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  JAMES 
  WATERSTON 
  . 
  

   Proportions 
  of 
  Tarsal 
  Joints. 
  

  

  

  i. 
  

  

  ii. 
  

  

  iii. 
  

  

  iv. 
  

  

  Fore 
  

  

  20 
  

  

  25 
  

  

  20 
  

  

  40 
  

  

  Mid 
  

  

  40 
  

  

  30 
  

  

  30 
  

  

  40 
  

  

  Hind 
  . 
  

  

  40 
  

  

  40 
  

  

  30 
  

  

  — 
  

  

  Abdomen 
  : 
  the 
  first 
  segment 
  occupies 
  at 
  leastlive-eighths 
  of 
  the 
  exposed 
  surface. 
  

   Length, 
  175 
  mm. 
  ; 
  alar 
  expanse, 
  3 
  mm. 
  

  

  Nyasaland 
  : 
  Zomba, 
  2 
  cJ<J 
  and 
  10 
  $-<j>, 
  bred 
  from 
  larvae 
  of 
  a 
  Noctuid 
  moth 
  

   (Butiseola 
  fusca, 
  Hmp.), 
  which 
  is 
  very 
  destructive 
  to 
  maize 
  (E. 
  Ballard).' 
  

   Holotype~3k 
  $. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  10. 
  Pleurotropis 
  Tiomoea, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  ; 
  

   scuteilum, 
  metanotum 
  and 
  propodaeum. 
  

  

  Pleurotropis 
  mediopunctata, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  (figs. 
  2, 
  5, 
  9, 
  11). 
  

  

  Blue-black 
  with 
  metallic 
  reflections, 
  and 
  little 
  green 
  anywhere. 
  

  

  ?. 
  — 
  Head 
  with 
  slight 
  greenish 
  reflections 
  on 
  the 
  face, 
  mingled 
  with 
  blue. 
  Reticula- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  somewhat 
  coarse 
  and 
  raised 
  especially 
  between 
  the 
  ocelli 
  and 
  the 
  

   apex 
  of 
  the 
  scapes. 
  Antennae 
  strongly 
  metallic 
  (fig. 
  2, 
  e). 
  Length, 
  '68 
  mm. 
  

  

  Thorax 
  : 
  pronotum 
  with 
  the 
  shining 
  surface 
  on 
  the 
  anterior 
  half 
  considerably 
  dis- 
  

   turbed 
  by 
  hollows 
  and 
  short 
  rugae, 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  appear 
  dim 
  ; 
  the 
  six 
  bristles 
  are 
  darker 
  

   than 
  usual. 
  Mesonotum 
  with 
  the 
  reticulations 
  of 
  the 
  mid 
  lobe 
  much 
  raised, 
  but 
  

  

  