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  JAMES 
  WATERSTON. 
  

  

  Abdomen 
  with 
  the 
  first 
  abdominal 
  tergite 
  rather 
  more 
  extensive 
  than 
  in 
  nigripes, 
  

   shining 
  green 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  and 
  base 
  ; 
  the 
  rest 
  purple, 
  equally 
  smooth. 
  With 
  eyepiece 
  

   v. 
  and 
  objective 
  a 
  no 
  hairs 
  can 
  be 
  differentiated 
  on 
  the 
  purple 
  surface, 
  whereas 
  in 
  

   nigripes 
  with 
  the 
  same 
  power 
  they 
  are 
  apparent. 
  

  

  Length, 
  1*5 
  mm. 
  ; 
  alar 
  expanse, 
  over 
  3 
  mm. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  8. 
  Pleurotropis 
  amaurocoela, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  ; 
  

   scutellum, 
  metanotum 
  and 
  propodaeum. 
  

  

  Egypt 
  : 
  Cairo, 
  1 
  $, 
  bred 
  (along 
  with 
  a 
  Pteromalid) 
  from 
  a 
  microlepidopterous 
  larva 
  

   (Pyroderces 
  simplex, 
  Wlsm.) 
  in 
  cotton 
  bolls 
  (W. 
  Draper 
  — 
  Brit. 
  Mus.). 
  

  

  Northern 
  Nigeria 
  : 
  Aguji, 
  Ilorin 
  Province, 
  3 
  $$ 
  and 
  6 
  $£, 
  bred 
  from 
  cocoons 
  

   of 
  a 
  Braconid 
  (Apanteles 
  sp.) 
  parasitic 
  on 
  the 
  cotton 
  leaf 
  -roller 
  (Sylepta 
  derogata, 
  ¥.), 
  

   18. 
  ix. 
  13(17*os. 
  Thornton). 
  

  

  Ny 
  as 
  aland 
  : 
  Dedza, 
  2 
  §£ 
  , 
  bred 
  with 
  Tetrastrichus 
  sp., 
  from 
  Sylepta 
  derogata 
  

   (E.Ballard). 
  

  

  Holotype 
  — 
  a 
  $ 
  from 
  Dedza. 
  

  

  Pleurotropis 
  homoea, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  (figs. 
  2, 
  5, 
  9, 
  10). 
  

  

  Closest 
  to 
  P. 
  nigripes, 
  but 
  separated 
  from 
  it 
  by 
  size, 
  colour, 
  sculpture 
  of 
  thorax, 
  etc. 
  

   A 
  larger 
  duller 
  insect 
  ; 
  the 
  metallic 
  reflections 
  on 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  very 
  dark 
  

   green 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  practically 
  black, 
  with 
  blue 
  and 
  purple 
  reflections. 
  

  

  ?. 
  — 
  Head 
  smoother 
  on 
  the 
  vertex, 
  eyes 
  bare. 
  Antennae 
  (fig. 
  2, 
  /) 
  with 
  the 
  joints 
  

   of 
  the 
  funicle 
  increasing 
  in 
  width 
  abruptly 
  (hardly 
  at 
  all 
  in 
  nigripes). 
  Length, 
  

   •67 
  mm. 
  

  

  