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Eyes large, projecting, cheeks straight, aculeate at tip, space 

 between the eye and the basal angle very short ; tibiae spinose . . alcithoe. 



Eyes not projecting, head elongate behind the eyes ; tibias not 

 spiuose ccjeria. 



Thorax entirely red ; tibiae with a double row of long spines, 

 basal joint of the hind tarsi dilated, compressed, and diagonally 

 truncate at tip procnc. 



Thorax black, mesothorax and scutellum very dark ferruginous, 

 thorax diagonal and aculeate laterally, abdominal bands flavescent ; 

 tibiae without spines athis. 



Head and thorax black ; abdomen very dark cyaneous, almost 

 black, second abdominal segment with a ventral, median raised 

 line ddopcia. 



First abdominal segment very long in the male, subsessile in the 



female. 



cT Black, with the dorsal and lateral part of the prothorax and 

 mesothorax and the scutellum red ; thorax sloping and aculeate ; 

 tibiae without spines ccqwnsis. 



A-. DORSAL PART OP THE ABDOMINAL SEGMENTS WITH MEDIAN 



APICAL PATCHES AND BAND. (No males.) 



A 1 . ABDOMINAL SEGMENTS WITHOUT WHITE BAND OR SPOT. 



j Light brick-red ; abdomen fuscous with the exception of the 

 first segment which is long and petiolate ; eyes very large . . . . semele. 



cf Totally pale flavescent, second, third, and sometimes fourth 

 segments of abdomen with a fuscous narrow margin, first joint very 

 long, eyes very large thisbc. 



SECOND DIVISION. 



BASAL ABDOMINAL SEGMENT SUBELONGATE, SUBPETIOLATE, OB SUB- 

 SESSILE IN THE MALE. 



A 6 . NO BAND OR SPOT ON THE ABDOMINAL SEGMENTS. 



Head and thorax bluish black, abdomen cyaneous, tegulffi dark 

 ferruginous, metathorax with a short, moderately broad, sinuate 

 groove with raised edges amaWiea. 



Similar in shape, size, and colour, but the mesothorax, scutellum, 

 and tegulse are dark red gorge. 



The second basal segment only with an uninterrupted band. 



