ANOMALON. 301 



Thorax similarly pubescent ; mesonotum finely punctured; propleura obliquely, the meso- 

 notum longitudinally, striated ; scutellum rugose ; metanotum coarsely reticulated ; 

 metapleurae very coarsely rugose. First abdominal segment narrow, the apex dilated ; 

 second segment of nearly equal breadth throughout on the upperside, but dilated down- 

 wards at the apex, considerably longer than the basal segment, and black above ; the 

 apical segments darker. Coxae punctured, covered with long glistening white hair ; 

 femora glabrous ; tibiae covered with a dark and close, the tarsi with a lighter, pile ; 

 anterior legs lighter in colour than the posterior ones, which latter have the tips of the 

 tarsi and of the tibiae inclining to blackish. Wings slightly smoky, the apex much 

 darker ; stigma black above, testaceous on the lower side ; first recurrent nervure 

 received a little below the middle ; discoidal cellule more than twice the width at the 

 apex than at the base. 



8. Anomalon fumipenne. 



Anomalon fumipenne, Cresson, Proc. Acad. Phil. 1873, p. 379 ( ? ) x . 

 Hab. Mexico, Orizaba (Sumichrast) 1 . 



9. Anomalon agnatum. 



Anomalon agnatum, Cresscm, Proc. Acad. Phil. 1873, p. 379 ( $ ) 1 . 

 Hab. Mexico, Mirador l (Br. Sartorius). 



10. Anomalon (!) elegans. 



Anomalon (?) elegans, Cresson, Proc. Acad. Phil. 1873, p. 379 ( ? )*. 

 Hab. Mexico, Orizaba (Sumichrast) 1 . 



11. Anomalon quadriHneatum. 



Flavum ; anteanis, vertice, lineis 4 thoracis, abdomine supra, dimidio apicali tibiarum posticarum tarsisque pos- 



ticis, nigris ; abdomine pedibusque rufo-testaceis ; alis hyalinis, nervis nigris. 

 Long. 16 millim. 



Hab. Guatemala, San Geronimo (Champion). 



Antennae about three fourths of the length of the body, slender, more thickened 

 towards the base ; scape yellowish beneath. Head thickish, impunctate, the vertex 

 aciculate. Thorax shining ; mesonotum with some scattered punctures ; metanotum 

 with a broad and deep furrow down its centre ; three (the two lateral not reaching to 

 the base of the lobes) broad lines on the mesonotum, the suture of the metathorax, and 

 a line down the metanotum, black. Abdomen longish, strongly compressed ; the first seg- 

 ment clear yellow at the base ; ovipositor as long as the hind tibiae. Hind femora with 

 a keel on the underside, terminating in an indistinct tooth before the apex (very much 

 as in Eiphosoma) ; hind tibiae entirely black behind. 



