Hagen.] 290 [March 17, 



apex elliptical ; hyaline with a yellowish tinge, or subfumose ; 

 veins pale, alternately blackish ; two black marks on the ptero- 

 stigma, several smaller ones on the hind margin ; the base of sec- 

 tors and of some forks blackish ; four sectors ; six external gradate, 

 five internal, not strictly parallel, the externals somewhat irregu- 

 lar ; margins pilose ; hind wings similar, pale, a blackish tinge on 

 the apex of the subcostal space. Abdomen, blackish ; of the male 

 genitals only the closed valves are to be seen. 



Hab. Ceylon, Negombo and Rainbodde, by Nietner ; 30<J , 1 ? . 



14. Micromus costulatus. 



Micromus? costulatus Motsch., Bull. Moscou, xxxvi, 2, 10. 

 Micromus linearis Hag., var? minor. Wein, Z. B. Ges. vin, 483, 



no. 75. 



Long. corp. 5 mm. ; exp. al. 8£ mm. 



Only a fragment ; thorax and legs pale ; wings less than three 

 times longer than broad, hyaline, veins pale, the gradate and some 

 forks dark ; four sectors, six and five gradate veins ; hind wings 

 similar. Motschulsky's description is as follows : Sordide albes- 

 cens, transversim fusco variegatus, sparsim testaceo-ciliatus ; oc- 

 cipite subelevato ; thorace medio longitudinaliter subconvexo, 

 utrinque infuscato ; alis elongatis, venis crassiusculis, subelevatis, 

 fere costatis, fusco annulatis, serie externa sex, interna quinque 

 gradata, pedibus testaceis. Long. If lin. ; exp. alar. 3£ lin. 



Hab. My specimen Ceylon, Rainbodde, Nietner ; Motschul- 

 sky's, Ceylon, Mt. Patannas, Nietner. The identity of both is 

 very probable ; but the dimensions of the latter are a little smaller. 



15. Micromus pumilio. 



Micromus pumilio Stein, Berl. Ent. Zeit., vn, 419, no. 40 — Brau. 



Neur. Europ., p. 29. 



Long. corp. 2£ mm. ; exp. al. 9 mm. ; long. al. ant. 4 mm. 



Translation of Stein's description : Testaceus, palpis maxillar- 

 ibus abdomineque fuscis. 



Near H. dipterus. Head, antennae, thorax below and legs whit- 

 ish yellow ; the twelve basal joints of antennae, the first excepted, 

 annulated with brown ; maxillary palpi dark brown ; eyes large 

 and prominent, so that the prothorax looks very coarctated ; it 

 has brownish spots besides ; wings grayish white, veins brownish, 



