438 Mr. S. A, Ivoliwer on some 



separated from the last-inontioned genus by the obsolete 

 ntitennal furrows and by having the hind basitarsus shorter 

 than the following joints. 



The species which belong here have not been fully described, 

 ajid seem to be closely related. Tiie following- key, which is 

 based on literature, may aid in distiuguisliing the forms 

 described : — 



Kei/ to the Species. 



Hind femora black ; antennee 16-jointed (Kirby's 



figure) nigripes (Smith). 



Iliud femora reddish ; antennje with less than 15 



joints 1. 



1. Markings of the fore legs "sordid white"; 



anteuujB 13-joiuted. (Aru.) varipes, Cameron. 



Alarkiugs of the fore legs ferruginous; an- 

 tennte 12-jointed. (New Guinea.) woUastoni, Rohwer. 



Ancyloneura woUastoni^ sp. n. 



In tlie absence of the first intercubitus this species differs 

 from tlie recognized generic characters, but in all other wa} s 

 it agrees tvith my notes and with the description. 



Female. — Length 4'5 mm. Shining, without apparent 

 pculpture; median fovea rather deep, elongate, linear; post- 

 ocellar line slighil}' shorter than the ocelloccipilal line; post- 

 ocellar area not defined anteriorly and defined laterally by 

 rather broad depressions ; antennae 12-jointed, the third 

 joint slightly longer than the fourth and fiith ; from the 

 third joint the joints gradually decrease in length until the 

 eleventh, which is subequal in length with the twelfth ; 

 eleventh joint a little more than twice as wide as long ; 

 stigma about three times as long as greatest widtli, angulate 

 near base and tapering to a narrow apex ; first intercubitus 

 Avanting ; third cubital cell as long on the radius as the 

 combined first and second ; second recurrent about two- 

 tiiirds the length of the fcecoud intercubitus from the base of 

 the third cubital cell ; sheath concealed ; hnver apical margin 

 of lancets with regular rounded teeth. Black ; apical j)art 

 of femora (more extensively on posterior pair), atittrior tibiaj, 

 base of anterior tarsi, basal two-thirds of iniermediate tibiie, 

 and basal half of hind tibias ferruginous; wings brown 

 apically, hyaline basally ; venation dark brown. 



Type-locality. Iwaka River, New Guinea. 



Described Irom one female, collected February 1911 by 

 A. F. R. Wollaston. 



Type. British Museum (Natural Hi^itory). 



