234 [October, 



29. PoDAiiEirrs, 8p. ?. 1 ? , Puerto Orotava, 12.iii.04. 



This 9 belongs to the quadrifasciatus group, of which there are many described 

 species ; it appears to me distinct from the others by having the face, clypeus, and 

 labrum entirely black, the 3rd joint of the antennae slightly longer than the follow- 

 ing three taken together, and the abdominal bands much narrower ; still as it has 

 evidently been somewhat exposed to weather, I think it would be unwise from a 

 single example to describe it as new. 



30. PODALIRIUS OROTAT^, 47J. nov. 



Niger, griseo hirsutns, hirsittie verticU discoque mesotJioracLi nigyofivrtis, 

 ahdominis segmentis 1 — 4 apicihus alhnjimhriatis, mas linea orbitali acapoque 

 antennali antice alhidis, flagelli artirulo secundo trihits sequentibus in mare 

 cequali infemina majore, tarsis intermediift in utroque sexn simplicihus, scopin 

 alliis. 



Black, clothed with white hairs, those of the vertex of the head and disc of 

 the thorax above mixed with black ; ^ with a very narrow line bordering the orbit 

 of each eye, and a line on the scape of the antennae, whitish ; basal segment of the 

 abdomen clothed with white hairs intermixed with black, the rest with black ; 1st 

 four segments bearing narrow apical bands of white pubescence, that of the basal 

 segment very narrow, and sometimes almost obsolete in the centre, 5th segment 

 densely fringed with black hairs, with a few white hairs laterally, scopse white. 

 Clypeus with a slight central keel, labrum rugose, face wider than long between the 

 eyes. Antennae with the 2nd joint of the ilagellum as long as the next three in the 

 S , slightly longer in the 9 i vertex shining in the region of the ocelli, punctured as 

 it approaches the eyes ; meeonotum dull, very finely rugulose, and with a very 

 shallow puncturation ; scutellum somewhat shining, more strongly punctured, with 

 a slight central keel. Wings slightly dusky, ncrvures black-brown, intermediate legs 

 simple in the ^ , the metatarsi nearly parallel-sided, all the tibiae clothed outwardly 

 ■with white hairs, those of the hind legs of the c? and of the intermediate and hind 

 legs of the ? clothed inwardly with black, tarsi in the 3 clothed with black hairs, 

 the apical hairs of the hind metatarsi, some hairs on the front pair, and a few hairs 

 at the base and apex of the intermediate pair, white ; in the ? the anterior tarsi are 

 entirely clothed with black hairs, the metatarsi of the others with white outwardly 

 and black inwardly ; abdomen almost dull above, finely and closely punctured, 

 beneath shining, punctured, segments with broad black apical fringes. 



Long., 8 — 10 mm. 



1 (? , 3 9 J Puerto Orotava, 12.iii.04, visits Echium, and enters burrows which 

 are horizontal at their commencement, in a strata of firm sand. 



A distinct little species, with no development of genae, somewhat resembling 

 the S of pubescens in colour and banding ; the two sexes are very similar. 



31. PoDALiBiTis AiiLUAUDi, Per. 6 g , Giiimar, 20.iii.04 ; 1 (? , Puerto Orotava, 

 12.iii.04 ; 2 ? , Las Mercedes, 29.iii.04. 



St. Ann's Woking : 



August, 1904. 



