•l."}2 Miss G. RicarJo on the Puiigoniiuu 



oval, a little broader than tlic thorax at its widest part, dull 

 brown, Avith obscure black markinj^s, brown tomentum, and 

 short black pubescence ; viewed from the front the second 

 segment has a band of dull grey tomcutuni on its jjostcrior 

 border; there is a tuft of white hairs on the sides of the 

 second segment, extending on the dorsum a short distance as 

 a fringe ; there are also a few white hairs on the sides of the 

 first segment and on the extreme margin of the third and 

 fourth : on the fifth and sixth are distinct tufts of the white 

 })ubesecnce ; there are a few white hairs in the centre of the 

 fifth segment on its posterior border ; the underside is reddish 

 brown, with greyish tomentum, and the posterior borders of 

 the segments are pale yellow ; the pubescence consists of 

 sparsely scattered silvery- white hairs. Legs yellowish brown, 

 with black pubescence, which is long and spare on the femora, 

 short and thick on the hind tibine and tarsi ; on the underside 

 of the first joint of the fore tarsi is some fulvous pubescence. 

 Wiugs clear, grey, the veins brown ; no appendix ; the first 

 posterior cell is closed with a short petiole. 



Length 14 millim. 



This species is distinguished from E. auripes, Ricardo, by 

 the narrower smaller abdomen, the dull grey band on the 

 second segment, and the different colour of the legs. 



Subgenus Diatominkura, Rondani. 



^Diatommeura seminigia, ? , sp. n. 



Three females from Espirito Santo, Brazil. 



Yellow-brown. Antennae yellow. Legs yellow. Abdo- 

 men Mith irregular black obsolete bands. Thorax chestnut- 

 brown. 



Face reddish brown, Avith greyish-yellow tomentum and 

 rather long black pubescence, the forehead with a darker 

 central stripe. Antenna^ reddish yellow, the first two joints 

 ■with black liairs ; the palpi are yellow, the second joint rather 

 short, about the same length as the first, very broad, ending 

 in a very short point, curved on the upper side and a little on 

 the lower side, with some black pubescence on the margins 

 and at the apex. Beard black, spaie, with a few yellow hairs 

 below. Thorax with black and greyish pubescence inter- 

 mixed, the grey hairs predominating; there is some bi'own 

 tomentum, forming two indistinct narrow stripes ; the pubes- 

 cence at the sides black anteriorly, chiefly grey posteriorly. 

 ]Jreast yellowish red, clothed with long grey and l^lack hairs. 

 Abdomen yellowish brown, shining, with irregular black 



