VOL. VIII] ESSIG &■ KUW ANA-SOME JAPANESE APHWWJE HI 



EOE del. 



Fio-ure A^.—Xipponat^his aispidatce, new species 



reaching just beyond the 3rd coxse. Thorax dark-purple and 

 shiny black. Front wings as shown in the drawing, with the 

 costal border and base infuscate and 3.1 mm. long. The hind 

 wings are also somewhat infuscate, especially along the veins. 

 There are 2 media veins. Legs dusky throughout, the tarsi 

 with four large knobbed digitules. Abdomen very dark purple. 

 Cornicles indistinct, little more than pores. Cauda hairy, blunt 

 at tip, 0.11 mm. long and 0.15 mm. wide at base. Anal plate 

 hairy and distinctly bilobed. 



