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II. Stictaspis ceratitina, n. sp. ? . 

 (PI. viii, fig. 13). 



A yellow species with black spots on the thorax and scutellum and with yellow 

 banded wings. Length 8 mm., with the ovipositor. 



Head yellow, opaque, shining only near the vertex; frons with a darker yellow 

 spot above the antennae; all the bristles black, the occiput with yellow hairs below ; 

 some black hairs on the lower portion of the posterior orbits, above the genal 

 bristle. Antennae reddish yellow, the two basal joints short, with short black 

 bristles; third joint about three times as long as the two first taken together ; palpi 

 light yellow, with black bristles; proboscis yellow with pale hairs. The third pair of 

 the lower or. smaller than the others ; frons bearing in the middle some short black 

 hairs. 



Thorax shining yellow, with yellowish pubescence on the dorsum; the scp. 

 are yellow and weak, all the other bristles black and strong. On the anterior 

 portion of the dorsum are to be seen two whitish median longitudinal stripes, 

 which become obsolete after the transverse suture ; a quadrate black spot in 

 front of the scutellum, margined with white on the sides and behind, the lateral 

 margins reaching the dc. The four lateral black spots are on the humeri, in the noto- 

 pleural region, behind the suture, and on the postalar calli, this last being prolonged 

 forward in a small streak. Above the humeri are two black dots, the larger supra- 

 humeral in position, and the smaller in the dorso-central region. The lateral spots 

 are partially margined with whitish streaks. Pleura yellow, shining, with some 

 pale hairs; the superior portion of the mesopleura whitish, with a small longitudinal 

 black streak just in front of the superior mpl. ; metanotum yellow, black beneath the 

 scutellum, with a white spot on the sides. Scutellum shining yellow, with three 

 black spots, the middle one the larger and rectangular in shape, the laterals rounded. 

 Haltères and squamulae whitish with pale hairs. 



Abdomen narrowed at the base, yellow, black haired, the 2nd, 4th and 5th 

 segments with whitish transverse bands ; 2nd segment at the base with some erect 

 black hairs ; 3rd to 6th with black bristles on the sides, on the 5th and 6th a com- 

 plete row at the hind margin. Ovipositor yellow, darkened at the end, shining, 

 about as long as the abdomen. Venter whitish. 



Legs entirely pale yellow, with black pubescence ; row of the front femora 

 with 6-7 bristles ; coxae with some black bristles ; row of bristles on the hind tibiae 

 well developed. 



Wings hyaline, with the fore border and three cross bands yellowish. The base 

 is broadly hyaline, with brownish dots on the basal cross-veins and some black 

 streaks; of the latter, two in the first basal cell, the outer curved beneath the 

 prefurca, two in the second basal cell, the outer oblique, and one in the anal cell on the 

 chitinised fold. The yellow border along the costa begins at the stigma and extends 

 a little beyond the end of the third longitudinal vein, including some brown and 

 hyaline spots. The first cross band begins at the costal border below the stigma, 



