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PROCTOTRUPID^. 



Epyris ORIENTALIS, Sp. nov. 



Niger ^ capite ptmctato ; nietanoto transvei'se striolato^ alls 

 fusco-hyalinis. Long. 10 mm. 



Hab. Barrackpore, Bengal {G. A. J. Rothney). 



Antennae fuscous towards the apex; sparsely clothed 

 with long white hairs; the third joint about one-fourth 

 shorter than the fifth. Head shining, sparsely covered with 

 long white hair; covered with large scattered punctures. 

 Mandibles rufous towards the base and apex; sparsely 

 covered with large irregular punctures and sparsely pilose. 

 Pro- and mesothorax covered with longish fuscous hair; 

 sparsely punctured ; parapsidal furrows complete. Meta- 

 notum shining, transversely striolated, reticulated in the 

 centre, and with two stout keels, which unite towards the 

 apex of the metanotum; median segment transversely 

 striolated. Abdomen at the apex covered with long hair. 

 Legs thickly covered with white hair. Lower discoidal 

 cellule complete; upper with the nervures obscure and 

 faint. 



Epyris hispanicus, sp. nov. 



Niger, capite thoraceque riigoso punctatis, vietanoto 

 y-carinato ; ore, inandibidis, pro-niesothorace, cum scutello, 

 riifis,antennis testaceis, vel apice fuscis ; pedibiis nigris, t arsis 

 testaceis, coxis, trochanferibus feniorihisque antccis, rufis ; 

 alis fiiscis, basi fasciaque medio lacteis. Long. 4^ — 7 mm. 



Hab. Gibraltar r/./ IF^/^^r, R.NJ. 



Antenna stout, scarcel}- so long as the thorax ; the 

 flagellum shortly and sparsely covered with a white pile, 

 the third joint about one-fourth longer than the second ; 

 the fourth is hardly so long as the second. Head sparsely 

 covered with white hairs ; strongly rugosely punctured all 

 over ; mandibles punctured at the base, the apex black. 

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