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Fig. 3. Euphranta skinneri n. sp. a, Apex of piercer; b, lateral aspect of abdomen and basal segment of ovipositor; 
c, dorsal aspect of thorax; d, frontal aspect of head; e , lateral aspect of head; /, wing. 
constant, Staurocneros punctilabris (Bezzi) has 
two apical spines on the middle tibia. 
Genotype: Euphranta connexa (Fabricius). 
The genus is largely oriental and Pacific in 
distribution although one species is perhaps 
present in the Ethiopian region. I have been 
able to place the following species in this 
subgenus: E. connexa (Palaearctic and Indo- 
australian) ; E. flavorufa Hering (Manchuria) ; 
E. maxima Hering (Borneo); E. naevifrons 
Hering (Sunda Isis.); E. scutellata Malloch 
(Solomon Isis.) and E. skinneri n. sp. (Philip- 
pine Isis.). The following species have not 
been properly placed: E. hammer steini Ender- 
lein (Madagascar); E. minor Hendel (Aus- 
tralia) and E. nigra Enderlein (Sumatra). Most 
of the species described as Euphranta belong 
in E. ( Staurella ) . Euphranta l at i limb at a Ender- 
lein has been placed in Staurocneros. 
One new species is at hand. 
Euphranta skinneri n. sp. 
Fig. 3 a-f 
This species is very closely related to Eu- 
phranta maxima Hering, from Borneo (Hering, 
1941: 14-15). The two differ in body colora- 
tion and markings; in wing markings and in 
the length of the ovipositor. The most ob- 
vious character for separating skinneri is that 
