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and brown. Abdomen grayisli, with tlie lateral and posterior 

 margins of the segments dark brown, clothed with fine, golden 

 Kairs. Ventral surface similarly marked, except that the an- 

 terior portion of each segment, as well as its basal margin, is 

 more or less brownish. Coxae gray, clothed with golden yel- 

 low and brownish hairs. Femora dark golden, with a nearly 

 black band close to the apex, the articulation at the extreme 

 tip of both femora and tibiae bright golden yellow. Tibiae 

 yellowish, tip golden yellow. Tarsi dark, yellowish; ungues 

 golden. All the legs clothed with rather short, thick, dark 



rig. 



Antennae and mouth parts of Eucorethra underwoodi 



brown hairs. Base of halteres golden yellow; apex enlarged, 

 capitate and fuscous. Wings spotted with dark brown or fus- 

 cous; veins rather thickly clothed with narrow, nearly black 

 scales and with three distinct spots along the radius, a large 

 discal spot, a smaller one at the base of the first submarginal 

 cell and a still smaller one at the base of the second. 



Petiole of first submarginal cell about one half its length : that 

 of the second twice its length. Posterior cross vein almost inter- 

 stitial with the mid cross vein. 



Described from a freshly bred specimen. 



Male. This sex has not been described hitherto. 



Antennae densely plumose, brown ; basal segment globose, vari- 

 ably brown, others with basal, semitransparent annulations. 

 Palpi dark at base ; first segment short, second medium, third and 

 fourth segments subequal, lighter. Prothorax as in female. 



