﻿NOTES 
  ON 
  AFRICAN 
  CHALCIDOIDEA 
  — 
  II. 
  365 
  

  

  might 
  be 
  demonstrable 
  only 
  in 
  a 
  cleared 
  and 
  mounted 
  specimen. 
  Ashmead 
  

   (loc. 
  cit.) 
  speaks 
  of 
  the 
  scutellum 
  as 
  " 
  smooth, 
  without 
  distinct 
  grooved 
  lines, 
  rarely 
  

   slightly 
  indicated 
  at 
  the 
  extreme 
  base." 
  Later, 
  he 
  ascribed 
  to 
  Syntomosphyrum 
  

   four 
  scutellar 
  furrows 
  in 
  defining 
  the 
  genus 
  (Mem. 
  Carneg. 
  Mus., 
  i, 
  p. 
  350, 
  1904), 
  which 
  

   is 
  not 
  in 
  accord 
  with 
  Forster's 
  definition. 
  Ashmead's 
  redefinition, 
  however, 
  seems 
  

   to 
  have 
  gained 
  some 
  acceptance, 
  for 
  Girault 
  (Mem. 
  Queensld. 
  Mus., 
  ii, 
  p. 
  205, 
  1913) 
  

   treats 
  Neotetrastichus, 
  Perkins 
  (1912), 
  as 
  a 
  synonym 
  of 
  Syntomosphyrum, 
  Forst. 
  

   This 
  can 
  hardly 
  be 
  correct, 
  as 
  Perkins' 
  genus 
  has 
  two 
  central 
  impressed 
  lines 
  on 
  

   the 
  scutellum. 
  

  

  Syntomosphyrum 
  glossinae, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  (figs. 
  14-16). 
  

  

  A 
  species 
  characterised 
  by 
  the 
  bluish 
  black 
  head 
  and 
  thorax, 
  the 
  pale 
  legs, 
  the 
  

   slightly 
  tinted 
  anterior 
  wings, 
  and 
  the 
  lighter-coloured 
  median 
  basal 
  portion 
  of 
  

   the 
  abdomen 
  of 
  the 
  §. 
  Length, 
  1*25 
  mm. 
  (<£), 
  1*4-1*6 
  mm. 
  (<j>). 
  Alar 
  expanse,. 
  

   2-3 
  mm. 
  (<}), 
  2'5-2'6 
  mm. 
  (2). 
  

  

  Fig. 
  14. 
  Syntomosphyrum 
  glossinae, 
  sp. 
  n., 
  $. 
  

  

  ?• 
  — 
  Head, 
  seen 
  from 
  in 
  front, 
  triangular, 
  the 
  occiput 
  sharply 
  defined, 
  very 
  

   concave 
  behind 
  and 
  slightly 
  so 
  on 
  the 
  frons 
  ; 
  reticulate, 
  with 
  hardly 
  "any 
  

   reflections, 
  colour 
  bluish 
  black. 
  Eye 
  large, 
  dark 
  red, 
  bare, 
  but 
  under 
  high 
  

   magnification 
  (X 
  600) 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  minute 
  scattered 
  hairs 
  may 
  be 
  detected; 
  

   greatest 
  diameter 
  less 
  than 
  one-third 
  of 
  the 
  entire 
  face. 
  Scrobes 
  set 
  on 
  the 
  base 
  

   line 
  of 
  the 
  eyes, 
  rounded 
  oval, 
  outwardly 
  slightly 
  flattened. 
  Malar 
  space 
  distinct 
  ; 
  

   clypeus 
  with 
  two 
  slight 
  furrows 
  outside 
  the 
  scrobes, 
  curving 
  towards 
  one 
  another,. 
  

  

  