1865.] 147 



tubercles, an elongate mark behind the tubercles and immediately be- 

 neath the anterior wings, a spot on the tegulae, and the scutellum. bright 

 yellow; pleura densely covered with subargenteous pile, the metathorax 

 with dense golden-sericeous pile; the latter rounded above and behind, 

 with a few longitudinal striae at base, just behind the postscutellum ; 

 mesothorax broad, immaculate. Wings subhyaline, the anterior pair 

 slightly tinged with fuscous, and with a large dark fuliginous patch 

 covering the marginal, second submarginal, and nearly the whole of the 

 third submarginal cells; nervures fusco-ferruginous, the costa and 

 stigma fulvous. Legs fusco-ferruginous ; the four anterior femora be- 

 neath, a line on their tibiae and tarsi, the posterior femora beneath at 

 tips, and their tibiae exteriorly except tips, yellow; anterior tarsi ciliated 

 with long pale setae, the middle and posterior tibiae covered exteriorly 

 with numerous short spines. Abdomen shining, finely and densely 

 punctured, somewhat sericeous, the apex acuminate and slightly in- 

 curved ; the first, second and fourth dorsal segments each with a more 

 or less broad, apical, yellow band, sinuate anteriorly, that on the first 

 segment emarginate on the anterior middle; two apical segments faintly 

 tinged with piceous; beneath rufo-piceous, the second segment with an 

 apical band as on the dorsal segment. Length 5 lines; expanse of 

 wings 9-} lines. 



Collection. — Dr. J. Glundlach. One specimen. 



Harpactus scitulus, n. sp. 



Black; inner orbits, clypeus, mandibles and tegulse, piceous; base of antennae, 

 prothorax above, tubercles, spot behind tegulse, a spot beneath the wings, scu- 

 tellum, spot on each side of metathorax, legs in part, and bands on the first, 

 second and fourth segments of abdomen, yellow; wings hyaline, fuscous on the 

 costo-apical half. 



Female. — Black, shining; inner orbits, not reaching the vertex, cly- 

 peus, mandibles and palpi, dull rufo-piceous, more or less clothed with 

 a very fine silvery pile ; antennae piceous, paler towards the base, the 

 two basal joints yellow. Thorax smooth, shining, and apparently im- 

 punctured ; the prothorax above, tubercles, a large transverse spot be- 

 neath and a small spot behind the tegulae, scutellum, and a large ovate 

 spot on each side of the metathorax, bright yellow; the latter smooth 

 and shining, the triangular basal space striated at base ; tegulae dull 

 piceous. Wings subhyaline, the costo-apical half, except extreme tips, 

 fuscous, darker about the marginal and second and third submarginal 

 cells; costa and stigma pale yellowish. Legs piceous, black, shining; 

 a spot on the coxae beneath, the four anterior femora, except base, their 

 tibiae, a spot on the posterior femora beneath at tips, and their tibiae 



