•>1<S Alhanji Jlifsf'uiii Records. 



ivceiveil bhoi-tly hfj'oiid tll^^ luiddle ; the front part of the 2nd is 

 roundly cni'ved l»ackwar<ls, tlie lower from shcjrtly above the middle, 

 sti-aight, oI)li(jue. Vertex strongly, l)ut not closely [)unctured, 

 more sparsely Iteliiiid the ocelli, the front closely punctured the 

 l)unctures running into reticulations in the centre. Apex of clypeus 

 broadly i-ounded. Pro-mesonorum and scutellum strongly punc- 

 tured ; the apex of the pronotum and the centre of the scutellum 

 almost impunctate, Post-scutellum closely rugose. Metanotum 

 closely rugosely punctured, the ])unctures i-ound and distinct ; 

 a bi-oad depression in the centre. Fropleuri^ closely punctured, 

 more s})arsely above; the meso- and metapleura3 closely, coarsely 

 rugosely imnctured. The narrowed l>ase of the 1st abdominal 

 segment closely, coarsely })uncture(l, the l)ase of the dilated apical 

 ])art less closely punctured, the punctures large and clearly separ- 

 ated. Pygidium stoutly keeled laterally on the apical half, inside 

 of the keel is a fui-row : the ai)ex in the centre is shortly incised ; 

 the sides of the incision straight and oblique, narrowed to a sharp 

 point behind. Male. 



Length 11 mm. 



February. 



Ph'sid inlcmipfd., sp. nov. 



Black : the abdomen in the centre with a slight blue tinge, 

 clyi)eus, mandibles (their apex i)iceous), a line on the base and 

 apex of the pronotum, the greater part of the tegultB, a mark, 

 nearly twice longer than wide, and with its upper half obliquely 

 narrowed Ijehind, a trilobate line (the central lobe sharply pointed) 

 on the apex of the 1st abdominal segment, a mark twice wider 

 than long, and with the base i-ounded in the centre of the 2ud and 

 oth segment : a largei' mark on the sides of the apex, its sides 

 dilated largely backwards obliquely to near the base of the 

 segment : and a curved mark on the sides of the last segment, 

 yellow. I^egs black, the tibiae antl tarsi yellow, largely tinged with 

 fulvous. Wings hyaline : the stigma and ajjcx of costa fulvous, 

 the nervures black. Male. 



Lensi'th 1<S mm. 



