Paranomia Venablesii, sp. nov.— ♀. Length 10.5 mm. Black; abdominal segments 1–4 at apex with bands of a golden-yellowish pubescence; the head in front, the cheeks, the occiput, the thorax in front at the sides, the postsctellum the legs, and the abdomen beneath, all clothed with a pale or whitish pubescence. Wings hyaline, fuliginous at apex, the costæ and parastigma black, the stigmal and internal veins testaceous. Legs mostly black, the stigmal and internal veins testaceous. Legs mostly black, with tarsal joints 2–5 mostly yellowish. The head is rather finely, sparsely punctate, the thorax more closely and densely punctate, but with the punctures finer on the scutellum, while the metathorax in shagreened, opaque. The abdomen has the first segment minutely punctulate, the following segments being more or less alutaceous.