2G8 Miss G. Ricanlo on the 



cniinnously largfe pnlp'i in the typo ; unfortunately only the 

 small lirst joint remains in the otiier female, Tlie oiifetnue 

 are small, the third joint with ci.cjht divisions, the first one 

 small, stout, the others very small ; the first two joints have 

 lieavy black pnbesceiico. The forehead is very wide and 

 concave, narrower at the vertex. Ocelli very distinct. 

 S|)incs on hind til)ice small, but very stout. IVinjs large, 

 with all posterior cells open. 



Cicnoprosopon ivainwrix/hti, ? , sp. n. 



A large fulvous-coloured species, with wings tinged 

 brown. 



]jcngth 16^ mm,, the other female 15 mm. ; proboscis 

 2 mm. 



Face amber-brown, with yellowish tomentum, the large 

 tubercular upper part devoid of tomentum, with short blade 

 liairs and a bunch of them on the upper part of cheeks. 

 I^eard pale yellow. Palpi amber-brown, the first joint paler, 

 short, stout ; the second joint very large, flattened, club- 

 shaped, curved, narrow at the extreme base, becoming wider; 

 the whole surface on outer side covered with short black 

 hairs, the inner side almost bare, the proboscis about a third 

 longer than these palpi. Antennce situated on the pro- 

 tuberant subeallus, the first two joints the colour of the 

 face, the third joint redder, dusky at its extreme apex ; the 

 first joint short and stout, covered with stout black hairs, 

 the second one the same, about half its length; the third 

 joint with a ring-like first division, the second short and 

 stout, the remaining ones narrower and very small. Fore- 

 head very wide, a third narrower at the apex, hollow in the 

 centre, same colour as the face, devoid of pubescence. 

 Ocelli large. J:^yes small, with greenish reflections, bai'e. 

 Head small in comparison with the size of insect. Thorax 

 Sudan-brown, with two yellowish tomentose lateral stripes 

 and a very narrow indistinct median one; the yellowish 

 tomentum appears at sides and on the posterior half of 

 dorsum, and wholly covers the seutellum ; the pubescence 

 consists of very short black hairs, on the seutellum of longer 

 y(llo\\ish hairs. Abdomen amber-brown, but not very 

 uniform in colour ; an indistinct daik median stripe is 

 vij^ible, pubescence almost nil, a few short white hairs on the 

 segmentations. Legs raw-sienna, the tibiae somewhat paler ; 

 cox?e with some short black liairs ; pubescence elsewhere 

 yellowish. Wings large, brownish, becoming paler on the 

 ])Osterior border ; veins reddish yellow ; appendix rudi- 



