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8 (7) Scutellar fovese deep ; mesonotuna opaque ; first abscissa of I'adius scarcely 



shorter than second; legs dull red bicolorata, Cam. 



9 (6) Mesonotum not transversely rugose. 



10 (11) Wings hyaline ; thorax not deeply pilose ; petiole twice longer than broad 



rujipes, West. 



11 (10) Wings uniformly smoky, thorax densely pilose, petiole three times longer 



than broad J'umipennis, West. 



12 (1) Scutellum ending in a spine. 



13 (14) Mesonotum semi-opaque, transversely striated, petiole much longer than 



broad (in <J), fovese at base of scutellum obsolete . subuUfera, Thorns. 



14 (13) Mesonotum not striated ; scutellar fovese large. 



15 (16) Spine short, obliquely truncated at apex, not one-fourth the length of 



scutellum; legs fuscous; petiole shorter than broad scotica, Cdjm. 



16 (15) Spine long, curved, more than one-third the length of scutellum ; legs and 



antennse red ; petiole a little longer than broad armata, Q-ir. 



Phjenogltphis foeticoenis, sp. nov. 



Keddish-testaceous ; the vertex and the top and apex of abdomen, castaneous ; 

 the legs yellow, tinged with red ; the antennre fuscous, tlie basal five joints testa- 

 ceous ; wings hyaline, nervures fuscous ; radial cellule elongated, narrow ; the first 

 abscissa of radius two and a half times the length of the second ; antennse longer 

 than the body, stout. Eyes lead coloured. ? . Length, 1^ mm. 



Differs from P. xanthocliroa in being smaller, in the antennaB 

 being stouter and only yellowisli at tbe base, in the vertex being 

 broadly dark castaneous, in the radial cellule being narrower, and in 

 the ground colour of the body being of a much more decided rufous 

 tinge. 



Porster makes no mention of Phcenoglypliis having a longitudinal 

 f ui'row on the mesopleura, and 1 cannot make out, owing to the bad 

 condition of my representative of P. ccantlwcJiroa, if one is present in 

 that species; but it is certainly present in P. yb?7/co;'«?«. Further, 

 Forster states that the radial cellule is not twice so long as broad, 

 which is certainly the case in xanthocliroa ; and in it also the areolet 

 is complete, another point in which it differs from Forster's description. 



Forster describes a "genus" Hemichrisis, which agrees with 

 PlicenogJypliis in having the parapsidal furrows indicated (although 

 not complete), while the scutellum has no fovea at its base. Semi- 

 cJirisis is further defined from Phcenoghjplns in the radial cellule being 

 almost twice as long as broad, and the areolet is complete. The latter 

 two points are merely specific, while no sharp line of demarcation can 

 be drawn as to the completeness of the parapsidal furrows. Thus, 

 the only real point of distinction between the two lies in, according 

 to Forster, Hemichrisis not having a fovea at the base of the scutellum. 



