A Decade of New Hyvienoptera. 



A decade of new Hymenoptera. By P. Cameron., F.E.S. 

 Communicated by John Boyd, Esq. 



(Received October i6th, 1888.) 



PROCTOTRUPID^. 



Epyris BREVIPENNIS, Sp. nov. 



Niger, fere apterus, iiia?idibulis, thorace, genicidis 

 tarsisgiie, rufis. Long. : 6 mm. 



Hah. Gibraltar (/./. Walker, R.N.) 



Basal joint of the antennae, curved, longer than the second 

 and third joints united ; the second joint more than three- 

 fourths the length of the third and longer than the fourth. The 

 scape piceous and thickened towards the middle, tapering 

 towards the apex. Head sparsely haired, strongly punc- 

 tured ; the eyes rather small, oblong, and situated a little 

 behind the middle of the head ; the antennal tubercles and 

 mandibles rufous. Prothorax rather broad, longer than 

 broad, obscurely punctured, the sides slightly excavated ; 

 the furrow in the centre deep, complete. Mesonotum finely 

 punctured ; scutellum shining, impunctate ; parapsidal 

 furrows broad and deep, sharply converging posteriorly. 

 Metanotum finely rugose, with a very stout central and two 

 lateral keels in the centre ; the sides keeled ; the apical 

 tubercles blunt, short ; metapleurae shining, longitudinally 

 striolated. Apical segments of abdomen sparsely covered 

 with longish white hair. Legs covered rather closely wath 

 stiff, white hair ; the femora incline to dull rufous on the 

 underside. 



A rather closely allied species to E. hispanicus, Cam. 

 (Mem. & Proc. Manch. Lit. & Phil. Soc, 1888, p. 169), but 

 that differs from it in having the metathorax black, the apex 

 convex, with the sides projecting into stout teeth ; the 



