16 EGYPTIAN AND 



Genus AGENIA, Schiodte. . 



73. Agenia BizoNATAi Fefriah. — Black, dull. Mandibles red. 

 AntennfE stout, curved. Metathorax extremely finely punctured, 

 not keeled. Petiole short. Wings cinereous ; veins and stigma 

 Hack. Fore wings with two blackish bands, the first in the middle, 

 the second nearer the tip. Length of the body 4 lines. 



The wings are darker and their bands are more blackish and 

 more defined than those of A. maculipes. 



Cairo. 



74. Agenia terminalis. Male. — Black, dull, with cinereous 

 tomentum. Mandibles red towards the tips. Metathorax with 

 silvery pile, extremely finely punctured, not keeled. Abdomen with 

 a white apical spot above. Legs red ; fore femora blackish above ; 

 tarsi blackish. Wings cinereous, blackish at the tips ; veins and 

 stigma black. Length of the body S^- lines. 



The dark tips of the wings distinguish this species from A. muta- 

 bilis. 

 Wady Ferran. 



75. Agenia decora. Male. — Black, with cinereous tomentum. 

 Clypeus with a whitish border, which is notched in the middle. 

 Mandibles whitish, with piceous tips. Palpi testaceous. Antennse 

 red. Petiole very short. Abdomen with two interrupted white 

 bands and with a white apical spot. Legs red ; hind tibire with a 

 white stripe above ; spurs white ; four posterior tarsi black, white 

 like the fore tarsi towards the base. Wings cinereous, with blackish 

 tips and a blackish stigma; veins black. Length of the body 

 3i lines. 



Harkeko. 



76. Agenia tristis. Male. — Black, dull. Petiole very short. 

 Wings cinei'eous, blackish towards the tips ; veins and stigma black. 

 Length of the body 3 — 3 J lines. 



Mount Sinai. 



Genus EVAGETHIS, St. Farg. 



77. EvAGETHis bicolorifer. Male. — Black, with cinereous 

 tomentum. Mandibles red; tips black. Metathorax subquadrate, 

 with a longitudinal furrow. Petiole extremely short. Abdomen red# 

 subfusiforra. Four posterior femora and tibiae red ; fore femora red 



