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the apex of 1st and 2nd basal joints narrow brown- 

 ish. Thorax dorsally and ventrally pitchy black, 

 paler in the female. Anterior margin of prothorax 

 brownish. Abdomen pitchy black. 6th segment in 

 the (5 cylindrical, somewhat narrowed at the apex, 

 truncate, about U times longer than 7th, which is 

 conical, reddish brown basally. 8th segment coni- 

 cal, the apex above somewhat obliquely truncate, 

 basally reddish brown, nearly as long as 7th. 9th 

 segment reddish brown. Branches of lower appen- 

 dage cylindrical, approximating at the base and 

 apex. Upper appendage broad, the apex with deep 

 rectangular incision. In the Q the abdomen is pale; 

 the hind margins of the segments narrowly borde- 

 red with brown; the terminal segments dark brown; 

 setae black. Legs brownish yellow. The tip of tibiae 

 and of the three basal joints of the tarsi brown; 

 the 4th and 5th tarsal joints blackish brown. Claws 

 serrate. Wings broad, obtuse at the tip, hyaline, 

 with strongly yellowish tinge, especially at the base. 

 All the nervures strongly yellowish except in the 

 markings, where the longitudinal ones are black. 

 All the spots and bands distinct, broad and sooty 

 black. 



Forewing 13—16 mm; hindwing 12 — 14,5 mm. 



Mus. Vienna: 1 J» Elisabethopol (Kindermann 

 leg.), 1 9, Brussa, 1863 (Lederer leg.). - Mus. Tiflis: 

 9 9) Caucasus. 



This species is easily recognized by its- strong 

 yellowish tinge on the wings, by the yellow ner- 

 vures and by the blackish colour of the body. 



14. P. connexa Mac Lachlan, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., p. 



59-70, 1869. 



15. P. similis n. sp. 



Head and rostrum shining black. Maxillary palpi 

 reddish brown, apical joint black. Antennae black, 



