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petiole strongly punctured ; a sharp keel runs along 

 each side of the petiole, and is prolonged to near 

 the centre of the post-petiole ; another keel runs 

 along the post-petiole to a little past the spiracle. 

 Abdomen opaque, closely punctured, the aj)ical 

 segments obscurely; covered (especially at the aj)ex) 

 with a dense pile ; gastrocoeli transverse, shining,, 

 moderately deep. Legs covered with a dense pile> 

 longest on the coxae, which (especially the pos- 

 terior) are punctured; the sjDurs incline to piceous. 

 Areolet irregular, the lateral nervures converging 

 at top ; the recurrent nervure received in the 

 apical third. 



Length, 16 mm. 



Hah. Yatsurhiro. 



This species comes near to the description (so far 

 as it goes) of Ichneumon cognatorius, Sm., but is, so 

 far as I can make out from the description (which 

 makes no mention of the sculpture), distinct. 



EXEPHANES JAPONICUS, n.s. 



Black; joints 10-11: of antennae above, the troch- 

 anters, spars, and anterior tibiae in front, and three 

 apical joints of abdomen above, white ; base of 

 flagellum fuscous beneath. Antennae about as long 

 as the abdomen and half the thorax together, semi- 

 involute, stout, thickened beyond the middle, covered 

 with a microscopic pile ; scai)e scarcely punctured. 

 Head sub-buccate, strongly punctured, excei3t the 

 depression over the antennae, which is shining, 

 impunctate, and carinated in the middle above, 

 Clypeus very slightly sinuated at apex ; palpi 

 longish, fuscous at apex; foveae at sides of clypeus 

 small, deep. Thorax closely and strongly punctured ; 

 the pleurae and breast densely pilose and more 

 strongly punctured than the mesonotum ; scutellum 

 carinate along the sides, shining, punctured; post- 

 scutellum shining, impunctate, the sides with a few 

 longitudinal striations. Metathoracic areae distinct; 

 the supramedian with a keel at the base, and not 



