22^ Ml-. J. R. Mallocli on Exotic Miiscaridie. 



Spilaria trinubU'tfera^ sp. u. 



Female. — Darker than jjunctifer, with a slight bluish-grey 

 tinge. The head is entirely black, the tibia are l)lackeued 

 at bases, the extreme tips of femora are blackened, and the 

 infuscation on outer cross-vein is in the form of two spots, 

 one at each extremity of the vein. 



The third antennal segment is about 2'5 times as long 

 as second, and the outer cross-vein is very conspicuously 

 curved, almost S-shaped. 



Length 7-7"5 mm. 



lype, Kijabe, Kenya Colony, in bamboo forest 7000- 

 8000 feet (TF. J. Radford). Pkratype, Mau Forest, Kenya 

 Colony, 8000 feet (/l A. Bodeker)/ 



Genus Eus 



piLAKiA, nov, 



In addition to the characters listed on a preceding page 

 for the differentiation of this genus, it may be pertinent to 

 state that the abdomen of the male is more slender than 

 that of any species of Spilaria known to me, and the para- 

 facials wider. 



Genotype, the following species. 



Eu.<pi/aria fuscorufa, sp. n. 



3fale and female.— Black, shining, with dense dark grey 

 pruinescence. Head entirely black. Thorax broadly rufous 

 on sides of dorsum and on at least the upper half of pleura 

 and the margins of scutelium, the disc of mesonotum 

 fuscous, quadrivittate. Abdomen without distinct markings. 

 Legs in female rufous ; tips of femora and all tarsi black ; 

 the tibiie slightly infuscated ; in male the femora are more 

 extensively blackened, the fore pair almost entirely so, 

 and the tibiie are much darker. Wings clear, both cross- 

 veins conspicuously blackened, the outer one with two 

 separated spots, one at each extremity. Calyptrse and halteres 

 yellowish. 



Male. — Eyes densely haired : narrowest part of frons a 

 little wider than distance across posterior ocelli ; orbits 

 bristled to middle ; parafacial at base of antennte wider than 

 third antennal segment, narrowed below ; face concave in 

 profile; arista long plumose. Thorax without strong pre- 

 sutural acrostichals, with three pairs of postsutural dorso- 

 centrals, and the sternopleurals 2:2; prealar bristle very 



