ISlis.s G. Iliciu«li» on llie A <iliiliu. 7.") 



tlirce very stroiij^ hhick bristles and otiinr smaller ones : 

 iml)C'sciMice ou tlio l«';;s short, black ; on tlio under cdiros of 

 tlu' til)i;e some reddisli-yellow hairs are distinct. Il'i/nis 

 with the small transverse vein beyond the middle of the 

 discal cell. 



J/rt/t' is discoloured and daina;;c(l, but is no doubt the 

 same species, thon;;h the femora appear almost destitute of 

 stroll}; black bristles, ami some on the fore tibiie arc yell.jw ; 

 {genitalia not very larj^e, black. 



Heligmoneura sinensis, (^ ? , sp. n. 



Type (male) and type (female) from Tientsin, 25. d. 00 

 {F. M. TItoiiius), 1U()7, 200, and another female. 



A fair-sized blackish-l^rown species with paler sognu-iita- 

 tions on the abdomen and legs wholly reddish yedow. 

 Antenna yellowish. Moustache composed of yellow bristles. 

 ll'inr/s clear, shaded at a|)ex and on posterior border. 



Length, i 15-20, ? 17 mm. 



Male. — Face covered with silky-yellow tomentum ; the 

 tubercle distinct, covered by the yellow moustache. Puljii 

 ijlaek, with 1 'Ug yellow hairs. Beard yellowish. AnteniKe 

 yellowish, the third joint wanting in all the specimens. 

 Forehead a little darker than tlie hiiul part of head wiih 

 stout, not very long, yellow bristles. Thorax dark, with 

 yellowish-grey tomentum, leaving a broad median bla(ki>h 

 undivided stripe, with hnig yellosvish bri.-^tles on the posterior 

 part and short Idack jjubesecnee on dorsum; the prae>utnial 

 bristles two in number, one yellow, one black ; one supra- 

 alar and two postalar, all yelow. Scuiellum with two yel ow 

 bristh s. Abdomen covered with d< use yellowisli-giey lonv n- 

 tum, leaving a n;cdian dark strij)e composed of long or 

 tiiangnlar spots ; yellow In'istKs on each .<e;:ment, two or 

 three in number, more numerous on the first segment ; 

 dorsum covered with yellow short pubescence. Genitalia 

 chestnut-coloured, stout, and not very long witii some slioit 

 yrllow pubescence. Leys i eddish yellow, the bristles on the 

 tibiiE yellow, with a few black ones intermixed. l*'cnn)r.i 

 somewhat incr;tss;ite, with chii fly black bristles; tarsi darker 

 at their a})ices, with black bri-^tles ; the pubesiencc on legs 

 short, yellow, dark on the outer sides of the tibia) and on 

 tlitir dorsum. Wings with both branches of the fork of the 

 third vein sli;_fhtly (.urved. 



Female similar. The ovipositf>r black, qjiite as long as 

 the last two segments, the small transverse vein in the 

 middle of the dorsal cell. 



