of the Fdinilij Tabanicliy. 107 



base, tlie outer oiios ciidiiii^ in small spots. Scutclluin 

 yollowisli l)i()\vn, uitli very distinct i^i'cy toinciitam on the 

 anterior border, Alxloineii brown, with yellowish borders 

 to tlie segments and fairly distinct ^vcy spots on each side 

 of every segment ; the underside brown, with faint yellow 

 borders and -with grey tomentum. Legs dark brown, the 

 rings light yellow ; the fore legs only yellow at the base of 

 the tibi;c. Wings large, dark brownish ; the dark markings 

 give many of the veins the appearance of being shaded ; the 

 rosettes are fairly distinct, the apical sinuous line single, 

 concave, sliort, only reaching just beyond the anterior fork 

 of the third vein. 



Length 1 1 mm. 



PI. 111. tig. G, type (female). 



Hcbmatopota brunnescens, ? , sp. n. 



Tvpe (female) and other females from Uganda [Lt.-Col. 

 Bruce), 1903. 20G, and British Central Africa. 



A small brown species with grey wings ; the upper part of 

 the face yellow-brown and the first joint of tlie antennte 

 rather short. 



Face grey, with grey pubescence and no black spots, the 

 upper part yellowish brown, where it reaches the callus 

 becoming yellower. Palpi fairly long, grey, with black 

 pubescence. Antennae yellowish, darker at the extreme apex 

 and on the upper angle of the base of the third joint ; first 

 joint rather short, slightly incrassate, the second small, 

 both with black pubescence. Frontal callus yellowish brown, 

 shining, almost straight on both borders, reaching the eyes ; 

 the paired spots black, reaching the eyes. Forehead reddish 

 brown, with grey tomentum, most noticeable in contact with 

 the callus and on the vertex ; some very short black pubes- 

 cence apparent. Thorax brown, with three yellowish-grey 

 linear stripes, the middle one very faint, the outer ones 

 ending at the base in enlarged spots ; the sides of the thorax 

 and shoulders grey ; scutellum reddish brown, the red 

 rather apparent, probably owing to the denudation of the 

 grey tomentum, which is most noticeable on the borders. 

 Abdomen dark brown, with the posterior borders of the 

 segments yellowish ; the spots on the sides grey, round ; the 

 ■underside grey and brown. Legs yellowish brown, some 

 grey tomentum on the femora and tibiae and some yellow 

 pubescence on the posterior femora, the usual rings yellowish. 

 Wings uniformly grey, with faint pale markings; stigma 

 yellowish brown, veins brown, appendix long. 



