TWO NEW SPECIES OF SCIARA FROM THE PHILIPPINES 



By F. W. Pettey 

 (Cornell University, Ithaca, New York) 



ONE PLATE 



Through the courtesy of Dr. E. P. Felt, specimens of Sciara, 

 collected in the Philippine Islands under the direction of Profes- 

 sor Charles S. Banks, of the department of entomology. College of 

 Agriculture, at Los Bafios, by Mr. L. B. Uichanco, have been 

 sent to the Department of Entomology, Cornell University, for 

 identification. The species are apparently undescribed. 



Sciara bispinosa sp. nov. Plate I, figs. 2 and 4, 



Male. — Length, 1 millimeter. Head black, shiny ; antennse fus- 

 cous, over two-thirds the length of the body. Thorax black, 

 shiny, pleura fuscous. Abdomen black; hypopygium fuscous, 

 with no small setiferous median ventral lobe at base; clasper 

 (Plate I, fig. 2) with two stout subapical spines and a group 

 of shorter more slender apical spines. Legs dull brown, tarsi 

 darker; length of hind tibia and tarsus about equal. Wings 

 (Plate I, fig. 4) hyaline; veins of medium strength; media and 

 cubitus without setse; base of Rs noticeably distad of the raid 

 point between the tip of Rj and the humeral cross vein ; R^ ds 

 noticeably proximad of the forking of media ; petiole of cu) .tus 

 slightly longer than the base of media ; costa extends over .wo- 

 thirds of the distance between the tips of Rs and M^; Rs ends 

 distad of 0.85 of the wing length and noticeably proximad of the 

 tip of Mo. Halteres fuscous. 



Luzon, Laguna Province, Los Banos, March 16, 1917, College 

 of Agriculture accession No. 18153 (L. B. Uichanco) . Described 

 from one male. Type in the Cornell University collection. 



Sciara uichancoi sp, nov. Plate I, figs. 1 and 3. 



Male. — Length, 2,8 millimeters. Head black, shiny; antennae 

 and palpi fuscous, anterior end of scape luteous, antennse about 

 as long as head and thorax. Thorax black, shiny; angle of 

 humerus luteous; pleura dark fuscous. Abdomen black, venter 

 fuscous, hairs whitish ; hypopygium fuscous with no small median 

 setiferous lobe, clasper with about six stout spines, two of which 

 are stouter than the rest (Plate I, fig. 1). Coxae and femora 



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