvn. 



Pronotum above, light yellow, darker on the sides. Meso- 

 notal pra'scutimi reddish-brown, with a broad, dark brown median 

 stripe, and less distinct but broader lateral stripes, which begin 



