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$ differs from the allied species in being clothed very sparsely 

 with long silvery hairs, and in having the prothorax longer, and more 

 gradually tapering towards the head, testaceous-brown with a darker 

 transverse central band, and often with an ivory-white lateral spot ; 

 in one instance this spot spreads almost on to the disc, and the dark 

 transverse band is broken up into 3 spots ; mesonotum and pro- 

 podeum black, very shining, wings hyaline, nervures clear rufotesta- 

 ceous, abdomen and legs entirely clear rufotestaceous, the former with 

 lateral ivory-white spots on the 1st to the 5th segments. 

 Long. 10-11 m.m. 



$ 4. Biskra, on flowers of Zizyphus lotus, 30. iv. 95 and 

 24. 5. 97. Colour of eyes in life black or brown-black. 

 A. E. E. 



$ 1. Biskra, on Ammi visnaga, 10. vi. 97. A. E. E. 



$1. Biskra, 19. v. 97. A. E.E. 



? 3, ? 7. Biskra end of May and early June. F. D. M. 



Since this description was written Monsieur Vachal has 

 described a species under the name of Martini, Ann. Soc. 

 Fr., 1899, p. 538, which may possibly be the same as the 

 above, but the coloration does not agree, and in his species 

 the 2nd submarginal cell in the $ is absent whereas it is 

 present in mine. 



Myzine, sp. (?). 



$ 1. Biskra, on Ammi visnaga, 10. vi. 97. A. E. E. 



I cannot refer this for certain to any species I know, 

 and from a single $ I do not like to describe it as new. 

 It is closely allied to tripunctata, Ross., but smaller and 

 the puncturation more scattered ; Polita, Tourn., the type 

 of which I have seen, and Anceps, Gribodo, are also both 

 closely allied, but with neither does it seem to agree 

 exactly. 



Myzine fasciculata, n. sp. 



£ Nigra, flavo variegata, antennis rufopiceis, abdominis segmentis 

 valde sed sparsim punctatis ad basin constrictis, apicibus ad latera 

 et subtus dense fimbriatis. 



£ Head and thorax black, shining, clothed with pale hairs, largely 

 punctured ; antennas reddish-brown, rather slender, clypeus (in part 

 or altogether) and mandibles pale yellow, pronotum largely punctured 

 with a spot on each side of the anterior margin, which sometimes 

 unite into a continuous band, and a wide band just in front of the 

 sub membranous posterior margin, and the tegulao pale yellow. Wings 



