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small nipple-shaped process. Labium and front brownish ; palpi 

 yellowish-grey. Thorax dark fuscous, minutely scabrou.s, some- 

 what shining, two rows of long erect yellowish hairs from the 

 collare to the scutellum ; humeri yellowish ; collare and scutellum 

 yellowish-ljrowu. Hal teres greyish, yellowish at the base, closely 

 haired. Abdomen almost fuliginous, appearing lighter on account 

 of its pale pubescence. Legs long and robust, greyish-brown, 

 hoary when viewed in a certain light. Wings greyish-brown at 

 the base, hyaline, very densely covered with a long and somewhat 

 interwoven pubescence ; dull margaritaceous reflections. Costal 

 pale brown, thickly haired ; two first longitudinal veins pale 

 brown; second longitudinal vein sliglitly curved exteriorly, reach- 

 ing the margin immediately below the apex of the wing; cross-vein 

 very indistinct ; third longitudinal pale. (Description drawn from 

 dried specimen). 



Hab. — Como (Masters and Skuse). September. 



61. ASPHONDYLIA RL'BICUNDA, Sp.n. 



(J. — Length of antennae 0-050 inch ... 1-27 millimetres. 



Expanse of wings 0-075 x 0-030 ... 1-89x0-76 



Size of body 0-080x0-020 ... 2-02x0-50 



Antennaj brown, 2--f 12-jointed, basal joints yellowish-brown; 

 joints of flagellum stout, sessile, cylindrical, moie than twice as 

 long as broad, densely covered with a very short greyish pul)es- 

 cence. Hypostoma and front pale reddish-brown. Palpi 

 yellowish brown. Thorax nitidous, sordid yellowish-brown, with 

 two rows of erect hairs enclosing a pale reddish-brown space ; 

 humeri pale reddish-brown ; pleura) and collare pale reddish- 

 brown. Haltcres pule reddish-brown, with a sparse pubescence. 

 Abdomen pale reddish-brown, the terminal segments paler than 

 the preceding ones, pale pubescence ; forceps sordid yellowish- 

 brown, densely haired. Legs short and robust. Coxaj palo 

 reddi.sh-Vjrown. Finnora yellowish- brown, upjKu- side and tip 

 Vjlackish. Tibia; and tarsi cinereous. Winics reddish-brown at 



