1921.] 49 



laving been subsequently received, it is now possible to compare P. 6-«/«- 

 nini with P. maculata Ebner,* described on that sex only. The female 

 of the insect described by me differs fi-om that of P. maculata by the 

 following characters : — In the general dimensions it is a little larger, the 

 posterior femora are not so sharply spotted, and the hind mai-gin of the 

 lateral lobes of the pronotum is straight ; the most striking difference, 

 however, is in the length of the hind femora and ovipositor — in 

 P. maculata the ovipositor is more than twice, and hind femora more 

 than three times, longer than the pronotum; in P. satuniui the ovi- 

 positor is less than twice, and hind femora less than three times, longer 

 than the pronotum. 



6. Ohjntlioscelis distinct a, sp. n. 



Stalura minuta, gracilis. Ca.-tanea, ingro et pallido oniata. I'rnns pallida, 

 piuictis nig-ris 4-si<rnata, necnon clypeus 4-punctatus, labrumque bipunctalum. 

 Occiput ca?taneuni, nigro-marnioratiini, liiieola uiediana auyusta d.sliiictissiuia 

 pallida, vittisque latis po^ilocularibus nigiis oruatimi. Pronotum supra rotuu- 

 daiuiu, inetazfiua postice producta, medio paruin caiiiiulata, lobis deilexis 

 nitido-uigris, di.-^cuiu versus pailidioribus, niargine infeiiore posterioreque 

 angustt) ac distinctissinio albido t'asciatis. Femora postica nigro vittata. 



J. Elytra infuscata, saepe feie tota nigra, veuis pallidioribu.% sat promi- 

 nentia. SegLuentuni anale ad marginem posticuui rotundato-iiupressum, 

 margine ipso sat late rotundatu-emarginato, lobulis distantibiis, angustis 

 liamuliforunbus. Lamina subgenitalis sat magna, tlava, lateraliter nigro lini- 

 baia, ni>edio cariuulata, postice tiiangulariter excisa. Cerci tenui, parum 

 incuivi, apiceni autH dente n)iuinio armali. 



5 . Elytra lateralia, vix prominentia. Lamina subgenitalis obtuse trian- 

 gularis, parum iucrassata, apice trianguhuiter excisa, lobis obtuse rectaugulari- 

 bus. Uvipu?.itur subincurvus, tenuis, prouoto duplo longior. 



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This species belongs to the group O. varia-huceplialus, its nearest 

 allies being O. signata Br. W. and iiidiatincta Bob, and is easily 

 recognised by the small dimensions, the very sharp and narrow white 

 border of the lateral lobes of the pronotum, and the form of the last 

 abdominal segment. 



Annalen k. k. Naturhistor. Hufmuseuius, Wieii, xxvi, 1912, pp. l^O-"!!?, fl^ 



