H. C. EFFLATOUN. 



pale yellow except on the extrême basai corners blaekish; ail the 

 bristles are black. 



Abdomen entirely sbining blaik witb a dense, black and erect 

 pubescence, whicli becomes much longer and bristly on the sides and 

 at the apex ; on the whole the pnbescence is denser and stronger than 

 in U. quadrifaxciuta; female ovipositor very long, narrow, cylin- 

 drical and about once and a half to twice the length of the abdo- 

 men; it is somewhat swollen and broader on its basai fourth, but 

 much less so than in the following species, entirely shining black 

 and possessing a black, even, erect and fairly short bristly pubes- 

 cence . 



Legs entirely yellow except for an elongated black spot on the 

 outer side of the front femora which extends from the base to about 

 two thirds of the length of the joint; in addition the front femora 

 bear three rows of black bristles, two rows above and one below ; the 

 pubescence on the legs is uniformly black, even and fairly dense. 



Wings hyaline, except the basai fourth dark yellowish and with 

 four black transverse bands disposed as follows : the first is more 

 like an elongated spot and extends from the costa, before the stigma, 

 to about the middle of Cu2 + 2nd A, almost entirely covering the M 

 and Cu cells ; the second band, situated across the middle of the wing, 

 is entire, almost perpendicular and extends from the costa to the 

 lower margin, covering the outer half of the stigma and the radio- 

 median cross-vein; the third and fourth bands are united together 

 in R3 cell; the first of thèse two bands is undulated and envers the 

 médian cross-vein as well as the tip of M3-hCul and the second 

 covers the apices of R4 + 5 and Ml ; in other words the apical third 

 of the wing may l)e described as black with a deep triangular hyaline 

 indentation at the lower margin, the vertex of which almost reaching 

 R2 + 3; the stigma, the costa and ail the veins are yellow in corres- 

 pondance with the hyaline colour and black with the bands; costal 

 bristle weak. 



This is a common species throughout Egypt and I strongly 

 suspect it to breed in Onopordon ambigiium as I hâve always cap- 

 tured it on this plant from March to May. It very likely also breeds 

 in other Compositae as it is quite common in my garden in Shou- 

 brah, where I am quite certain there are no species of Onopordon 

 growing, but plenty of Chrysanthemums. Asters, Cosmeas, etc. My 

 records extend from March to July. 



It is known from Greece and throughout Central and Soutli 

 Europe and it very probably occurs in many other parts of the world . 



