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cell 1st M 2 . The entire apical portion of wing 
is brown. An arm of this marking extends 
transversely over the wing across the m cross- 
vein to the wing margin (Fig. 3/) . The cubital 
cell has a very short, acute point on the lower 
apex. Vein Cui + 1st A is very slightly curved 
and extends to the wing margin. 
Abdomen: Chiefly yellow to rufous, with a 
black stripe extending longitudinally down the 
sides from the first to, and including, the 
fourth tergum. The fifth ter gum is entirely 
yellow to rufous and has a strong ring of 
black bristles at its apex. The anal area (tenth 
segment, proctiger) is greatly extended and 
elongate. It is strongly convex dorsally. The 
ventro -apical lobes of the ninth tergum are 
also very elongate. 
Length: body, 8.5 to 8.8 mm.; wings, 7.5 
mm. 
FEMALE 
Fitting the description of the male except 
that the lateral black vittae of the abdomen 
converge on the middle portion of the fifth 
abdominal segment and extend as a single 
median black vitta to the end of the sixth 
tergum. 
Ovipositor: Dark brown to black and very 
prominent. The visible portion (in situ ) is 
equal in length to the combined lengths of 
abdominal segments three to six (Fig. 3 b). 
The extended ovipositor is about 6.5 mm. 
long, the basal segment is comparatively long 
and slender, 3.0 mm. by 1.0 mm. at its widest 
point. The spiracles are situated about 0.62 
mm. from the base of the segment. The in- 
version membrane is damaged on the speci- 
men which has been relaxed, it apparently is 
about 1.8 mm. by 0.21 mm. at its widest 
point. The rasper extends to within about 0.42 
mm. of the base of the segment. The piercer 
is 1.7 mm. by about 0.15 mm. at its widest 
point. The apical portion is serrate (Fig. 3 a). 
Three tiny inconspicuous setae are situated 
just before the apex. The opening of the 
oviduct is about 0.15 mm. from the apex of 
the segment. 
Holotype male, allotype female, and nine 
paratypes, six males and three females, from 
Pangi, Mindanao, Phil. Is., March, 1950, ex 
Cucurbitaceae (F. E. Skinner). The type and 
allotype are being deposited in the United 
States National Museum. The paratypes are 
being deposited in the following collections: 
Bernice P. Bishop Museum, British Museum 
(Natural History), Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ 
Association, and the University of Hawaii. 
Euphranta (Staurella) Bezzi, n. comb. 
Staurella Bezzi, 1913, Ind. Mus., Mem. 3: 
121 - 122 . 
I am considering this as a subgenus of 
Euphranta inasmuch as the only reliable char- 
acter I have found for separating it has been 
the presence of the prescutellar bristles (see 
discussion under Euphranta). Much confu- 
sion has existed in the literature regarding the 
status of this group; most of the species have 
been described under Euphranta. The follow- 
ing species apparently belong in Euphranta 
(Staurella): E. apicalis Hendel (Orient); E. 
camelliae (Ito) (Japan); E. canangae n. sp. 
(Philippine Islands) ; E. chrysopila Hendel (For- 
mosa); E. corticicola (Hering) (Java); E. con- 
juncta Hendel (Ceylon); E. crux (Fabricius) 
(Orient); E. dissoluta (Bezzi) (India); E. ju- 
cunda Hendel (Formosa) ; E. lemniscata Ender- 
lein (Orient and Micronesia); E. licenti Zia 
(China); E. linocierae Hardy (Australia); E. 
luteifasciata (Senior- White) (Ceylon); E. ma- 
culifemur (de Meijere) (Sumatra); E. maculi- 
frons (de Meijere) (Java); E. mediofusca (Her- 
ing) (Bismark Archipelago); E. mikado 
Matsuniura (Japan, China) ; E. nigrescens (Zia) 
(China); E. nigripeda (Bezzi) (India); E. nigro- 
cingulata (Hering) (Burma) ; E. oshimensis 
(Shiraki) (Japan) ; E. oshimensis "form” separata 
(Ito) (Japan); E. rivulosa Bezzi (Fiji); E. 
sexsignata Hendel (Formosa) ; E. suspiciosa 
(Hering) (Burma) ; E. suspiciosa scutellaris 
(Chen) (China) and E. zeylandica Senior- 
White (Ceylon). 
Staurella circumscripta Hering and S. flavina 
