178 Mr. Cameron on 



antennal joint. Prosternum bearing long, dense, silvery 

 hair; prothorax punctured in front. Meso- and metathorax 

 rugosely punctured, running laterally into reticulations; 

 sparsely covered with glistening white hair; median seg- 

 ment transversely rugosely reticulated ; scutellum and meta- 

 notum black; the latter densely covered with white hair. 

 Abdomen covered (especially laterally) with a depressed 

 white pile; the second and third segments dull red above. 

 Hind coxae transversely striolated (but not strongly), 

 punctured at the base. Hinder tibiae with a white spot on 

 the inner side above the middle; metatarsus a little longer 

 than the other joints united. Inner discoidal cellules 

 separated. 



This is the first species of Gasteruption described from 

 the oriental region. 



AmPULEX RUFICOLLIS, Sp. 710V. 



Niger ^ thorace ricfo, metanoti medio nigro; mandibulis 

 rnjo-flavis; pedibtis aiiterioribus ex parte riifis ; alis hyalinisy 

 ftisco fasciatis. Long. 7 mm. 



Hab. Gibraltar (/. / JF^/>^^r, R.N.). 



Head semi-opaque, closely punctured ; the carinate face 

 transversely striated ; almost bare, except a fringe of white 

 hair over the mouth, which is testaceous. Antennae bearing 

 a sparse microscopic pile ; the scape and the middle joints 

 beneath rufous ; the third joint twice the length of the 

 fourth. Prothorax finely rugose ; mesonotum obscurely 

 punctured ; parapsidal furrows distinct ; scutellum obso- 

 letely punctured ; mesopleurae closely punctured, striolated 

 in front ; the sternum covered with long white hair ; 

 metanotum with a central and three lateral keels ; reticu- 

 lated, the sides irregularly striolated ; median segment 

 semi-perpendicular, transversely striated, thickly covered with 

 white hair. Abdomen shining, impunctate, the apex thickly 

 covered with silvery white pubescence. The anterior coxa^, 



