130 Mr. James Watovstoii's Notcft on Fig Insects;. 



(6: 1). Pedicel (2:1). Funicle not conspicuouslj^ dilated. First 

 three joints of equal length (9), the 4th a trifle longer (10), club in 

 ratio 11:9: 10. The joints of funicle and club are of practically 

 equal breadth (12), the second funicular, a little broader (13). 

 Maxillary palpus 14 : 7 : 7, width of 1st joint at apex 6, terminal 

 bristle twice the supporting joint. Labial palpus 10 : 9. Apical 

 bristle equal to that of tlie maxillary palpus. 



Thoi-ax and Propodeon 1 mm. in length. Pronotum quadrate 

 with anteriorly convergent sides, over half as long as the combined 

 scutum and scutellum. Parapsidal and axillary sutures interstitial. 

 Scutellum with 4 bristles one at each side posteriorly on the 

 axillary suture and another at the hind edge. Metapleurae striate 

 reticulate with about a dozen minute bristles between the edge and 

 the spiracle. 



Wings. Fore-wings, length 1-4 mm., breadth -6 mm., 5 bristles 

 on submarginal. On marginal + postmarginal there are at the 

 edge and on the surface about a dozen bristles besides the soUtary 

 one at the base of the radius. Discal ciliation a little denser and 

 darker than in tlie genotype. Hind-wings (19 : 5). Length 1-1 mm. 



Fore-legs. Femur (fig. 3/) more elongate (7 : 2) than in 8. armipes, 

 ventral edge straight, dorsally convex. Tibia with only 3 peg-like 

 spines, 1 at apex ventrally and 2 dorsally. Tarsus, first three 

 joints as in nrmipes. Mid- and Hind-legs. In the mid tarsus the 

 first and second joints are in ratio 5 : 4 {armipes 5 ; 3), and in the 

 hind tarsus these two joints are eub-cqual [nrmipes 5 : 4). Second 

 hind-tibial spur g of the first. 



Abdomen + ovipositor over 1-4 mm. The o^apositor about 

 •25 mm. Tergites 1 and 4 are longest and sub-equal and about -^- 

 longer than 2, which is shortest; 3, 5 and 6 are equal, slightly 

 exceeding 2. Tergites 1-4 show three, and tergite 5 one, slits 

 posteriorly. The deepest slit on tergite 1 extending to J . Spiracle 

 minute, circular, its diameter j) the length of the stylet (much 

 larger in S. armipes, the diameter If as long as tlic stylet). Tergite 

 6 with median row of 4 bristles (2, 2) and a patch of bristles (10-12) 

 on the inner side of each spiracle, 1-2 of the bristles being longer 

 than the others. 



Length, about 3 mm. ; alar exi^anse, 4-6 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 Ficns lukancla 

 Welw., 1919. {Dr. G. D. H. Carpenter.) 



