Séance du 28 Novembre 1923 153 



by Mr. Adair on Mardi iylli 191 8 in Wadi Hussein. 



Euaresta iphionae nov. sp. 



Diagnosis : A bcaiiliful brijjflit green species an lien 

 alive; greenish-grey when dry; easily distinguished by 

 the pattern of the wings, which possess their basal 

 third hyaline, and the black colour radiating at the 

 apex. 



Male and Female : Length of body :>.9 - o.g mm.; 

 ovipositor 0.8 mm.; wing 2.7 - 3.4 mm. 



Deseripfion : Head very broad, a little bro;ider 

 than the thorax, entirely yellow^ and covered with n 

 cinereous pidverulence; frons broad and Ncry flat; the 

 lunula well developed and fairly prominent; face a 

 little shorteii than the frons, concave in the middle 

 and with a rather prominent epistoma; cheeks rather 

 broad; occiput concave on its upper half and with a 

 more or less distinct, double, blackish spot in the 

 middle; ocelli blackish but the triangle is yellowish- 

 grey; eyes rounded; antennae very short, being much 

 shorter than the face and entirely yellowish; second 

 joint prominent above and bearing some minute black 

 bristles; third joint shorter than the two basal joints 

 together, with the upper margin a little concave and 

 the terminal angle not pointed; arista bare, yellowish 

 and thickened at the base, but blackish for more than 

 its apical half; proboscis thick, reddish-yellow; palpi 

 very small, much shorter than the proboscis and with 

 some minute, bristly hairs ; inferior orbital bristles 

 four, three of which being more developed than the 

 two superior orbitals and the fourth is much weaker 



