(hi Batopoia and its Allien. 79 



bristly hairs. The bristles on hind j)art of head black. 

 Thora.r dark, covrrcd with ii,rcy tomeiitum, with two very 

 distinct, narro^v, hht kish-hrown, median stripes and duller 

 greenish sp^.ts at sides : priesniural hristles two in nuinher ; 

 tlie snpra-ular ami postalar r -.-ixetively three in nuinl)er, all 

 black and very st^ut ; median posterior bristles also stout 

 and nnnu-rons. Scnttlliim same eolur as thorax, with two 

 blaek hrisths. Ahdotnen brownisli black, covered with 

 ^reeni-h-grey tomentnni, very notieeaMc yellow bristles at 

 sides of each sef^inent, and ihe dorsum covered with shoit 

 black pubeseeiu'c; a stouter row of black ljri>.t!y hairs on the 

 posterior b rders of sej^ments, which also appear paler in 

 colour; jjenitalia small, black and sliinin;^', with black pubes- 

 cence. Le<is redlish yellow, with a black stripe on all the 

 femora and the two posterior pairs wiih black hairs ; the 

 posterior tibiie darker at apices and the tarsi all darker at 

 liie joints ; all bri>tlts black with the exceptio'i of two or 

 three long yi llowish bristl s on the fore and middle tibiie at 

 apices and at the ba<es of the first tarsal joints; pubescence 

 short, black, some lon:^cr white pubescence on the underside 

 of the fore femora and some short yellow pubescence on the 

 outer edges of the tihiie and first tarsal joints. IV'nujs clear, 

 grey at apex and on hind border, the posterior fork of the 

 third vein slightly curved, the small transveise vein beyond 

 the middle of the diseal cell. 



Female identical, the yellow bristles on the legs not always 

 present ; ovij)o-iitor, which does not include the seventh 

 segment, is about the length of the last two segments 

 together. 



\'ir. — Uatopora (Ih'j/ozoa) and it. s Allies. 

 \U Aktiilk \V.\i. Waters, F.L.S., F.G.S. 



[Plate VI.] 



rape 



Iliifoporn mil IHrait lata, Ivss 83 



Atauii/Ii'poni siiiipfe.v (Kosch.) 8(5 



hideiitata ( Ks.«.) 87 



craggiUibris ( Kosch. ) V'S 



Sphfprophora fossa, Ilaswell 89 



Orbitulipura excentricu, Seg 90 



As several interesting p-oints have turned up relating to 

 Jiulojiora and its allies, it seems better to publish an account 

 at once, without waiting fur the publication of a pa[»cr, 



