COLLECTED AT BACniAN, KAISAA, ETC. 137 



Gen. ORys.sus, Fahr. 



1. Oryssiis maculipennis. Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. iii. 177. 

 Hab. Bachian; Am. 



Gen. Xypuidria, Latr. 



1. Xyphidria l^viceps. X. nigra, albo maoulata, tibiis tarsisque 

 basi all)is ; alis hyalinis et iridescentibus. 



Female. Length 5 lines. Black ; the head smooth and shining above, 

 with longitudinal curved strijc in front of the ocelli ; the thorax opake 

 and rugose anteriorly, with a transverse irregular striation ; the abdo- 

 men slightly shining. The cheeks, and a slightly interrupted narrow 

 line on the hinder margin of the vertex, the mandibles, face anteri- 

 orly, inner orbit of the eyes, and ten apical joints of the antenna;, 

 yellowish-white ; the pale line on the inner orbit of the eyes passes- 

 a little above the ocelli, and then turns inwards to each lateral 

 ocellus. Thorax : a spot on each side anteriorl}', the scutellum, the 

 base of the tibiae, and of the intermediate and posterior tarsi, as well 

 as the coxse, white ; the wings h} aline and iridescent. Abdomen : 

 two oblique lines on the basal segment, an oblong spot at the extreme 

 lateral margin of the second, a small ovate one on the fifth and sixth, 

 an interruj)ted fascia on the eighth, and the tip of the apical segment, 

 white ; beneath rufo-piceons. 



Hab. Ambvona. 



Fam. EVANID.E, Leaeh. 

 Gen. Evania, Fabr. 



I. Evania laevigata {Latr.), Westw. Mon. Evan. 8)-c., Trans. Enf. Soc. iii. 



241. 

 Hab. Cape of Good Hope; Australia; Dory (New Guinea); Egypt; 



Greece ; Sardinia ; Coromandel ; Mexico ; Brazil ; St. Vincent. 



Gen. Megischus, BrulU. 



1. Megischus coronator, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 118, ? . 

 Hab. Bachian ; Dory ; Amboyna. 



2. Megischus tarsalis. M. niger, pedibus anticis et intermediis 

 ferrugineis, tarsis posterioribus rubris, alis subhyalinis. 



Female. Length 9 lines. Black ; the head coarsely sculptured, on the 

 face transversely so ; the front with a transverse ridge, before which 

 are two acute tubercles touching the eyes, and a central, more elevated 

 one, a little in advance. The thorax coarsely punctured, the prothorax 

 forming an elongated neck ; the anterior and intermediate legs ferru- 

 ginous ; the dilated apical portion of the posterior tibiae and the tarsi 

 bright ferruginous ; the posterior coxae rugose, the femora bidentate ; 

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