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tegulae brownish, with a white spot in front. Wings tinged with fuli- 

 ginous. Legs black j anterior tibia? within and their tarsi, honey- 

 yellow, as well as the calcaria and tips of the other tarsi ; the four pos- 

 terior tibiae with a white spot at base. Abdomen shining, each segment 

 with a narrow, white, subapical fascia, widely interrupted in the middle 

 of the first and second segments, and slightly so on the remaining seg- 

 ments; venter black. Length 3J lines; expanse of wings 6}- lines. 

 One specimen. 



2. Oxybelus similis, n. sp. 



Black, sericeous : abdominal segments with subinterrupted white fasciae : 

 anterior tibise and tarsi and the tegulos, honey-yellow; wings hyaline. 



Female. — Closely resembles 0. interruptus, but the body is more 

 densely and strongly punctured and the pubescence is stronger and 

 more obvious; the flagellum is testaceous beneath; the tubercles are 

 not white ; the squama are smaller, while the mucro is the same as in 

 interruptus j the metathorax is finely sculptured and not reticulated, 

 and the enclosed space, from which the mucro proceeds, is obliquely 

 striated on the sides ; the tegulae are entirely honey-yellow ; wings 

 hyaline and faintly iridescent; the legs are entirely black, except the 

 anterior tibise and tarsi, and tips of the other tarsi, which are dull 

 honey-yellow; the abdomen is sericeous and not so shining; the fascia? 

 on the four basal segments are only slightly interrupted in the middle, 

 and that on the first is dilated towards the middle ; the fifth segment 

 has two approximate white dots on the middle, and the apicai segment 

 is black, immaculate ; venter immaculate. Length 31 lines ; expanse 

 of wings 6 lines. 



One specimen. 



:;. Oxybelus parvus, n. sp. 



Small, black, sericeous; mandibles, liagellum beneath, tegulse, anterior tibife 

 aud tarsi, and spot on each side of first abdominal segment, testaceous ; wings 

 hyaline ; mucro large and strongly furcate at tip. 



Female. — Black, very densely, uniformly and strongly punctured, 

 with a distinct, silvery pubescence, very brilliant on the face ; the man- 

 dibles, the flagellum beneath, and the tegulae, honey -yellow ; metatho- 

 rax rugose, the squama large, whitish and claw-shaped, the mucro also 

 large, broad, grooved above, dilated towards the tip, which is whitish 

 and deeply emarginated, giving the process a strongly furcate appear- 

 ance. Wings hyaline, beautifully iridescent. Legs black or piceous; 

 the anterior tibiae and tarsi entirely, the middle tibiae in front, the pos- 

 terior pair at b ,se, as well as the base of the four posterior tarsi, testa- 

 ceous. Abdomen very closely, uniformly and distinctly punctured, 



