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the apex. Wings yellowish-hyaline ; the yellow tint not very pro- 

 nounced ; there is a fuscous cloud on the apex, commencing at the end 

 of the radial cellule, but not extending backwards to the third transverse 

 cubital nervure ; the third cellule is rather narrow, being at the top and 

 bottom about half the length of the second ; the first recurrent nervure 

 is received near the base of the apical third, the second at the base of the 

 apical fourth, of the cellule ; the basal nervure is interstitial. In the hind 

 wings the anal nervure is roundly and broadly curved at the apex and 

 is received shortly beyond the cubital. Legs coloured like the body • 

 the tarsi paler, more yellowish in tint ; the tibise and tarsi have long, 

 stout spines ; the front tarsi are fringed on the outer side with long, stiff 

 spines. Abdomen coloured like the body, but with the third and fourth 

 segments lemon-yellow, except at the apex. 



This species appears to agree closely in colouration with P. infestus, 

 Biugham ; that is a much larger species (15 mm.); the anterior tarsi are 

 only feebly ciliated on the outer-side ; the median segment has a steep 

 slope on the apex, &c. 



PoMPiLUS DeeS-s;, sp. nov. 



Long : 7-8 m.m. $ . 



Habitat : Deesa. 



This species comes close to P. vlvaxy Cam. ; it is a shorter and stouter 

 insect ; it is much more densely and closely pruinose ; the head does 

 not project so much in front of the eyes ; the apex of the pronotum is 

 transverse, not angled in the middle ; the radial cellule is narrower and 

 the transverse median nervure is not interstitial, but is received distinctly 

 beyond the transverse basal. 



Antennae short and stout. Head distinctly wider than the thorax, 

 densely covered with silvery pubescence. Eyes almost parallel ; the hin- 

 der ccelli are separated from each other by about the same distance as 

 they are from the eyes ; the head is rounded in front, transverse behind. 

 Mandibles broadly rufous in the middle. Pronotum not quite so long 

 as the head, it is transverse behind. The apex of the median segment 

 has a steep, very slightly oblique, slope ; its sides rounded, but not 

 broadly. Wings fuscous-hyaline at the base ; the apex from shortly 

 behind the base of the radial cellule fuscous, much darker coloured than 

 the base ; there is no trace of a yellow tint. Radial cellule short and 

 wide ; the apical abscissa straight, oblique ; the second cubital cellule is 

 very narrow and is gradually narrowed from the bottom to the top, where 



