I-)-) 



T^oscrihed from 24 9 lAr S collected in Au_<i-u?;t and Sep- 

 teniher 1914 at Oloke Meji, Tbadan, Xioeria (J. C. Bridwell). 



Type S , allotype and paratypes in the author's collection, 

 paratypes in the collection of the Hawaiian Board of Atvi'icid- 

 tnre and Forestry, 



From the descriptions two previously described species 

 lielonii- to this jrenns : 



Metylaeus catalaucoides new name. 

 Prusopis Boaijssoi(i Vachal. 



Ann. Soc. Fnt. France 08:505 $ (nee $) X'Doro 

 1899, 



Metylaeus scutispina (Alfken). 



Prosupis seidispina Alfken 



Dentsch. Ent. Zeitsch. 1914:195 $. Rhodesia. 



The former species ap])ears to differ from erihniliis by the 

 shorter (triangular) metanotal spine and the presence of :i 

 yellow spot on the su])racly})eal area, M. seiifispina differs by 

 the red mandibles, labrum, and anterior edge of the clypeus, 

 the rest of the clypeus being yellow. The scul])ture of the 

 second tergite in the description is not indicated as different 

 from that of the first. 



10, G-XATIIVLAKTS U, gCU, 



The single species described under this genus resenddes 

 very closely the male later described as Ili/Jaciis (Nesylacus) 

 iiesoprosopoides and the material from wliicli they wei-e de- 

 scribed was taken together. The mandibles of the two are, 

 however, wholly unlike and I have iievei- seen a sexual dinior- 

 phisni ill the family Hylaeidae which would parallel this. The 

 first tergite is different in tlu> two species Imt not more so than 

 in some Tlylaeus. I do not, however, believe they belong to the 

 same species. 



It will be interesting to examini^ more material and the 

 generic characters can no doubt he amplified when the male 



