210 prof. m. bezzi. 



On the Females of the Subgenus Carpolonchaea from the Orient. 



The females of this group are for the most part unknown, even Prof, de Meijere 

 having described only males. Those known to me are not easy to distinguish. 

 I have not seen females of the species with dark squamulae, except that of my 

 ficiperda, which has however whitish squamulae ; it is therefore possible that even 

 the species citricola and atratvla have the squamulae differently coloured in the two 

 sexes. Of bir6i,cupraria and obscuripennis only the males are known ; of atratula, 

 Walker, the author has described the female, but it is possible that he was mistaken 

 as to the sex of his specimen. 

 The females known to me may be distinguished as follows : 



1(2). Arista with very short plumosity, which is much narrower than the breadth 

 of the third antennal joint . . . . . . , . calva, Bezzi. 



2(1). Plumosity of the arista longer, at least equal to the breadth of the third 



antennal joint, or nearly so. 

 3(4). Tarsi yellowish ; frons broad ; third and fourth longitudinal veins diverging 



pallicarpa, Bezzi. 

 4(3). Tarsi quite black ; third and fourth veins parallel at end. 

 5(16). Plumosity of the arista not twice the breadth of the third antennal joint, 



with straight plumules. 

 6(11). Frons broad, not twice as long as broad. 



7(8.) Frons of an opaque, deep black colour ; arista rather shortly plumose 



filifera, Bezzi. 



8(7). Frons rather shining, with sericeous reflexions ; arista with longer plumosity. 

 9(10). Wings yellowish fuscous ,. .. ., .. .. lucens, de Meij. 



10(9). Wings hyalkie . . . . . . . . . . . . setifera, de Meij. 



11(6). Frons narrower, twice as long as broad. 



12(13). Ovipositor about as long as the abdomen . . . . . . ficiperda, Bezzi. 



13(12). Ovipositor much shorter than the abdomen. 



14(15). Wings deep yellowish ; frons with a deep depression and with two longitu- 

 dinal furrows converging anteriorly ; species of greater size 



hisulcata, Bezzi. 



15(14). Wings hyaline or slightly yellowish ; frons without basal depression and 



without marked furrows ; species of smaller size . . excisa, Kert. 



16(5). Plumosity of the arista twice as long as the breadth of the third antennal 



joint, with undulated plumules, w^hich are more thick and more scattered 



than usual ; frons narrow . . . . . . plumosissima, Bezzi. 



