280 Mr. J. R. Malloch on Ed'otic Muscarida?. 



Xenolispa atrifrontata, sp. n. 



Female. — Black, shining. Frons black, face and cheeks 

 uith dense white dusting, which extends on orbits a little 

 above the bases of antennne ; antennye black ; palpi yellow. 

 Dorsum of thorax and scutellura almost glossy uuicolorous 

 black, pleura densely grey-pruinescent, opaque. Abdomen 

 shining black, first tcrgite with tliree faint grey-pruinescent 

 spots, one in centre and the others on each side of dorsum 

 near posterior margin ; second tergite with a grey central 

 spot and a fainter one on each side at the middle on the 

 lateral curve of segment ; third tergite marked as second, 

 but the spots much larger ; fourth tergite with a grey spot 

 on each side of dorsum. Legs l)lack, grey-[)ruincscent. 

 Wings hyaline, veins black. Calyptrae white. llalteres 

 yellow. 



Ocellar bristles microscopic ; arista plumose ; parafaeial 

 with a single series of hairs ; vibrissse of moderate length ; 

 antennae distinctly shorter than face. Thorax with only one 

 pair of dorso-ceutrals ; sterno-pleura with only one long 

 bristle; scutellum with four subequal bristles. Fore femur 

 with thi'ee or four short bristles at apex on postero-ventral 

 surface, otherwise unarmed ; fore tibia without a median 

 bristle; mid-tibia with one posterior bristle; hind femur 

 slender, unarmed ; hind tibia with one weak postero-dorsal 

 bristle. First posterior cell distinctly narrowed at apex. 



Length 4 mm. 



Type, South Queensland, Australia (Dr. T. L. Bancroft). 



Xenolispa niveiinaculata (Stein). 



Two specimens, Obuasi, Ashanti, Africa, 18.vii. and 17.viii. 

 1907 {IV. M. Graham). 



Lispa nivalis, Wiedemann. 



One specimen from Obuasi, Ashanti, Africa, and a series 

 from Zungeru, Northern Nigeria. 



Lispa pectinipes, Becker. 



One female, Obuasi, Ashanti, Africa, 18.iv. 190G {JK M. 

 Graham) ; one female, near Cairo, Egypt, ii. 1902 (P. P. 

 Graves) . 



Lispa armipes, Becker. 



One male, Sekondi, Ashanti, Africa, 19.ix. 190G {IV. M. 

 Graham). 



