To. NEW GUINEA IN 1904 AND 1905, PART IT. 37 



coxie rufous, largely black above, the trochanters and femora 

 to near the apex black, the apex rufo-testaceous, the tibiae 

 blackish fuscous, testaceous at the base, the tarsi dark testa- 

 ceous. Wings light fuscous, the base of costa and the stigma 

 testaceous, ç- 



Length 9 m.m. 



Merauke. 



Head, pro- and mesothorax smooth ; the metanotum between 

 the keels stoutly, irregularly transversely striated ; the rest 

 with deep, clearly separated punctures ; the pleurae with weak 

 scattered punctures ; the segment is thickly covered with lono-, 

 white pubescence. Abdomen, especially on the apical aud ven- 

 tral segments, thickly covered with long white pubescence. 

 Scutellar depression deep, wide, a keel in the middle. 



Ipliimdaoa meraukensis sp. nov. 



Black, the thorax and the fore coxae red ; the anterior femora 

 and tibiai obscure red in front, the trochanters of a brio-hter 

 red, wings dark, uniformly fuscous, the nervures and stigma 

 black. 2 . 



Length 6 m.m. ; terebra 4 m.m. 



Merauke. 



Abdomen elongated ovate ; the P' segment dull rufous at 

 the base ; its centre bears a stout longitudinal keel ; its middle, 

 on either side of the keel, is strongly punctured ; the lateral 

 depressions are irregularly transversely striated. The area on 

 the second segment is smooth, shining and elongated triangu- 

 lar at the base ; its keel is not so shining, broad at the base, 

 becoming gradually narrowed to a sharp point ; it does not 

 extend to the apex of the segment ; on either side of it are 

 3 or 4 stout irregu.lar transverse keels, bordered, on the outer 

 side, by 2 rouiidly curved ones ; the longitudinal depression 

 outside these is deep and strongly striated ; except the apical, 



