cius; but the posterior thighs of that species, if 

 we may rely upon Panzer's figure, are widest in 

 the middle, whereas in this species they are 

 widest near the tip, and the rufous band is on 

 the inside as well as on the exterior side. 



The lower left figure. 



XYLOTA H^MATODES. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Brassy-black ; abdomen rufous ; wings fuli- 

 ginous. 



SYNONYM. 



MiLEsiA HiEMATODEs. Fobv. Syst. Antl. p. 193. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Head black-brown : hypostoma and fronts in a 

 certain light, silvery: vertex polished: thorax 

 brassy-black: humerus^ in a certain light, sil- 

 very: scutel, colour of the thorax: wings fuli- 



PLATE VIII. 



