330 iciiNEUJsroKiD.T;. 



filiform and some\\h<it stout, extending to the anus, are entirely 

 black with only the apex of the scape pale testaceous beneath ; 

 the second segment is, like the remainder of the finely pubescent 

 abdomen, finely and closely punctate ; and the apices only of the 

 hind trochanters, the basal two-thirds of their tibiae, with the 

 extreme base of the metatarsi, are stramineous. 



Genus EXACRODUS, Forst. 

 Exacrodus, Forstev, Verh. pr. lUieinl. I8(J8, \). 210. 



Genotype, not indicated. 



Head transverse, subbuccate and posteriorly not broader than 

 the internally entire eyes ; labrum hardly exserted ; upper mandi- 

 bular tooth entire and shorter than the lower ; clypeus neither 

 discrete nor elevated, its apex simple ; face deplauate. Meta- 

 notal arese complete and strong ; notauli wanting. Scutelluiu 

 apically simple. Abdomei:i subpetiolate and not compressed ; 

 spiracles very slightly before centre of the ba«ally narrowed and 

 normal first segment. Legs slender, hind femora not elongate 

 nor the intermediate dentate; tarsal claws not pectinate; hind 

 tibia? bicalcarate. Areolet wanting, stigma of normal size. 



The following species agrees very well with Fcirster's description 

 of this genus, and, though no species have hitherto been assigiied 

 to it, it is better, I think, to adopt a known name than to erect a 

 new genus. 



235. Exacrodus populans, sp. n. 



(S . A black and somewhat slender species, with white pilosity. 

 Head posteriorly subbuccate, but slightly narrower than the 

 prominent eyes ; frons and vertex convex and closely punctate ; 

 occiput bordered and centi-ally subemarginate ; face subdeplanate 

 and closely punctate, with a small central tubercle below the 

 antennae; clypeus not at all discrete or reflexed, deplanate, with 

 its apex smoother and broadly rounded ; mandibles entirely red, 

 with the base as broad as the cheeks. Antennce multi-articulate 

 and as long as the body, black, with the pedicellus entirely and 

 the scape beneath dull ferruginous. Thorax immaculate and 

 somewhat short ; mesonotum subnitidulous and closely punctate ; 

 metanotum shining and more finely punctate, with strong area? ; 

 basal area small and transverse ; areola a little longer than broad, 

 parallel-sided, basally rounded and apically truncate, emitting 

 strong costulae from its basal third ; petiolararea short and entire, 

 subrectangular and a little broader than long ; spiracles minute. 

 Scutellum black, siibconvex, not bordered, but broadly excavate 

 basally. Abdomen shining and pilose, subfusiform, broader beyond 

 centre, dull ferruginous, with the two basal segments, and anus 



