Records of Decs. .'M3 



cell lonjj, rndin*^ in a rather oljtuso point nearly on costa ; 

 sti«;ina larf:;e ; two siil)inar{;iiial ('(lis, the second one very 

 lonjr, narrowed more than hah" al)ove ; h. n. falling a con- 

 siderable distance short of t. -in. ; first r. n. enterinj^ second 

 s.m. a lon^ distance from its base, and the sccon<l almost as 

 far from its apex. Le<^s slender and sini|)Ie; claws very 

 small, i)nlvilli distinct. Abdomen narrow and shininf^, 

 scnrcely pnnetnred, with thin reddish hair, denser at ends 

 of last three seg;mfnts ; py^idial area distinct, apical plate 

 black, with spoon-like outline. 



Hafj. IJasutolaml, Africa (/^. Crairshaij). British ]\rnsenm. 



This represents a j^enns allied t(j li/iojt/titt's, bnt distinct. 

 Caj)ico/a and Rhhwch<ftula of Friese were based on Sontli 

 African species of this immediate group, and while the 

 present insect appears to be very distinct from the seven 

 forms ascribed to these genera by Friese, it may for the 

 present be regarded as a donbtfnl Capico/a. Friese cites no 

 ty}»e for Rliiiiochatula ; R. cinctiventris is herewith designated 

 as the type of that gcnns. 



ParacoUeles callander, sp. n. 



? . — Length about 16 mm. 



Black, with the flagellum beneath (except hasally) and the 

 small joints of tarsi ferruginous; hair of head and thorax 

 abundant, warm ])alc reddish, paler beneath, on cheeks and 

 on metathorax, reddest at sides of mesothorax and the region 

 about tu])ercles ; clypeus oidy very thinly hairy, shining, 

 with scattered distinct punctures ; sujjraclypeal area smooth ; 

 sides of vertex dull, but region behind ocelli shining ; meso- 

 thorax and scutellum dull, hairs on seutellum, as well as 

 a patch below and in front of wings, tipped with fuscous ; 

 area of metathorax dull, without distinct sculpture ; tegulju 

 black, covered with hair in front. Wings smoky, nervures 

 dark brown, stigma little developed; b. n. falling a little 

 short of t.-m. ; second s.m. very broad, receiving first r. n. 

 about middle. Legs with hair coloured like that on thorax, 

 but hind tibial scopa long and loose, glistening silvery, 

 though reddish-tinted. Abdomen dull, with a finely rougli- 

 ened surface ; hind margins of the first four segments with 

 narrow hair- bands, the first feeble, the others a[)i)(;aring as 

 narrow but eons[)icuous white lines; apical plate very large 

 and broad, the surrounding hair dark chocolate, but nearly 

 w hite at sides of a[>ieal part of abdomen. 



^. — Length about l.'i'5 mm. 



More slender ; abdomen (except lateral black marks, 



