Kit Mr. .Tamos AVatorstoivs Nofrs on Fir/ hiserls. 



projcciint/;, cmargination sliallow. Mcsonntum ; scutum, wiih two 

 mimito widely separated bristles in front of the suture, ^ longer 

 than the scutellum, which is bare anteriorly and laterally, with 

 8 10 minute bristles in the posterior quadrant. Metanotum with 

 three bristles at each side. Mesosternum proper sharply sejiaratcd 

 from the mesopleurae. The eijisternal portion of the latter intu- 

 mescent, defined by an oval in-crassation which coalesces ventrally 

 with that limiting the sternum. Epimcron large with 4—5 minute 

 bristles at its anteroventral angle. 



Legs. Fore coxae j^raeticallj' bare except on the thin chitinous 

 ridge (along the inner surface of apposition), which is clothed 

 throughout its length with dense soft bristles. Femur only ^; 

 longer than the coxa. Tibia, to the end of the dorsal apical tooth, 

 \ the femur. Posteriorly the 1st tarsal joint bears 7 stout bristles, 

 the 2nd and 3rd 3 each, the 4th 2, the 5th bare. All five have 

 1 fine apical dorsal bristle and a number of thin spinose processes 

 on the plantar aspect. In the hind-leg the tibia is remarkable 

 for its length and shape, being shorter than the femur and spatulate 

 in profile. The dorsal and ventral edges alike convex, no definite 

 aiiical ventral angle. There is only one stout tooth-like spine at 

 this angle. In the fore tarsus the proportions of the 1st three 

 joints are 65 : 52 : 52 (in A. fasrialum Waterst., 65 : 17 : 34); in 

 the mid tarsus the 3rd joint is relatively longer, and in the hind 

 tarsus shorter than in A. faftrialuni . 



Abdomen. All tergites 1-6 are slit shortly at the middle of the 

 posterior margin, the 1st, which is as stronglj^ chitinised as the 

 others, at the sides as well. The ovipositor is a little shorter than 

 the abdomen. Stylet short and broad with 4 long bristles. Sjiiracle 

 moderate, broadly oval (fig. 2e). 



Length, about 2} mm.; ovipositor, about -8 mm. 



Type § in B. M. 



One of a series from Uganda, L. Victoria, on Marida Is. 

 (a very small island south of Wema Is. in the chain 

 between Entebbe and Jinja), in frnit of Ficus lukandn 

 Welw., 1919 (/)/•. G. D. 11. Carpenirr). 



Syoophaginae. 



Genus Seres Wtrst. (1919). 



oi 

 Dec. 1919. 



Genotype S. armipes Wtrst., loc. cil., p. 276. 



