103 Miss G. Ilicardo on the Genus lUcmatopota 



Length 9 mm. 



PI. IV. fig. 7. 



Ill other specimens the abdomen is redder, tlie grey spots 

 very distinct, and often a grey median line is present ; the 

 abdomen of type is evidently denuded. 



A series from Buruli, Uganda, "in patch of forest on 

 Lukogo River, halfway between Junda and Kiseliza,^' have 

 the following note : — " Especially virulent species, complained 

 of by natives as injuring if not actually killing their cattle " 

 {Lt.-Col. Bruce). 



H(^matopota bipundata, ? , sp. n. 



Type (female), from Volksrust, Transvaal, 5400 feet, 

 17. xi. 1903 [Crawshay), and anotlier female from same 

 locality. 



A well-marked species with distinct ocelli and markings 

 on the brown mottled wings ; the black abdomen witli two 

 rows of grey spots. It is nearly related to H. dnplicata, 

 Loew, but the apical band of wing is not double, though at 

 its end it throws off an indistinct branch ; the first joint of 

 the antennae is incrassate, a point not mentioned by Loew in 

 regard to his species, and there is no median line on the 

 abdomen, which, with the very distinct spots on each segment, 

 distinguishes it from H. dapUcata, besides other small 

 differences. 



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

 part yellowish brown; above yellowish; below brown, but 

 broken up in the centre, which is greyish. Palpi long and 

 slender, stouter at base, tapering to an obtuse point, yellowish, 

 with grey tomentum and black hairs. Antcnnaj reddish 

 brown, the basal joint densely covered with grey tomentum, 

 with long black hairs and a few yellow shorter hairs, stout 

 and large, in length api)roaching that of the third joint ; 

 the second joint small, red, with black hairs; the third red, 

 at the apex blackish, the red basal portion broader. Frontal 

 callus very inconspicuous, being covered with grey tomentum ; 

 it is yellowish, small, and narrow, not attaining the eyes, 

 hardly extending beyond the base of the antenna?, straight 

 on both borders ; the paired spots black, large, reaching the 

 eyes. Forehead wide, brownish, covered with grey tomentum ; 

 on the vertex a large heart-shaped brown spot, with a tine 

 grey median line dividing it into two halves ; the pubescence 

 of the forehead black, short. Beard white. Thorax blackish 

 brown, with two interrupted grey stripes and a trace of a 

 nairow median one; shoulders and sides grey ; the seuttllnni 



