01 s 



Mr. P. Esben-Petersen on 



anterior wino- it encloses three cells, in posterior wing four or 

 five ceils. Membrane o£ wings iiyaline ; in subcostal area 

 reiKlisii (almost sanguineous). Tlie base of wings blackish, 

 with a yellowish spot at the base of the fore wing. In the 

 apical area of fore wing three rows of cells, in that of hind 

 wing two rows. Rs emits six branches in both pairs of 

 wings. In fore wing six or seven cross-veins before origin 

 of lis, in hind wing five or six. In the central part of the 

 area between Moa and posterior margin of hind wing three 

 rows of cells. 



Length of fore wing 31 mm. ; hind wing 25 mm. ; and 

 abdomen of male 38 mm. 



Fi-. 1. 



Disparomitus rufoeostatiis, sp. u., J , t_vpe. 



1 ^ , Murungu Plateau, 6000 ft., Belgian Congo, at light 

 (T. A. Burns leg.). 



I have without hesitation placed this species in the genus 

 Disparomitus, Weele (' Collections Zoologiques,' Selys, Asca- 

 laphiden, p. 191, 1908), although the saddle-shaped elevation 

 on the dorsum of the first abdominal segment is hardly so 

 conspicuous as in the other species included in the genus. 



Palpares pulchelluSj sp. n. 

 Head jet-black ; labrum and front part of clypeus yellowish 

 (in the female specimen the labrum is blackish brown with 

 yellowish margins). On the clypeus a transverse row of 

 blackish bristles. Palpi blackish with yellowish articulations. 

 Antennae black. Vertex somewhat raised and with a median 

 longitudinal furrow. Prothorax dark brown, with narrow 



