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Description of Phygadeuon confinis nov. spec. ©. This spe- 
cies is Closely allied to Ph. oppositus Ths. Head hardly narrowed 
posteriorly ; clypens distinctly dentate. Antennae long, filiform. 
Head and thorax punctate, shining; metathorax punctato- 
rugulose, external areae smooth and shining, completely costate, 
area superomedia broad, with costula below its centre, apo- 
physes obtuse, /amellarly expanded. Virst segment hardly 
widened towards the apex ; post-petiole almost parallel-sided, 
rugulose, spiracles prominent; abdomen shining, slightly 
pubescent. Terebra a little shorter than first segment. 
Head and thorax black. Basal flagellar-joints reddish basally. 
Tegulae dark-brown, radix of wings pale-yellow. Abdomen 
black ; segment 1, 2 and 3 basally red. Coxae and trochanters 
black; trochantellus reddish; femora black; tibiae and tarsi 
reddish- yellow, of hind legs darker. 
One 9 captured near Tunis (Belvedere) in April by sweeping. 
Description of Ritzemabosia meridionalis mov. gen. et spec. 
d and ©. Head transverse, posteriorly not constricted ; eyes 
glabrous, reaching base of mandibles; face almost parallel- 
sided; clypeus distinctly discreted, rounded apically; mandibles 
elongate, lower mandibular tooth the longer. Antennae filiform, 
slender, a little longer than the body; scape ovate, slightly 
excised; funiculus 20-jointed, first joint shorter than second, 
the last as long as the two preceding joints together. Head 
somewhat shining, very finely coriaceous, frons more strongly 
sculptured ; clypeus strongly punctate, especially apically, each 
puncture bearing a long hair. 
Thorax stout, convex; epomiae obsolete; notaul only 
basally distinct; scutellum elevate, saddle-shaped ; metanotum 
slightly suleate centrally, only coxal areae and pleural costae 
distinct; spiracles small and circular. Thorax, coriaceous, 
pleurae somewhat shining. Fore wing broad; stigma broad, 
triangular, emitting radial nervure from its centre or slightly 
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