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margin of the clypeus notched in the middle ; the mandibles ferrugi- 

 nous, their base black. The posterior margin of the prothorax yellow ; 

 the wings hyaline, with their apex fuscous ; the posterior tibiae yellow 

 at their base above, and entirely ferruginous beneath. Abdomen 

 shining, with an obscure chalybeous reflexion ; the basal margin of 

 the third and fifth segments with a narrow yellow band. 



Male. Closely resembles the female, but wants the yellow margin to the 

 clypeus ; the mandibles are yellow. 



Hab. Waigiou. 



Gen. Peiocnemis, ScJnodte. 



1. Priocnemis pulcherrimus. Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. iii. 156. 1. 

 Hab. Mysol; Aru. 



2. Priocnemis flavipennis. Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. iv. 79. 1. 

 Hab. Ceram ; Celebes (Makassar). 



3. Priocnemis fervidus. Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. iii. 156. 2. 

 Hab. Mysol ; Dory ; Ceram ; Aru. 



4. Priocnemis adustus. P. ferrugineus; alls flavo-hyalinis, fusco 

 fasciatis. 



Male. Length 6^ lines. Ferruginous ; the head and antennae paler than 

 the body ; the thorax and head opake ; the clypeus smooth and 

 shining, with its anterior margin transverse and entire. The thorax 

 has a fine, thin, short, downy pubescence ; the metathorax slightly 

 striated transversely at the apex ; the wings yellow Inaline, with a 

 broad fuscous fascia crossing near the apex of the anterior wings; the 

 legs elongate, paler than the thorax. Abdomen shining, of a some- 

 what clavate form, and thinly covered with downy pubescence. 



Hab. Mysol. 



Gen. Agenia, Schiddte. 



1. Agenia blanda, Guer. Voy. Coq. Zool. pt. 2. ii. 260. 



Hab. Ceram ; Celebes ; Key Island ; Borneo ; India ; Singapore ; Ma- 

 lacca. 



2. Agenia Amalthea, Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. iii. 155. 6. 

 Hab. Waigiou ; Aru. 



3. Agenia Eudora. A. capite, metathorace abdomineque nigris ; tho- 

 race pedibusque sanguineis ; alis anticis fascia transversa fusca. 



Female. Length 4\ lines. Head black ; the clypeus, palpi, mandibles, 

 and antennae ferruginous. Thorax black, with the pro- and meso- 

 thorax blood-red above ; the metathorax rounded behind, transversely 

 striated, and covered with silvery pubescence ; the legs pale red, with 

 the claw-joints of the tarsi fuscous ; the spurs at the apex of the tibiae 

 fuscous ; the wings hyaline, the nervures fen'uginous ; the anterior 

 pair with a broad fuscous fascia beyond the stigma ; the tips of the 

 wings milk-white. Abdomen petiolated, black, and thinly covered 



