EXETASTES. TEGONA. 25l 



■of 2 somewhat shorter ; hasal tiageHar joint nearly douhh) the 

 ;<f-:«f length oh' tlie second. Thcrax stout and gibbulous ; mesonotuni 



distinetl}^ aud evenly punctate, nietatliorax rngosely punctate, 

 strongly sulcate centrally, with the arete obsolete and the spiracles 

 linear. Scutellam convex and strongly punctate, black. Alnlomen 

 glabrous and nitidulous, fusiform and laterally clavate, as long- 

 as the head aud thorax or slightly longer, black ; basal segment 

 quite twice as long as broad, gradually subdilaled apically and 

 punctulate laterally, with the tubercles a little before the centre ; 

 second and third segments rarely obsoletely badious, transverse 

 aud of about equal length, with the following segments shorter ; 

 terebra about half the length of the basal segment or one-sixth of 

 the abdomen. Legs normal ; bright fulvous, with all the coxae 

 and trochanters jet-back ; hind ones longer aud stouter, with 

 their tarsi, except usually their fifth joint, and apices of their tibiaB 

 infuscate. Wings usually considerably clouded, with the stigma 

 and radix piceous or ferruginous ; the tegulse blackish ; areolet 

 hardly petiolate and emitting the recurrent nervure from near 

 its centre ; nervellus intercepted far above its centre. 



Length 9-13 millim. 



Kashmie, 8000-9000 ft., vi.Ol {Col. Nurse). Europe. 



This species is rendered abundantly distinct by its entirely 

 black abdomen, which rarely has the second or third segment 

 apically castaneous, the terebra nearly half the length of the first 

 segment, and its elongate pulvilli. It is one of the largest 

 Palooarctic species of this genus aud I am unaware that its range 

 has hitherto been known to extend outside Europe, 



Brischke (Schr. Nat. Ges. Danz. 1882, p. 198) describes the 

 focoon as " cylindrical, Avith a thin shining black double cuticle." 



It is said to be very common in Central Eui'ope in woody and 

 grassy places upon umbelliferous flowers from June to August, 

 sometimes upon Angelica sijlvestris in September, aud rarely found 

 as late as the beginning of October ; it is a Avell-known parasite 

 ot PoVm oleracea according to Van Vollenhoven, and Brischke has 

 bred it in Prussia from Emjiusada halsamitai. I was surprised 

 to find a male in Col. Nurse's collection, taken in Kashmir. 



Genus TEGrONA, gen. nov. 

 Tegonct, Cam. MS. 



Genotype, T. rujipes, sp. n. 



The genus has all the superficial facies, the large areolet, sub- 

 compressed abdomen, exserted terebra and scabriculous meta- 

 thorax, of E.vetastes, but materially diifers in the conformation of 

 the clypeus, which is not transversely impressed but subcontiiuious 

 with the face, strongly elongate, beak-like, laterally straight ami 

 concave apically ; the cheeks also are elongate and longer than 

 the basal width of the mandibles ; while the tarsal claw s are so 



