102 H. C. EFFLATOUN. 



The iiiferior angle of Ou cell is drawn out into a very short point, 

 shorter than M cell; costal bristle fairly strong. 

 Squamulae whitish; haltères yellow. 



Of tins interesting species oiilv one spécimen is knowii so far, 

 captiired by Mr. T. W. Kirkpatrick in the North Galala Hills, 

 Eastern Désert. 



T. desertoriim is very closelv allied to the following species and 

 to T. {Urpllia) guimari Beck. from the Canary Islands, but is at 

 once distinguished from both species by the gênerai colour of the 

 abdomen and the pattern of the wings. 



TEPHRITIS PULCHERRIMA nov. spec. 

 (PI. IV fig. 9) 



DIAGNOSIS:— Allied to the preceding species but distin- 

 guished by the larger size and by the dark pattern of the wings 

 which, in addition to the hyaline indentations at the fore and hiiid 

 borders possess isolated hyaline spots in the dark area. 



Maie and F e ma le. Length of body : 3.5 mm. ; ovipositor • 

 0.5 mm. ; wing : 3 mm. 



DESCRIPTION:—^ Head entirely pale yellow to yellow owing 

 to a very fine pulverulence ; proboscis short but geniculate, yellow; 

 palpi yellow to pale yellow; antennae yellow; s. or. 2; Lor. 3; genal 

 bristle fairly well developed ; ail the bristles are brownish-yellow 

 except the upper .v.or. the outer rt.. the prt.. the ocp. and the genal 

 bristle white. 



Thorax entirely covered with a dense yellowish-grey to cine- 

 reous tomentum which extends over the whole of the pleurae, meso- 

 phragma and scutellum, the latter possessing only one pair of h. se. ; 

 ail the bristles are brownish-yellow except the p.npl. whitish; the 

 mpl. and the pt. are accompanied by some pale bristly hairs; the pu- 

 bescence is uniformly pale, almost whitish. 



Abdomen dark brown to pale reddish-yellow covered with a 

 cinereoua tomentum which is less dense than on the thorax and with 

 a very pale ])vibescence ; in the female the last abdominal segment is 

 black; ovipositor very shining black. flattened and about as long 

 as the two apical segments of the abdomen together. 



Legs entirely yellow with a uniform blackish pubescence. 



Wings characterised by the dark pattern which covers the 

 apical two thirds of the wing, leaving the basai third and the extrême 

 apex hyaline: the dark patch posses.sesonehvalineindentationatthe 

 fore border and tbree at the hind liorder as well as some isolated 

 hyaline spots ; the i ndentation at the fore border is not large, sitiiated 



