CERIOIDES. 
1 (6) Antenne situate on a long peticle; a strong 
5 
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cm 
cross-vein between auxiliary and first longi- 
tudinal veins at the end of the auxiliary ; ; 
kink in the third vein broad and flat (in 
all the species here considered without an 
appendix, which, however, is present in 
some other cases); postical cross-vein 
ulm«st in the same line as the subapical 
one; elongate species of considerable size, 
from 16 to 20 mm. in length, with a club- 
shaped abdomen, the distal extremity being 
expanded into an oval. 
(5) Seutellum yellow ; thorax and abdomen with 
yellow or reddish spots or stripes; antenne 
and legs for the most part reddish. 
(4) Pleurze with a broad, oblique, bright yellow 
stripe; face yellow with a median narrow 
brown stripe and a black stripe below on 
each side; hind femora each with a rather 
narrow y ellow Spot fie see = =F 
) Pleural stripe of a dark red colour, instead of 
bright yellow; face red, with a broad 
yellow median. stripe, which is bordered 
with black; no black stripes on the face 
below; hind femora each with a very 
broad yellow ring occupying more than 
half the length of the joints .......... 3 
5 (2) Scutellum black ; body of very large size and 
fp) 
almost entirely black, without light mark- 
ings; antenne and legs black, the femora 
slightly tinged with dark red fowatds the 
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(1) Antenne without petiole ; no cross-vein at 
end of the auxiliary vein ; kink in the third 
vein narrow and deep, = appendix ; 
postical cross-vein reaching the fourth 
vein almost opposite the kink, its upper 
end being therefore nearer the hake of the 
wing than is the base of the subapical vein: 
shorter species of smaller size, from 10 to 
11 mm. in length, with a short and rounded 
abdominal club. 
(8) Wings with an isolated dark spot on fore 
border near the apex ; third and fourth 
abdominal segments hes with a narrow 
yellow band on the hind border; hind 
femora yellow at the base .............. 
8 (7) Wings with a continuous dark fore border ; 
A beautiful species, 
third and fourth abdominal segments with 
broad yellow hind borders; hind femora 
nob yellow at Che WeSC esl oe nate a3 ois 
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Those before me can be distinguished as follows :— 
pulchra, H.-B. 
neaver, sp. n. 
speisert, H.-B. 
bezzu, H.-B. 
var. marginals, n. 
142. Cerioides pulchra, Hervé-Bazin (1913). 
very closely allied to hope, Saund., but 
distinguished by having the lateral stripes on the thorax dark 
