70 CATALOG liB: OF 



5. MeEOFACHYS ANGU8TAT0S. 



Nemalopus anguslatus, H.-Sch. Wanz. Ins. vi. 80, pi. 207, f. 651. 



Var. ? Mas. Piceus ; caput fulvum ; prothorax scaber, nigra indeter- 

 minate triviltalus angulis posticis vix prominulis subrectangulatis ; 

 mesosternuni bispinosum, bituberculalum ; abdomen thorace diipio 

 longius, apice truncatum et subdilatatum ; pedes quatuor anteriores 

 fiilvi ; coxce posticce iinispinosce ; femora poslica tuberculaln, spinosa ; 

 tibicE posticce breves, dilatatce, arcuatce ; alee anticce fulvo veuosce. 

 Male. Piceous. Head, eyes aud lustrum tawny. Eyes prominent. 

 Rostrum extending to tbe fore coxae. Autennse much shorter than the 

 body; fourth joint longer than the first. Proihorax scabrous, wiih five 

 calli forming a transverse ridge near ihe fore border; hind angles hardly 

 prominent, nearly rectangular; three indistinct blackish stripes. iMeso- 

 slernum with two stout spines aud two posterior tubercles. Abdomen 

 about twice the length of tlie thorax, truncated and slightly dilated at the 

 lip. Hind coxse with a long stout spine on the under side. Hind femora 

 incrassated, much shorter than the abdomen, with many minute tubercles 

 and with several spines of various size. Hind tibiae dilated, curved, less 

 lliau half the length of the hind femora. Hind tarsi and four anterior legs 

 tawuy. Fore wings with tawny veins; membrane teneous. Length of the 

 body 10 lines. 

 St. Paul. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



6. Meropachvs notatds. 



Mas. Testaceus ; rostrum anvas anticas paullo superans ; antennae fulva, 

 graciles, corpori aquilonga, articulis 2o 3oque apice Aoque nigris ; 

 prothorax scaber, nigro trivittalu^, angulis posticis obtiisis non promi- 

 nulis ; scutellum lanceolatiim, basi nigro univittatum ; pectoris 

 discus niger ; abdominis dorsum nigrum, fasciis tribus lateribusque 

 teslaceis ; femora poslica incrassata, subius octospinosa ; tibice posticce 

 picece, subdilalatcp, subarcuatce ; tarsi poslici picei ; alcB anticcB 

 fuscce, pallido veuosce. Fcein. — Femora postica minus incrassata ; 

 tibice posticce testaceo unifascialce, non dilatatce. 

 Male. Testaceous. Eyes tawny, prominent. Rostrum extending a 

 little beyond the fore coxie; joints nearly equal in length; tip black. 

 Antennae tawny, slender, as long as the body; joints from the first to the 

 third successively decreasing in length ; second and third with black tips, 

 fourth black, much longer than the first. Prothorax scabrous, with three 

 black stripes, the side stripes abbreviated in front and behind ; a transverse 

 furrow near the fore border, which forms a rim ; transverse ridge near the 

 hiud border slight; hind angles obtuse, not prominent. Scutellum lanceo- 

 late, with a black stripe towards the base. Disk of the pectus black. 

 Abdomen above l)lack, with testaceous sides and with three testaceous 

 bands, which are abbreviated on each side. Hind femora incrassated, a 

 iitile shorter than the alidomcn, wilh four stout black spines on each side 

 beneath. Hind libis piceous, slightly dilated, slightly curved, shorter 



