134 Bulletin de \a Société Royale Entomologique d'Egypte 



dimidia basali parte sallcm iiigris. Alac lugrae, nun 

 modo maculis dentalis liyalinis tribus, sed etiam fascia 

 hyalina basi proxima pracditae, magis quam dimidia 

 superiore basali parte nigra. 



Male and Fcnialc : length oI body 3 - .S..") mm., 

 ovipositor 1.5 mm., wing 3. — 3.3 mm. 



Frons very dark rcMldish-brovA ti and dull owing to 

 a very minutes greyish pulverulenre; face black, very 

 shining, except for a vertical line situated between 

 the hollows of the natennae and possesssmg a minute 

 grey pubescence: cheeks also covered with grey pu- 

 bescence above, bu'l very shining ])lack i)elow; epis- 

 tema slightly projecting when seen from above; pro- 

 boscis dark yellowish-brown, with brown bristles; 

 occiput entirely black with the bristles of the occipital 

 row black; antennae very dark blackish-brown with 

 the Ihird Joint covered with a minute light reddish- 

 brown pubescence; all the bristles of the head are 

 black; ocellar bristles strong; superior fronto-orbital 

 bristles 2, inferior fronto-orbital 2; vertical bristles 

 long ; post-vertical bristles parallel; genal bristle 

 strong; occipital row well developed. 



Thorax very shining black, with all the bristles 

 black; it also bears a dark reddish-brown pubescence 

 which is scattered; scutellum shining black, free from 

 pubescence; mesopleural bristle i; pteropleural bris- 

 tle strong; scutellum with only one pair of basal 

 scutellar bristles. Abdomen shining black like the 

 thorax, also bearing reddish-brown hairs, which are 

 rather scattered and become a little longer at the apices 



