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siibuodns, and Cui ending 2-3 (usually 2) cella 

 beyond the quadrangle ; lower anal appendages 

 of'the male as long as the upper. 



Upper appendages of d expanded dorso- 



Yeutrally tilhjardi, sp. n. 



Upper appendages of <S not expanded dorso- 



ventrally spi7ii2}es, Selys. 



(4) Wings with M;, separating far beyond the sub- 

 nodus, and Cu, ending 1 cell beyond the 

 quadrangle ; anal appendages of the male not 

 known filifonnis, Ris. 



Isosticta tillyardi, sp. n. 



1 ^ (holotype), Mt. Canala, 13. vi. 14. 



Length of abdomen 34 mm. ; hind wing 21 mm. 



Black, with a low metallic glaze. 



Labium yellowish \'. hite; the antei'ior margin of tlie 

 median lobe produced into a pair of long narrow processes. 

 Labrum and clypeus blue-black, highly metallic. Genai 

 yellow. Hind margin of prothorax almost straight [ap- 

 parently well elevated, but the posterior lobe has been split 

 transversely]. Meso-metathorax marked with pale yellow, 

 as follows : — A short broad baud on the mesinfraepistcrnum 

 and the contiguous sclerite as far as the spiracle ; a long 

 broad band on the metinfraepisternum and the second lateral 

 suture ; a fine line bordering the inferior margin of the 

 metepimei'on : the pectus with marginal streaks. 



Wings hyaline. Venation black. Pterostigma c. 1 mm. 

 long, dark reddish brown ; the anterior margin conspicuously 

 longer than the posterior margin, and the distal margin 

 conspicuously longer and more oblique than the proximal 

 margin. M3 arising a little beyond the subnodus, Rs a 

 little more remotely. Cu^ ending two cells beyond the 

 quadrangle. Postnodals jf^i*' 



Legs with spines relatively short. Coxae black and pale 

 yellow ; femora of fore and mid legs black, of hind legs 

 chocolate-brown; tibise chocolate-brown above, brownish 

 yellow below ; tarsi chocolate-brown ; claws reddish brown. 



Abdomen long and slender, somewhat inflated at segments 

 1-2 and 8-10; a tinge of chocolate-brown on some of the 

 segments dorsally ; 1 and 2 pale yellow at sides ; a pair of 

 lateral pale yellow spots at extreme base of 3-7, coming 

 more or less into dorsal view ; on 8 and 9 and on part of 7 

 the tergites bordered with pale yellow interno-ventrally ; 

 10 wholly pale yellow below ; in ventral view the anterior 



