BY T. D. A. COCKEKELL. 169 



CCELIOXYS PEREGRINATA n.Sp. 



Q Length about 12 mm. ; black, head and thorax densely 

 punctured, pubescence dull pale rust-red ; clypeus and siip- 

 raclypeal area coarsely roughened, convex, not at all keeled : 

 antennae black ; eyes reddish : cheeks narrow, with no distinct 

 groove : mesothorax and scutellum extremely densely punc- 

 tured, the latter slightly angled in the middle behind, not 

 at all emarginate, the lateral teeth rather short ; sides of 

 mesothorax and two spots at base of scutellum conspicuously 

 covered with red hair : tegulse shining black ; wings strongly 

 fuscous, the basal part hyaline ; legs black, with reddish hair ; 

 abdomen long, shining, with strong irregular well-separated 

 punctures, and entire ferruginous hair-bands ; last dorsal 

 segment pointed, with a median keel, becoming a mere 

 smooth line on the basal half ; last ventral extending beyond 

 dorsal, pointed, not notched at the sides ; fifth ventral seg- 

 ment with very small punctures, the segments before with 

 large punctures. The last ventral is formed as in C. brevis 

 Eversm., though rather broader; the last dorsal is more 

 elongate than in C. brevis. 



Hob.— Solomon Islands, July- August, 1909(W. W. Frog- 

 gatt, No. C 10). 



The following table shows the relationship of this species 

 to those of Australia and New Guinea. 



Face with a prominent longitudinal ridge, which extends from the 

 anterior ocellus'to the apical margin of the clypeus (New Guinea) ... 



sDiiithii Dalla Torre. 



Face without such a ridge 1. 



1. Apical margin of scutellum emarginate in the middle 



aZ/>o/t?ie(i<a-group {see ahove). 



Apical margin of scutellum not emarginate 2. 



2. Wings extremely dark, brilliantly violaceous; head with much white 



liair; lateral teeth of apical segment of male abdomen rudimentary... 



weinlaudi Schulz {albiceps Friese).* 



• I'his is a comparatively large species, the males 12 mm. or a little over, 

 the females about 16 mm.; but a single male collected by Mr. Froggatt at 

 Cape York, Queensland, is only a little over 10 mm. long. 



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