144 Albany Museuin Rpcords. 



separated from the face by a farrow, irregularly punctui'ed, the 

 sides less strongly punctured, the centre of the clypeus with 

 distinct punctui-es, the sides almost smooth. Mandibles for the 

 greater part black, a yellow spot at the base above ; the teeth e(|ual 

 in length. Palpi yellowish. Mesonotum closely punctured, the 

 outer sides of the middle lobe and the inner and outer sides of the 

 lateral closely, finely transversely striated. Scutellum si)arsely 

 punctui-ed on the basal, the apical closely punctured ; the keels 

 for the greater part yellow. The base of metanotum closely, 

 irregularly finely reticulated ; the rest much more strongly and 

 closely reticulated, the apical slope more regularly than the rest, 

 Propleurse closely punctured and striated above, the lower part, in 

 the mid<lle, stoutly striated: the meso- and meta- closely reticulatetl 

 and punctured, the latter more strongly than the former. Basal 

 3 abdominal segments closely rugosely punctured ; the postpetiole 

 more coarsely than the rest. Tarsi dark testaceous. 



The 2 transverse keels on the metanotum are interrupted in 

 the middle ; the areolet minute, square, the basal nervure thick, 

 the apical thin ; the transverse median nervure is received dis- 

 tinctly behind the transverse basal ; tegulae rufous ; temples 

 small, obliquely narrowed ; labrum white ; the transverse median 

 nervure in hind wings is broken far below the middle. 



Comes close to M. vulpis, Tosq. 



Larpelites, gen. nov. 



Front depressed, a keel, projecting into a spine, at its apex, in 

 the centre. Apex of clypeus depressed, its top indistinctly 

 separated from the face. Thorax more than three times longer 

 than wide. Parapsidal furrows distinct for two-thirds of the 

 length of mesonotum. Scutellum roundly raised, its sides dis- 

 tinctly keeled to beyond the middle. Metanotum with 2 transverse 

 keels, the sides spined. Ai-eolet moderately large, narrowed at 

 the base, the recurrent nervure received near the apex ; transverse 

 median nervure received shortly behind the transverse basal : 

 transverse median nervure in hind wings angularly broken shortly 

 l)elow the middle. Front tarsi about twice the length of tibiae ; 

 claws small. Abdominal petiole long and slender, gradually 

 widened to the apex. Metapleural keel reaching to the hind 

 coxae. 



The eyes do not reach to the base of the clypeus, the malar 

 space being therefore large ; the temples large, obliquely narrowed ; 



