204 Mr. 0. T 



lomas on a new 



Lygistorrhina urichi*, sp. n. 



^ . Head (including anteniire) black, antennae scarcely 

 longer than head ; proboscis brownish. Thorax uniformly 

 shining black. Ahdoniea very long and thin, swollen 

 apically ; black, with well-niaiked yellow apical bands on 

 the first five segments. Legs : front coxae with the base 

 fuscous, the apex and trochanters yellowish ; mid and hind 

 coxffi and trochanters shining black; fore and mid femoia 

 and tibise yellowisii ; hind femora swollen, yellow, with the 

 apical two-fifths black; hind tibia3 yellow, apical fifth black, 

 swollen on the apical half, a close-set row of stiff hairs along 

 the whole of the upper surface ; fore and mid tarsi brownish 

 black, hind tarsi black, appearing thickened through being 

 clothed with short very dense hair. Wings almost hyaline; 

 a distinct brown blotch at the apex, darker in colour towards 

 the costa; venation exactly as figured by Williston for 

 P. singularis. Ilalieres yellow. 



Length 5-6 mm. 



? . Resembles the male, but the eyes are much smaller 

 and the front n)uch broader ; abdomen much shorter and 

 rather stouter, and the yellow bands less distinct ; apical 

 half or rather more of hind femora brownish black. 



Length 3"5 mm. 



Bah. Trinidad. " Swept by F. W. Urich and Hugh 

 Scott from grass, bushes, &c., on either side of a small stream 

 below a waterfall at Diego Martin, 22. iii. 1912, between 8 

 and 10.30 A.M. The day was sunny, but the flies were swept 

 from shady places." (Note by H. Scott.) Number of 

 specimens, 1^,1 ? . 



2'ype presented to the British Museum by Mr. H. Scott. 



XXII. — A new Vesper iilionine Bat from Angola, 

 By Oldfield TnoMAS. 



(Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) 



A FEW years ago, by the kindness of the authorities of the 

 Lisbon Museum, the British Museum obtained an example of 

 a peculiar Vespertilionine bat which had been received from 

 Angola, and whose systematic position seemed by no means 

 readily determinable. 



* Named, by request of Mr. Scott, in honour of F. W. Urich, Govern- 

 ment Entomoloji-ibt in Trinidad. 



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