338 HYMEN OPTERii, 



2. LaRRA iEcYPTIA. 



Stizus ^egyptius, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 300. 9. 

 Hab. Egypt. 



3. Larra Caffer, B,M, 



Stizus caffer, Sauss. Mem. Soc. Phys. Geneve, xiv. 28. 15. t. f. 9, 



Female. Length 6^ lines. — The head, thorax and legs ferru- 

 ginous; the disk of the mesothorax and the metathorax black; 

 the lateral margins broadly ferruginous ; the margins crenulated, 

 the breast fuscous ; the wings slightly fuscous, tlie nervures fer- 

 ruginous. Abdomen shining, finely and closely punctured, and 

 having a violet iridescence ; the four basal segments having on 

 each side a large yellow macula, the fifth and sixth segments 

 ferruginous ; beneath, ferruginous. 



Hab. Port Natal. 



This species closely resembles L.fuscipennis, but it differs in 

 not having the basal joints of the flagellum slender. 



4. Larra amcena. 



Female. Length 5-6 lines. — Black : the mandibles, clypeus, 

 scape, and five basal joints of the flagellum, ferruginous ; the 

 following joints fuscous ; the extreme apex ferruginous. Thorax 

 strongly and very closely punctured ; the tegulae and legs ferru- 

 ginous ; the coxae and trochanters black ; the wings reddish- 

 brown, their base hyaline. Abdomen smooth, shining, and very 

 delicately and closely punctured ; the basal segment ferruginous, 

 its extreme base, as well as its apical margin, black ; the three 

 apical segments pale ferruginous ; the apical margins of the se- 

 cond and third segments obscurely rufo-testaceous ; beneath, the 

 basal segment has a central longitudinal carina ; the three apical 

 segments pale ferruginous. 



Hab. West Africa. (Coll. F. Smith.) 



5. Larra annulata. 



Larra annulata, King, Symb. Phys. dec. v. t, 46. f . 7 <? . 

 Hab. Syria. 



6. Larra antennata. 



Larra antennata, Klug, Symb. Phys. dec. v. t. 46. L 5 S > 

 Hab.' Syria. 



