Species o/'CeropaliJLe//'OM the KJiami Wilh. 477 



Salius prcecursor, sp. n. 



Length 1.2 mm. ? . 



Belongs to Bingham's section " A. Tarsal claws bidcntate. 

 a. Wings some shade of fulvous yellow, a'. Head and 

 thorax black/' in which it will form a new section 

 " Abdomen ferruginons/' It has a great resemblance to 

 Psendagenia pulchrifrons, Cam. 



Basal six joints of antenuie rufo-fulvous; theeighth to tenth 

 black above, dark rufous below, tbe rest entirely black. Head 

 black, densely covered with golden pile, the clypeus with a 

 more rufous tinge, its middle at the apex with a short tooth ; 

 labrum piceous, the apex waved. Mandibles rufous yellow, 

 the apex deep black ; the base with a down and some long 

 golden hairs. Palpi yellowish. Thorax densely covered with 

 golden pile, which in fresh examples hides the black colour ; 

 the prothorax rufous, a semicircular black mark on the base 

 above, and the middle of the pronotum is black, its lower 

 part with golden pubescence. The median segment with a 

 gradually rounded slope and no furrow ; in addition to the 

 golden pile it is covered rather thickly with long fuscous 

 hair. Propleuree dilated above, divided into two beyond 

 the middle by a furrow ; in the middle is a narrow 

 oblique furrow. Wings yellowish hyaline, the apex with a 

 faint fuscous cloud; the stigma dark testaceous; the first 

 cubital cellule at the top and bottom slightly, but distinctly, 

 shorter than the third. Legs rufo-fulvous ; the coxse black 

 at the base above, the anterior with a distinct yellowish 

 tinge ; the extreme base of the second joint of tarsi and the 

 following black. Abdomen dark ferruginous ; the base and 

 apex of the basal segment, the second segment broadly, and 

 the base of the third irregularly black. 



I have referred this species to the section with bidentate 

 claws ; but practically there are three teeth, there being a 

 small tooth behind the two larger ones. 



The species described in this paper are in the collection of 

 Mr. G. A. James Rothney. 



