246 PROF. M. BEZZI. 



2. Lonchaea claripennis Macq. 



Lonchaea claripennis, Macquart, Dipt., Exot., iii, 1843, p. 407 (250), pi. 34, fig. 1 

 A doubtful West African species, described from Senegal, but not recognised 

 subsequently. 



3. Lonchaea vibrissifer, Lamb. 



Lonchaea vibrissifer, Lamb. Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 1912, Zool. xv, p. 305, 



fig. 2, pi. 15, fig. 4. 

 A very distinct species from the Seychelles. 



4. Lonchaea aurea, Macq. 



Lonchaea aurea, Macquart, Dipt. Exot., Suppl. iv, 1851, p. 273 (299), pi. 28, fig. 1. 



Lonchaea splendida, Loew, 1873 ; Becker, 1895, etc. 



A not rare Mediterranean species of very wide distribution. Macquart described 

 it from Africa, without precise locality ; Lamb has it from the Seychelles ; and I 

 have it in my collection from the Cape, Willowmore (Dr. Brauns) and from Erythraea, 

 Asmara, October 1916 (Dr. A. Mochi). The species is present also in the Oriental 

 Eegion, as I have a specimen from S. India, Trichinopoly (E. Cajus, 1911) ;* and 

 it has also been found in New South Wales injuring tomatoes (French, 1917). 



To the characters of the species may be added : only one sternopleural macrochaeta 

 present ; mesopleurae with macrochaetae in front and at the hind border ; scutellum 

 with some hairs at the sides between the usual bristles ; second costal cell less dilated 

 outwardly ; sixth longitudinal vein not reaching the hind border. 



5. Lonchaea lambiana, nom. nov. 



Loncliaea longicomis, Lamb (nee Williston), Trans. Linn. Soc, London, 1912, 



Zool. xv, p. 304, pi. 15, fig. 3. 

 Known only from the Seychelles. 



6. Lonchaea excisa, Kert. 



Lonchaea excisa, Kertesz, Termesz. Fiizetek, Budapest, 1901, xxiv, p. 87 ; 



DeMeijere, Tijdschr. voor Entom., 1910, liii, p. 118, pi. 7, fig. 50. 

 Lonchaea plumata, Lamb, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 1912, Zool. xv, p. 303, fig. 1, 



pi. 15, fig. 1-2. 

 Originally described from Singapore, the species is widely spread over the Oriental 

 Eegion to the Philippines, and is found in the Seychelles. 



The species has two sternopleural bristles ; the mesopleura has long bristles even 

 in front ; the scutellum is pilose. 



7. Lonchaea gibbosa, Meij. 



Lonchaea gibbosa, De Meijere, Tijdschr. voor Entom., 1910, liii, p. 119. 



To this Oriental species, originally described from Java, may be provisionally 

 referred some specimens of both sexes in the writer's collection from Erythraea 

 Ghinda, August to December 1916 (Dr. A. Mochi). 



* T. Broun (N. Zeal. Dept. Agric, Div. Biol. Hort., Bull. No. 4, 1905, 6 pp., 1 pi.) 

 has described a Lonchaea splendida from Fiji ; the species must be re-named, if different 

 as it seems ; I propose for it the name of L. brouniana, nom. nov. 



