436 CATALOGUE OF 



Mas et foem. Picea; pedes ferruginei. 



Male and female. Piceous. Eyes black. Legs ferruginous. Length 

 of tbe body 32 — 36 lines. 



a, b. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Group 2. 



Fcem. Corpus robustum, lonwi-fusiforme. Caput inter antennas tri- 

 spinulosum, antice punctatum et pubescens. Oculi parvi, rotuncii, vakle 

 prominiili. Antennaj praciles, longissimae. Prolhorax luberculalus, trans- 

 verse bisulcatus, tnargine postico rotundato elevato. Sternum lubis bi- 

 spinosis. Abdominis dorsum subcarinatum. Oviductus subarcuatus, ab- 

 domine brevior, supra serratus. Pedes robusti ; coxa; bispinosse ; femora 

 triseriatim spinosa: tibife anticae biseriatim spinosae ; tibiee quatuor pos- 

 teriores quadriseriatim spinoste. Als antics ramoso-venosae. 



Female. Body stout, elongate-fusiform. Head narrower than the 

 prolhorax, smooth and dull above, shining, punctured and pubescent in 

 front and on each side; space between the antenna3 very narrow, armed 

 with three short spines ; front oblique. Eyes small, round, very prominent. 

 Antennae slender, more than twice the length of the body. Prolhorax 

 tuberculate, with two transverse furrows, of which the hinder one is more 

 curved hindward than the fore one; sides nearly strai<;hi; hind bonier 

 rounded and elevated. Sternum with a spine on each side of its three 

 divisions. Abdomen sligluly keeled above. Oviduct deep, sliyhlly curved 

 upward, minutely serrated in the middle above, shorter than the abdomen. 

 Legs stout, pubescent; a spine on each of the fore coxa ; femora with three 

 rows of stout spines; fore tibiae with two rows of spines; four posterior 

 tibia? with four rows of sj)ines. Fore wings more than half the length of 

 the abdomen ; veins ramose. 



The specimen described may not have attained its full development. 



2. Panoploscelis? tuberculata. 



Foem. Ferruginea ; caput antice rufescens ; labrum testaceum,fusco late 

 fasciatum ; oviductus niger, basi fulvus ; pedes fulvi f ala anticm 

 piceic, nigricanle venosce. 



Female. Ferruginous. Head reddish in front; labrum testaceous, 

 wiih a broad brown band. Oviduct black, lawny towards the base. Legs 

 tawny. Fore wings piceous; veins blackish. Length of ihe body 

 23 lines. 



a. Para. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 



3. Panoploscelis? tcberculosa. 



Foem. Fulva, robusta ; caput antice punctatum ; prothorax aspere tuber- 

 culatus, aulcis duobus transversis bene determinatis., marqine postico 

 convexo spinoso ; oviductus urrjtalus, abdomine paullo longior ; pedes 

 crassi, for liter spinosi ; alee anlica nigricante venoste, abdomen non 

 svperan tes. 



