1865.] 



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dull rufous, 14-jointed, the joints very distinct, the basal joint rather 

 short, blackish, 2nd joint very short and globose, remaining joints equal, 

 each being as long as the 1st and 2ud together, flattened, terminal joint 

 scarcely longer than the penultimate. Thorax somewhat shining; me- 

 sothorax with two deeply impressed lines, broader posteriorly, converg- 

 ing on the scutellum, and between them and immediately in front of 

 the scutellum a triangular impressed space, the elevations and depres- 

 sions having the appearance of a W; scutellum produced, uneven, with 

 two very deep, approximate excavations at base, and bearing posteriorly 

 a rather long and acute spine, before the base of which there is a deep 

 oblong excavation with the sides carinate, base of the spine dilated, 

 gradually acuminate towards the tip; posterior portion of the scutellum. 

 under the spine, longitudinally striated; metathorax opaque, pubescent, 

 with two much elevated, obtuse, longitudinal carinas down the middle. 

 Wings hyaline, the nervures yellowish ; radial area short, broad, sub- 

 triangular, closed in front, open behind, by the nervure between it and 

 the costal cell being obsolete; areolet obsolete. Legs, with the coxae, 

 rufous. Abdomen short, convex, smooth and polished, black, its ex- 

 treme base and sides tinged with rufous; basal segment annular and 

 aciculate ; the suture between the second and third segments connate, 

 the third segment twice as long as the second, and concealing the apical 

 and ventral segments. Length If line. 



Collection. — Dr. J. Gundlach. One specimen. 



I have referred this and the next species to Aspicera, as the sculp- 

 ture of the scutellum and the neuration of the wings seem to coincide 

 with those of that genus, a figure of which is given by Dr. Reinhard in 

 Berl. Entom. Zeits. 186JJ, pi. 4, fig. 7. The structure of the antennas 

 is, however, different. 



Aspicera bifoveolata, n. sp. 



Black; antennae and legs honey-yellow; wings hyaline: scutellar spine acute. 



Female. — Black, polished, head and thorax slightly pubescent; an- 

 tennae as long as the head and thorax, pubescent, honey-yellow, the 

 basal joint piceous, 13-jointed, the joints very distinct, first joint mode- 

 rately long, narrowed at base, 2nd joint about half the length of the 

 1st, a little longer than broad, the three following joints equal, each one- 

 half longer than the 2nd, the 6th to 12th joints submoniliform. about 

 equal in length and bre idth, each being about the same length as 8rd 

 joint but broader and finely aciculate, terminal joint twice as long as 

 the penultimate. Thorax polished ; mesothorax and scutellum sculp- 

 tured exactly as in the preceding species, except that the excavation 

 between the striae in front of the scutellum is scarcely perceivable; and 



