116 [Januvrt 



Myzine striata, n. sp. 



9 ■ Black : two spots above base of antennae, two spots on prothorax, two 

 spots on each side of pleura, spots on postscutellum, a large bifid mark on each 

 side of metathorax, yellowish ; abdomen marked much as in lateralis ; meta- 

 thorax deeply striated; wings subhyaline. 



Female. — •Black; clothed with pale glittering pubescence, longer 

 and more dense on the under surface ; head closely, deeply and uni- 

 formly punctured, the cheeks beneath clothed with long pubescence ; 

 immediately above the insertion of the antennae are two confluent, yel- 

 lowish-ferruginous spots; clypeus depressed, finely punctured; man- 

 dibles piceous, shining, fringed beneath with long yellowish pubescence; 

 antennas tinged with dull ferruginous, the basal joint black, shining 

 and pubescent. Thorax dull black, finely and closely punctured ; pro- 

 thorax opaque, very finely punctured, interspersed with larger punc- 

 tures, densely clothed with very short pale sericeous pubescence, on 

 each side anteriorly a transverse, obscure yellowish mark or line, the 

 extreme sides covered with fine longitudinal striae ; mesothorax de- 

 pressed, shining, with deep scattered punctures, stained on the disk 

 with obscure rufous, on each side of the disk two impressed lines, the 

 inner one the deepest, and not reaching the anterior margin which is 

 smooth and impunctured; scutellum opaque, closely punctured, the 

 postscutellum with a transverse yellowish spot; pleura prominent late- 

 rally, closely and deeply, punctured densely clothed with short, pale, 

 glittering pubescence, two large obscure yellowish spots on each side, 

 one anteriorly and the other posteriorly ; metathorax dull black, cov- 

 ered at extreme base, with deep transverse strias or acute carinae, the 

 posterior face is abrupt, flattened and covered with finer striae, diverg- 

 ing from the tip in a semicircular direction towards the sides; on each 

 side a large obscure yellowish mark, deeply indented with black on the 

 angulation. Legs piceous or piceous-black, shining, clothed with pale 

 pubescence ; tibial spurs white ; the four posterior tibiae densely cov- 

 ered on the outside with short spines. Abdomen shaped and marked 

 as in M. lateralis, except that the mark on each side of the second seg- 

 ment above is larger, scarcely emarginate, and has just above it a small 

 yellowish spot; beneath black, polished, and clothed with long pale 

 pubescence. Length 7 lines; expanse of wings 10 lines. 



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



Very similar to M. lateralis, but is at once distinguished by the dif- 

 ferent sculpture of the metathorax. 



