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side; scutellum prominent, quadrate, yellow, densely punctured, deeply 

 excavated in front and acutely carinated on each side, the excavation 

 blackish; postscutelluin yellow; metathorax prominent, yellow, basal 

 suture strongly contracted, posterior face abruptly sloped, channelled 

 down the centre, brown-black, and as well as the sides, rather coarsely 

 reticulated; tegulae yellow. Wings rather short, deep yellowish-hya- 

 line, the apical margin broadly fuliginous, nervures honey-yellow; pos- 

 terior pair with a large fuscous spot near the base. Legs yellow; a large 

 spot at base of posterior coxae, the anterior femora beneath obscurely, 

 the four posterior femora, except base and apex, and the extreme tips 

 of all the tarsi, blackish. Abdomen elongate, polished, broad and com- 

 pressed towards the tip; basal segment bright yellow, with a large 

 irregular black mark above near the tip; 2nd segment honey-yellow, 

 the basal half above black ; following segments honey-yellow, their sides 

 broadly bright yellow ; ovipositor not exserted. Length !)•] lines; ex- 

 panse of wings 12 lines. 



Collection. — Dr. J. Grundlach. One specimen. 



This is a beautiful species; the antennae and wings are much shorter 

 than any of the other species of this genus. 



Genus PORIZON, Grav. 

 Porizon fulvescens. n. sp. 



Pale honey-yellow; antennae dusky ; base of 1st and disk of 2nd and 3rd 

 al)dorainal segments blackish ; wings hyaline, iridescent. 



Female. — Pale honey-yellow, shining; orbits, middle of face, clypeus 

 and mouth paler ; antennae nearly as long as the body, dusky. Thorax : 

 mesothorax with the dorsal lines tolerably well impressed, darker in 

 color than the rest of the thorax ; space on each side of the scutelluiu 

 blackish ; metathorax with the elevated lines well denned, the central 

 area large, elongate, angular in front and truncate behind. Wing's 

 whitish-hyaline, iridescent ; nervures and stigma pale testaceous. Legs 

 yellowish, tinged with honey-yellow. Abdomen very slender at base, 

 gradually broader and much compressed towards the tip which is trun- 

 cate ; honey -yellow, the base of the 1st and the dorsal surface of the 

 2nd and 3rd segments, more or less blackish ; ventral segments yellow- 

 ish ; ovipositor two-thirds the length of the abdomen, piceous. porrect. 

 Length ?> lines ; expanse of wings 4 lines. 



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



Porizon apicalis, n. sp. 



Pale honey-yellow; head, part of thorax, and base of legs, yellow; basal 

 middle of metathorax, base of the 2nd and 3rd, and the two apical segments 

 of abdomen, fuscous ; wings hyaline. 



Male. — Pale honey-yellow, shining; head yellow, tips of mandibles 



