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impressed lines on tiie basal half of the raesonotnm ; these are 

 bordered b}' some punctures : the apical slope closely and sti'ongly 

 punctured. Basal half of scutellum sparsely, the apical closely 

 punctui-ed, as is also the post-scutellum, except narrowly in the 

 centre. Basal area of metanotum. coarselj' aciculated, opaque, the 

 rest almost smooth. Mesopleura? coarselj', closely punctured — 

 more finely and closely above. Metapleura? coarsely aciculated. 

 3asal three segments of abdomen smooth and shining : the others 

 opaque ; the fourth closely punctured ; the apical two coarsely 

 aciculated. 



The head is longer, more (piadrate, than it is with any species 

 I have seen. It probably comes close to (^., suhquadrata, Sm., the 

 description of which is very incomplete : e.g., no mention is made 

 of the colouration of the wings nor of a frontal furrow, and the 

 four hind legs were absent. 



Podalarius cethiupiciis, sp. nov. 



Black, a stripe below the antennae, rounded above, transverse 

 below, a similar oblique one on the sides of the face above ; the 

 rest of the face, except for an irregular oblique mark bordering 

 the lateral oblique mark, dilated broadly above and with an 

 irregular edge, the lower edge of the upper dilated part triangu- 

 larl}' dilated downwards, tlie labrum, except for a narrow line on 

 the top and sides, and the mandibles except at the apex, pale 

 yellow. Temples and cheeks thickly covered with long white 

 hair ; the hair on the front and vertex fuscous. Hair on upper 

 part of thorax pale fulvous, on pleui^as soot-coloured, on breast 

 white ; on back of abdomen white, with the apex of the segments 

 piceous, on neutral surface black. The hair on the upper side of 

 the forelegs white on the tibiae and tarsi, on the rest black oi- soot- 

 coloured ; on the four posterior black. Wings clear hyaline. 

 The nervures and stigma black. Male. 



Length 11 mm. 



Martindale. Mr. Barnes. 



Clypeus strongly but not closely punctured ; a smooth. Hat 

 keel on the upper two-thirds ; the labrum similarly punctured ; 

 the centre oL the mandibles with some elongated punctures. 

 Tegulse piceous. 



