REVISION OF STREPSIPTERA — PIERCE. Ill 



Female. — Length of ceplialothorax 0.78 mm., breadth at spiracles 

 0.72 mm., breadth at base of head 0.41 mm., distance between mandi- 

 bles at base 0.07 mm. Ceplialothorax light yellowish brown with 

 dark-brown band at base; longer than broad, wedge shaped, squarely 

 truncate at apex; truncation less than one-third of the breadth at 

 the spiracles. Head slightly constricted at the base of the mandibles, 

 margin slightly wavy. Mandibles rounded quadrate, with out-curved 

 tooth at apex and less prominent tooth at the middle of the outer 

 edge. Spiracles lateral but not prominent. 



Type.— Oat. No. 10105, U.S.N.M. 



6. Genus PARASTYLOPS Meijere (1908). 



Type of genus. — Parastylops jlagellatus Meijere. The genus is typ- 

 ically Javan, but the hosts are unknown. 



Antennae long, six-jointed, the three first joints short, the third 

 with a very long cylindrical process; the three last flattened, together 

 as long as the process of the third joint. Mandibles long and slender, 

 outwardly arcuate. Maxillae long, the second joint straight, almost 

 cylindrical, not greatly narrowed at apex. Tarsi four-jointed. 

 Wings very broad, rounded, with seven principal veins, the sub- 

 costal and radial united at their apices; two free veins between radius 

 and medius; stigma distinct. 



i. PARASTYLOPS FLAGELLATUS Meijere (igo8). 



Semarang, Java, November 28, 1905; Edw. Jacobson (pi. 2, figs. 

 1, 2, 3). 



The following description is taken from Meijere. 



Male. — Head soft blackish brown. Antennae grayish brown, with 

 the first three joints very short; the three following considerably 

 longer; the fourth somewhat longer than the sixth; the fifth only half 

 as long as the last. Mandibles and maxillae dark brown. Thorax 

 dark brown; on the sutures brighter, golden brown. Abdomen dark 

 brown. Front femora dark brown; hind femora golden brown with 

 apex darker; front tibiae golden brown, darker beneath; hind tibiae 

 brown; knees blackish; tarsi with basal portion of each joint very 

 dark brown, the remainder white. Elytra golden brown, somewhat 

 club shaped. Wings on costal margin gray; veins blackish brown, 

 reaching almost to the margin ; costal margin in basal half thick, dark. 



a Augen sitzend, mit zahlreichen Facetten. Fiihler lang, 6-gliedrig, die 3 ersten 

 Gliederkurz,das 3te mit sehr langencylindrischenAnhang;die3 letztenGlieder band- 

 artig abgeflacht, zusammen so lang wie der Anhang des 3tenGliedes. Mandibel lang 

 und schmal, nach oben gebogen. Taster von derselben Lange, 2-gliedrig, das 2te 

 Glied gerade, fast cylindrisch, nach der Spitze hin sehr wenigverjiingt. Bildung des 

 Metathorax wie in Fig. 8. Tarsen 4-gliedrig. Fliigel sehr breit, gerundet, mit 7 

 Hauptadern, die 2te und 3te an der Spitze verb und en; zwischen der 3tenund4ten 2 

 wurzelwarts freie Adern; am Vorderrand ein deutliches Stigma (Meijere, 1908). 



