280 Mr. J. R. Malloch on Hvotie Muscaridee. 
Xenolispa atrifrontata, sp. u. 
Female.—Black, shining. Frons black, face and cheeks 
with dense white dusting, which extends on orbits a little 
above the bases of antenne ; antenne black ; palpi yellow. 
Dorsum of thorax and scutellum almost glossy unicolorous 
black, pleura densely grey-pruinescent, opaque. Abdomen 
shining black, first tergite with three faint grey-pruinescent 
spots, one in centre and the others on each side of dorsum 
near posterior margin; second tergite with a grey central 
spot and a fainter one on each side at the middle on the 
lateral curve of segment; third tergite marked as second, 
but the spots much larger; fourth tergite with a grey spot 
on each side of dorsum. Legs black, grey-pruinescent. 
Wings hyaline, veins black. Calyptrze white. Halteres 
yellow. 
Ocellar bristles microscopic ; arista plumose ; parafacial 
with a single series of hairs ; vibrisse of moderate length ; 
antenne distinctly shorter than face. Thorax with only one 
pair of dorso-centrals ; sterno-pleura with only one long 
bristle; scutellum with four subequal bristles. Fore femur 
with three or four short bristles at apex on postero-ventral 
surface, otherwise unarmed; fore tibia without a median 
bristle ; mid-tibia with one posterior bristle; hind femur 
slender, unarmed ; hind tibia with one weak postero-dorsal 
bristle. First posterior cell distinctly narrowed at apex. 
Length 4 mm. 
Type, South Queensland, Australia (Dr. 7. L. Bancroft). 
Xenolispa niveimaculata (Stein). 
Two specimens, Obuasi, Ashanti, Africa, 18.vil. and 17. viii. 
1907 (W. ML. Graham). 
Lispa nivalis, Wiedemann. 
One specimen from Obuasi, Ashanti, Africa, and a series 
from Zungeru, Northern Nigeria. 
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Lispa pectinipes, Becker. 
One female, Obuasi, Ashanti, Africa, 18.iv.1906 (W. M. 
Graham); one female, near Cairo, Egypt, 1.1902 (P, P. 
Graves). 
Lispa armipes, Becker. 
One male, Sekondi, Ashanti, Africa, 19.1x.1906 (W. M. 
Graham). 
