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tibiae and tarsi. Antennae black, a small yellow spot on the 

 apex of the scape below. Wings hyaline, the nervures and stigma 

 black. ^ . 



Length 11 mm. 



Cape. 



Face closely and strongly, the clypeus sparsely punctured ; the 

 apex of the latter tinged with red. Front and vertex strongly, 

 closely punctured, Labrum dark red in the middle, the sides 

 yellowish. Mandibles with the basal half yellow, followed by a 

 rufous band, the apex black ; their apical tooth long, the subapical 

 short, indistinct. Palpi yellowish. Temples sharply, obliquely 

 narrowed ; the occiput transverse. Thorax closely, strongly punc- 

 tured ; the median segment with the pleurae striated at the apex ; 

 the spiracular area closely, strongly obliquely striated. Areola 

 longer than broad, the basal pai't slightly obliquely narrowed, its 

 apex broadly rounded inwardly ; it is irregularly transversely 

 striated on the base, the apex obliquely and longitudinally striated ; 

 the posterior median area wide, stoutly transversely striated, the 

 striae widely separated ; the spiracular area more closely, less 

 strongly obliquely striated. Middle area of post-petiole bordered 

 by keels ; it is closely, strongly striated ; the sides strongly punc- 

 tured. Gastrocoeli transverse, the inner side and the space between 

 them closely, stoutly striated. The segments are closely punc- 

 tured ; the apex of the penultimate has a semicircular pale yellow 

 mark ; the last is entirely pale yellow. Areolet 5-angled, its width 

 in front one-fourth of what it is behind ; the recurrent nervure is 

 received almost in the middle ; disco-cubital nervure broken by a 

 stump ; the transverse median received distinctly beyond the 

 transverse basal. Scutellum flat. 



E. iridipcnnis, Cam. (Rec. Alb. Mus., i., 142), has the wings 

 fuscous violaceous, the scutellums black, the basal three segments 

 only of the abdomen are red, &c. 



