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short, not much longer than the thorax; it is blunt and com- 

 pressed at the apex, and with u prominent ovipositor, but 

 without a distinct hypopygium. 



The type of this genus looks more like a Cryptid than a 

 Pimplid. It should be readily known by the strongly punc- 

 tured basal abdominal segments, with the l^t roundly dilated 

 at the base : the known species of Lissonotini have the abdomen 

 smooth and shining, at the most shagreened. The absence of 

 lateral impressed lines on abdominal segments 2 — 5 separates 

 it from the PlmpUni, with which it agrees in having the seg- 

 ments punctured, but it has a much more slender form, with 

 much longer and more slender antennae. The long, slender, 

 white banded anteunœ add considerably to its resemblance to 

 a Cryptid. Characteristic is the long, slender anterior spur. 



Stictolissonota foveata sp. nov. 



Black ; the sides of the face broadly, the mark obliquely 

 narrowed to a point above the antennas, the mark as wide as 

 the black central part ; the malar space, clypeus — the black 

 central mark on the face continued obliquely to the base of 

 the mandibles, mandibles, except at the apex, a large mark 

 on the sides of the mesonotum at the base, the mark gradually 

 narrowed towards the base, the broad apex roundly incised, 

 the inner much shorter than the outer, scutellum, the lower 

 edge of the propleurae broadly, tubercles, tegulae, a small mark 

 below the hind wings, a large mark, longer than wide, trans- 

 verse above and at the sides, roundly dilated in the middle 

 below, the base of 1st abdominal segment broadly, the apices 

 of the 1st, 2ncl and 3«^ slightly less broadly; of the 5th nar- 

 rowly in the middle and the whole of the 6th, ^ith the cerei, 

 pale yellow. Antennaj covered with a dense microscopic pile ; 

 a large spot on the apex of the scape and the 8th — -loth joints 

 of flagellum white. Palpi fulvous, yellow at the base. Head 



