156 Alhany Museum Records. 



furrow irregularly striated; mesopleural furrow smooth; metano- 

 tum, except the apex laterally, closely reticulated and with a keel 

 down the centre; metapleurae irregularly rugose at the base. First 

 abdominal segment closely, distinctly punctured, its sides at the 

 base and apex smooth ; the sides with some irregular striae ; 2nd 

 segment closely longitudinally striated ; suturiform articulation 

 roundly curved; at the sides is a curved furrow, which is broad 

 and striated at the base, at the apex it is produced laterally, the 

 whole forming a broadly oval area ; its apex is smooth, as are also 

 the apices of the following 2 segments their base being closely 

 striated. The whole abdomen is thickly covered with short white 

 pubescence. The upper spine on the hind coxae is curved, thin, 

 reaching shortly beyond the middle of the 1st abdominal segment ; 

 the lower one is about half its length and thicker and straighter. 

 Palpi fuscous. The 3rd abscissa of radius is twice the length of 

 the 1st and 2nd united; the 1st is very short; the transverse cubital 

 nervures are straight and parallel. 



Basal joints of antennae thickly covered with short stiff black 

 pile, the 3rd joint longer than the 1st ; temples wide, rounded, 

 tarsi spinose ; base of fore femora distinctly narrowed ; the part 

 of the thorax in front of the tegulse is as long as that behind. 



Exothecus tibialis^ sp nov. 



Luteous, the 3rd and following segments of the abdomen, 

 antennae and hind tibiae, calcaria and tarsi, black ; wings fuscous, 

 the base to near the transverse median nervure, the fore half of 

 1st cubital cellule, a small one below the 1st transverse cubital 

 nervure and one on either side of the 2nd, and the hind wings to 

 near the middle, yellow. Female. 



Length 15, terebra 10 mm. 



Smooth and shining; the head, pleurae and metanotum thickly 

 covered with longish pale pubescence ; apex of clypeus obliquely 

 depressed ; mandibles black at apex ; the front hollowed, furrowed 

 in the middle, the sides of the furrow raised ; mesonotum not 

 lobed; the 1st abdominal segment, longer than 2nd, about 3 times 

 longer than wide ; the middle broadly roundly convex, its sides 

 furrowed; the 2nd with an area which reaches to the base of the 

 apical third, which is distinctly narrowed and with the segment 

 depressed on either side. 



