FOUR NEW SPECIES OF BELYTA. 303 



Metanotum finely aciculated, the carina bifurcating 

 a little past the middle; the area formed by the 

 bifurcation is narrow. Petiole stout, broad, as long 

 -as the hind coxae ; obscurely rugose ; an indistinct 

 keel in the centre. The base of the second 

 abdominal segment is striolated; a suture in the 

 centre ; third and fourth segments equal ; fifth 

 shorter; sixth nearly as long as the preceding two 

 together; the seventh is nearly as long as the 

 preceding three ; eighth small. The abdomen is 

 longer than the thorax, and is wider in the centre 

 than it. Wings double the length of petiole, 

 abbreviated. — Female. 



Length, 4 mm. 



Differs from B. depressa in being longer, in having 

 longer antennae, with more moniliform joints; the 

 petiole thicker; the metathoracic area much nar- 

 rower, the femora more slender, and the scutellum 

 more distinctly separated from the sides. 



Cadder Wilderness. 



Belyta moniliata, sp. nov. 



Black, pilose; antennje and legs ferruginous; base of pos- 

 terior coxse and apex of antennae blackish. 



Antennae covered with a close pubescence ; as 

 long as the abdomen and half of the thorax 

 together; the second joint is a little longer than 

 the fourth; the third longer than the following 

 three united; the fourth to penultimate subequal, 

 moniliform ; the last one-half longer than the pre- 

 ceding, bluntly conical at apex. Front considerably 

 projecting. Pronotum above finely rugose, well 

 developed. Sutures of mesonotum and scutellar 

 fovea large, deep. Metanotum smooth, shining, 

 the sides aciculated, narrowed towa;rds the ai)ex, 

 which is produced into a short blunt tooth. Petiole 

 the length of hinder coxae, with four keels, two 

 above and one at each side; the space between 

 them obscurely crenulated. Base of second segment 

 striolated, a short suture in the middle; segments 



