ASARCINA. -7 



16. Asarcina minor, sp. n. 



d . Length of body 8 to 8'5 mm., of wing 6 to 6'5 mm. 



Very distinct from ericetorum typica, which has the same 

 general coloration, owing to its smaller size, very narrow abdomen, 

 flattened and wholly yellow frons. eyes of the male touching along 

 a much shorter line, entirely yellow-haired scutellum, and yellow 

 tarsi. 



Head as in ericetorum, but wholly yellow; the sides of the face 

 very shining and with opalescent reflexions ; antenna? wholly 

 yellow, the third joint only a little darkened abo\;e ; eyes touching 

 for a very short distance, not longer than the length of the triangle 

 formed by the ocelli. Thorax and scutellum as in ericetorum 

 typica, but the latter without any black hair, the longer hairs on 

 the hind border being also yellow. Coloration and black abdominal 

 bands as in typica, the first yellow band entire. Legs entirely 

 yellow ; the four front tarsi entirely yellow, the hind tarsi dark- 

 ened towards the tip. Wings with a faint greyish tinge, a little 

 yellowish in the costal cell and stigma ; veins yellowish. 



Type d , from Bende, S. Nigeria, 23. v. 19lO (J. J. Simpson} ; 

 another male specimen from Kurnasi, Ashanti, 27. x. 1907 (Dr. W. 

 Itt. Graham}. 



17. Asarcina amoena, Austen (1909). 



Closely allied to ericetorum, but verging towards the rostrata- 

 group on account of the semicircular black mark on superior edge 

 of buccal cavity, non-tuberculate frcns, distant antenna?, and 

 differently coloured abdomen. 



A male from British East Africa, near Crater Lake, N. of 

 Mount Kenia, 5,700 ft., 15. ii. 1911 (T. J. Anderson) ; Mr. Austen 

 described and figured the species from the Ruwenzori Mountains. 



The specimens from Moschi, near Kilimandjaro, German East 

 Africa, which in 1908 I referred with doubt tojiorit, and Dr. Speiser 

 in 1910 to eremophila, certainly belong to the present species. 



18. Asarcina fiorii, Bezzi (1903). 



A small species, very distinct from any other on account of the 

 quadrate black spot at the upper edge of the buccal cavity, ths 

 rounded and less distinct facial tubercle, the whitish sides of the 

 face, the reduced black bands on the abdomen, and the very short 

 wings. 



The two specimens, a male and a female, are without any doubt 

 conspecific with my type from Italy, which was collected in Emilia 

 by Prof. A. Fiori, the well-known coleopterologist. 



The undescribed male has the eyes touching for a very short 

 distance, as short as in minor ; the frons is wholly yellow, pale- 

 haired, flattened, and without prominent tubercle ; the antenna? are 

 distant at the base, and the first joint is elongated as in the female ; 

 scutellum black-haired towards hind border; abdomen as in the 



