■94 Mr. F. M. van der Wulp on 



was based only on the male sex and the species of Apoclea 

 are difficult to distinguish, I give here a full description. 



Antennoe yellowish-rufous ; the first and second joints with 

 whitish hairs ; third joint shorter than the first, pointed towards the 

 tip. Mystax and likewise the hairs on the face, front, and occiput 

 white. Proboscis black ; palpi rufous with white hairs. Thorax, 

 scutellum and abdomen greyish-cinereous ; the tliorax with more or 

 less distinct darker stripes and spots ; the very short hairs and the 

 bristles on the sides and before the scutellum whitish ; scutellum 

 with erect whitish hairs and a row of whitish bristles at its hind 

 margin. Abdomen often with an indication of black incisions ; in 

 the male there are some whitish bristles on the sides of each seg- 

 ment ; in the female these only exist on the first and second 

 segments ; male genitalia ovate, usually chesnut-brown ; in the 

 female the eighth segment is cylindrical, twice as long as the pre- 

 ceding segment, shining black or piceous ; the ovipositor black, 

 with a row of short spines. Legs yellowish-rufous ; on the upper- 

 side of the fore and middle femora a blackish stripe; the hind 

 femora wholly black ; the tarsi and often also the tips of the tibiae 

 infuscated ; the coloration of the legs, however, is not conspicuous, 

 the legs being covered with white hairs, which gives them a greyish 

 aspect ; the bristles of the legs, even those of the tarsi, are likewise 

 white. Halteres yellowish-rufous. Wings (PL III, fig. 6) hyaline ; 

 the veins blackish, except those near the costa, which are rufous ; 

 the upper branch of the third vein at its base with a short recur- 

 rent stump, which, however, is wanting in some specimens ; the small 

 cross-vein is placed at, or a little before, the middle of the discal cell. 



Length 17-23 mm. 



Wiedemann's specimens were from Egypt. 



20. Apoclea heterocUta, n. sp. $. 



Cinereous ; thorax with black stripes ; abdomen with blackish 

 spots ; legs partly rufous ; wings hyaline, with grey apex ; first 

 posterior cell open. 



Length 16 mm. 



Head cinereous ; clothed with yellowish hairs ; mystax yellowish, 

 -confined to the oral margin ; beard white ; occiput with whitish 

 hairs and with a row of black bristles above. Antennae brownish- 

 rufous ; the basal joints with some black bristles ; the third joint 

 shorter than the first, pointed towards the tip. Proboscis piceous. 

 Thorax, scutellum and abdomen cinereous ; the blackish median 

 band of the thorax broad, indistinctly divided by a lighter line ; 



