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front ocellus distinct ; the hinder not so distinctly visible, 

 being placed on the lateral slope of the raised part ; the 

 vertex is sparsely, the front thickly, covered with long 

 white hair ; the latter lias a narrow furrow in the middle. 

 Thorax black ; the prothorax and the mesonotum, except 

 behind, red. Prothorax large ; coarsely and deeply 

 punctured and covered rather thickly with white hair ; the 

 upper part of the propleur;e punctured; the middle with 

 four stout, somewhat oblique keels. Mesopleura:^ coarsely 

 and deei)ly punctured, except behind ; below the middle, 

 behind the punctured part, are some oblique stri;t. The 

 apical part of the metapleurai with shallow, oval reticula- 

 tions; on the lower part at the base are three round foveae 

 in a curve, the middle one being the larger. Meso- 

 sternum punctured, thickl)- covered with longish silvery 

 hair. Wings hyaline ; the basal abscissa of the radius 

 straight, oblique, the apical roundly curved above ; the 

 second cubital cellule at the top is half the length of the 

 third ; the second transverse cubital nervure is roundly 

 curved ; the third cellule is triangularly dilated in the 

 middle ; the third transverse cubital nervure and the 

 second recurrent nervure are faint. Legs thickly covered 

 with white hair ; calcaria pale. Abdomen black, the 

 dorsal surface with a faint, but distinct, blue-violet tint ; 

 the petiole broad ; the sides at the base obliquely pro- 

 jecting into stout teeth, which are curved outwardly at 

 the base ; it is covered with long white hair ; at the apex 

 thickly fringed with silvery pubescence ; the second 

 segment has a similar fringe ; the others are fringed with 

 long hair at the apex and are sparsely haired all over ; 

 the h)'popygium is not defined ; the segment is punctured 

 and covered with long black hair. The basal ventral 

 segment is punctured strongly ; the sides have an oblique 

 slope ; the second segment has an oblicjue slope on the 



