104 Miss G. llicardo on ihe Genus Ilicmatopota 



Face grey, with no black spots; a narrow brown stripe 

 between the antennae and the eyes, bordering tlie frontal 

 co.llus. Palpi the same colour, with black pubescence. 

 Frontal callus shining black, narrow, bordering the antenna 

 closely, leaving only a small triangular black spot between 

 the antennae, reaching the eyes, not produced in the middle. 

 Antennae light yellow; the first joint short, cylindrical, the 

 second round, short, with no cup-like prolongation above, 

 the third with the basal annulation not very wide; there are 

 ong black hairs on the first two joints. Forehead wide, 

 greyish, with the dark ground-colour apparent, becoming 

 shining on the vertex ; the paired black spots are small, not 

 touching the eyes; there is no sign of the unpaired black 

 spot. Thorax black, with three faint grey stripes and grey 

 tomentum, which latter covers the scutellum. Abdomeu 

 black, with a well-marked series of hoary-grey undefined spots 

 on each side ; the hind margins of the segments are also 

 grey. Legs the same colour as the antennae; the tarsi 

 darker ; the rings of the middle and posterior tibiae are 

 faintly outlined by a dark ring of colour, but even this is not 

 ap[,arent on the fore tibiae. Wings greyish, the rosettes of 

 light colour, fairly distinct ; the apical sinuous band is double ; 

 stigma and veins yellowish brown. 



Length 8 mm. 



PI. 111. fig. 3, type (female). 



It was not possible to get a very satisfactory photograph 

 of the wing, owing to its imperfect condition. 



Hwmatopota longa, ? , sp. n. 



Type (female), Nyasaland, Nov. 1892 {H. H. Johnston), 

 91. i. 2; one female from Ndi, E. Africa {IT. S. Godfrey), 

 98. G9; one female from Lunigina River, Henga, west of 

 Lake Nyasa, 3000 feet, 29. i. 9J. {R. Crawshmj), 98. 81. 



A small black species, distinguished by the long cylin- 

 drical first joint of the yellow antenuie. 



Face grey, with two black spots in the centre, not con- 

 tiguous ; the usual stripe is almost resolved into a large spot 

 bordering on the eyes and small punctuated spots. Palpi 

 yellowish, with white hairs at the liase and black hairs beyond. 

 Antennae light yellow, the third joint darker on its a[ucal 

 half ; the first joint long and slender, together with the second 

 nearly as long as the third joint ; the second short, with 

 tuft-like black hairs below anil above on its upper edge. 

 I'rontal callus black, shining, in front lunate, with two 

 black spots proceeding from it between tlie autcunic; the 



