PARAGUS. cS 
3. Paragus longiventris, Locw (1847) 
A slender black species, very distinct in both sexes from any 
other on account of its pedunculate abdomen, resembling that of 
Baccha, for which it might be mistaken. 
Known previously from Aden, Erythrea, Kilimandjaro, and 
Caffraria; but L. Fea on his last trip obtained it on the West 
Coast and in St. Thomé. In the present collection there are 
a number of specimens of both sexes from Obuasi, Ashanti, iv.—ix. 
1907 (Dr. W. AL. Graham), and from Zungeru, N. Moen sak. 
T910- (Dr. dW. S. .Machie).; a male from Durban, 1902 
(#. Muir), and a female from the Nile Province, Uganda. 
4. Paragus marshalli, sp. n. 
os Length 6 mm. 
A black species near the ene one, but larger and more 
robust, eh the body coarsely punctate. the abdomen only a 
little constricted near the base in the male and the pterostigma 
black. 

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Fig. 1.—Paragus longiventris, Lw. Fig. 2.—Paragus marshalli, sp. n. 
Abdomen of Q. xX 10. Abdomen of ¢. xX 10. 
From Loew’s description of Jongiventris, it seems that he has 
mixed up the present species with the preceding one. 
Eves of the male touching for a very short distance, in both sexes 
with short sparse white pubesce nee not disposed in stripes ; ocellar 
riangle narrow and elongate, shining black, with short oe hair ; 
frontal triangle and face yellow, not striped, clothed with white 
hair ; jowls “and edges of mouth black ; frons of the female 
narrow, shining black, the lateral white spots very small; face 
yellow, narrow, very sparsely pilose, with a small black stripe ; 
posterior eri towards the middle with silvery hair; antennz 
black. the third joint greyish, dark yellowish beneath, scarcely 
