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ters, the base of the four anterior coxse, the apex of the 

 posterior pair more broadly, especially behind ; the base 

 of the four anterior tibiae, and the hinder, except at the 

 apex, white ; the tarsi fuscous ; the claws are bifid. The 

 second cubital cellule is nearly as long as the third; the 

 first transverse cubital cellule is almost obliterated ; the 

 first recurrent nervure is received in the basal third ; the 

 second quite close to the second transverse cubital nervure, 

 in one example almost united to it. 



Selandria CAERULEICEPS, Sp. nov. 



Caerulea, abdomine nigro ; linea pronoti, coxis, trochan- 

 teribus basique tibiarum late albis ; alls hyalinis, nervis 

 stigmateqiie nigris. $ . 



Long. 8 mm. 



Antennae short, distinctly tapering towards the apex ; 

 black, thickly covered with short, stiff hair. Front and 

 vertex shining, smooth; frontal area obsolete ; the furrows 

 bordering the ocelli distinct but shallow ; a depression 

 before the anterior ocellus ; the vertex bordered by a 

 furrow in front. Clypeus strongly and closely punctured, 

 bluish-coppery in tint ; the labrum white ; both are 

 thickly covered with long, white hair ; the mandibles are 

 piceous before the teeth ; the apices of the palpi pale. 

 Thorax shining, impunctate, thickly covered with short 

 pubescence. Wings almost hyaline, the stigma and 

 nervures black -; the first transverse cubital nervui^e is 

 obliterated at the base ; the second cubital cellule is, if 

 anything, longer than the third, and receives the recurrent 

 nervure shortly before the middle ; the second is received 

 near the base of the cellule ; the transverse radial nervure 

 is received in the apical fourth of the third cubital cellule ; 

 the transverse humeral nervure shortly beyond the middle ; 

 the accessory nervure in the hind wing is almost inter- 



