Mr. J. R. MiiUoch on Kcoiic MuscaridEe. 227 



Ket/ to Species of Spilaria. 



1. Third antennal segment about four times as long 



as second 2. 



Third antennal segment not over 2"<5 as long as 

 second 3, 



2. Palpi yellow ; both cross-veins of wings con- 



spicuously infuscated, the outer one nearly 



straight ; tibite entirely pale punctifer, 'MtiXloch. 



Palpi black ; cross-veins of wings very indis- 

 tinctly infuscated, the outer one distinctly 

 bent in middle ; tibiae infuscated at bases . , africuna, sp. n. 



3. Outer cross-vein of wing distinctly, but not con- 



spicuously, bent in middle, evenly infuscated 

 throughout ; margin of upper calypira pale ; 

 scutellum not pale below at apex ; palpi 



black mollis, Stein. 



Outer cross-vein of wing almost S-shaped, with 

 a punctiform black mark at each extremity ; 

 margin of upper calyptra fuscous ; scutellum 

 yellowish below at apex ; palpi black trinuhilifera, sp. n. 



Spilaria mollis (Steiu). 



Spilogaster mollis, Stein, Berl. ent. Zeitschr. li. p. 55 (1906). 

 Mydeea hirticeps, Stein, Ann. Mus. Nat. Hung. xi. p. 486 (1913). 



I have before me specimens of this species from Estcoiirt 

 (8), Uiundi (1), and Durban (1), Natal, and Pretoria (1). 



Spilaria punctifer^ Malloch. 



I have seen two specimens of this species, in addition to 

 the type. One from Chirinda, Southern Rhodesia, and the 

 other from Angola, Benguella. 



Spilaria africana^ sp. n. 



Female. — Similar in colour to punctifer, Malloch. Differs 

 in having the cross-veins of the wings very inconspicuously 

 darkened, the palpi black, and the bases of the tibiae slightly 

 infuscated. 



The fore tibia has only one posterior median bristle, and 

 the outer cross-vein is distinctly, but not conspicuously, 

 bent in middle. Otherwise as punctifer. 



Length 7*5 mm. 



Ttjpe, Mt. Mlauje, Nyasaland, 23. viii. 1913 {S. A. 

 Neave). 



One specimen in poor condition. 



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