88 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Genitalia: The basal lobes are a long oval, with long curved 

 claspers without terminal articulated spines, and covered on the basal 

 half with flat scales, and on the distal half with some bristles. Very- 

 long, golden, stiff hairs clothe the basal lobes and project between 

 them. I have not had material for a dissection. 



Length : 4 mm. 



? . Head as in male. Antennae less plumose. Palpi : Rather 

 long, densely scaled, acuminate, black. Proboscis, thorax, meta- 

 notum : As in male. 



Abdomen: The dorsum and sides are a velvety black, with 

 broad oblique lateral white bands, basal on the proximal segments 

 and apical on the sixth segment. The venter is pale gold, with 

 apical black bands on the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh seg- 

 ments. 



Legs : As in male, but the pale band on the hind femora is white. 

 The hind tarsi are of normal form. 



Wings : As in male. First submarginal one-third longer than 

 second posterior, and stem of first submarginal half the length of the 

 cell. Cross-veins as in male. 



Length : 5 mm. 



Habitat. Obuasi, in bush-paths, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., in August, 

 October, and November. 



2. Eretmapodites leucopous, nov. sp. 



^ . Head as in No. 1, but the scales are less blue. Antennte, 

 palpi, proboscis, clypeus : As in No. 1. Thorax : Very similar to 

 that of No. 1. 



Prothoracic lobes, pleura, halteres, scutellum, metanotum : As in 

 No. 1. 



Abdomen : Very similar to that of No. 1. A velvety black, with 

 broad bands of white basal banding on the venter ; these bands 

 become oblique laterally, and apical on the sixth segment and dorsal 

 on the seventh segment, but do not meet in the middle line dorsally. 

 There are golden ventral spots on the sixth and seventh segments. 

 Abdomen is compressed laterally and flattened and expanded towards 

 the extremity. 



Legs : As in No. 1, but the two last segments of the tarsi are pure 

 white and of normal form. 



Wings : Colour and scales very similar to those of No. 1. First 

 submarginal cell one-third of its length longer than the second 

 posterior cell. The stem of the first submarginal more than half as 

 long as the cell. All these cross-veins are close together. Sixth vein 

 turns at right angles to costa at its extremity. 



Genitaha : Externally very similar to No. 1. 



Length : 4 mm. 



? . Head as in male. Antennae : The verticillate hairs are 

 shorter and less numerous. 



Palpi : Very short, and less densely scaled than in No. 1. 



Proboscis and clypeus, pleurae and prothoracic lobes, thorax and 

 scutellum, and halteres : As in male. 



Abdomen : The venter a pale golden colour, wdth brown apical 



