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remaining sclerites of mesonotum brown, gray pruinose, more con- 

 spicuous on the postnotum. Pleura dark brown, heavily pruinose, 

 the propleura somewhat paler. Haltères pale. Legs with the coxae 

 infuscated, especially basally; trochanters testaceous yellow, the 

 posterior margin beneath blackened; remainder of legs clear yellow, 

 including the setae, only the terminal tarsal segments and the extrême 

 base of the tibia at the joint darkened. Wings grayish yellow, the 

 costal région more strongly yellowish, the stigma appearing as a 

 longitudinal seam along vein Ri, near r; veins darker brown, the 

 costa more yellowish. Venation : Rs about as long as the closed cell 

 ist M% r from two to three times its length from the tip of Ri; basai 

 deflection of Cui beyond the fork of M, 



Adbominal segments dark brown in the maie, the extrême caudal 

 margins of the segments paler; hypopygium paler brown. In the fe- 

 male, the segments are more or less distinctly bicolorous, the base 

 and apex of the segments being brighter than the remainder. 



Hab. Nigeria. 



Holotype, tf, Ibadan, June, 5, 1922 (A. W. J. Pomeroy). 



AUotopotype, Ç. 



Paratopotypes, 10 tf $, May 6- June 5, 1922 (A.W. J. Pomeroy). 



Types in the collection of the writer. 



Dicranoptycha confluens, sp. n. 



General coloration obscure yellow; latéral praescutal stripes in- 

 dicated; wings fulvous brown, more yellowish along the costal mar- 

 gin; cell isl Mi open by the atrophy of the outer deflection of M3. 



Maie. — Length 10 mm.; wing 10.2 mm. 



Rostrum and palpi dark brown. Antennae with the scapal segments 

 obscure brownish yellow; flagellum broken. Head dark brown with 

 a sparse yellow pollen. 



Pronotum obscure yellow. Mesonotal praescutum obscure yellow, 

 the latéral praescutal stripes small, dark brown, not attaining the 

 suture behind; scutellum obscure brownish yellow, darker brown 

 basally and as a narrow posterior margin; postnotum brown on basai 

 half, more yellowish on posterior half. Pleura with the anterior scle- 

 rites obscure yellow, the mesepimeron and latéral sclerites of the 

 postnotum infuscated. Haltères pale, the knobs little if at ail infus- 



