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parapsides distinct. Abdomen oval, smooth, shining, a little narrower 

 and much shorter than the thorax. Legs red; hind femora 

 incrassated, with a slight angle on the under side. Wings cine- 

 reous ; apical half blackish. Fore wings with a blackish subcostal 

 spot at the end of the vein, which is black ; ulna not more than one- 

 fourth of the length of the humerus ; radius nearly as long as the 

 ulna ; cubitus extremely short. Length of the body If line. 



Corsica. In the collection of the Rev. T. A. Marshall. 



H. nigmcola. Mas. — Nigra, sat gracilis ; antennae filiformes ; 

 scutellum bidentatum ; metathorax valde declivis : abdomen sub- 

 compressum, fere ellipticum, thorace brevius ; alae cinereae. 



Male. — Black, rather slender, with cinereous tomentum. Head 

 and thorax very thickly and minutely punctured. Head very little 

 broader than the thorax ; front very deeply excavated. Antennae 

 filiform. Prothorax subquadrate, about four times as broad as long. 

 Sutures of the parapsides distinct. Scutellum with two short stout 

 apical teeth. Metathorax perpendicular. Petiole very short. 

 Abdomen smooth, nearly .elliptical, slightly compressed, shining 

 towards the base, shorter and a little narrower than the thorax ; 

 first and second segments very large. Hind femora incrassated. 

 Wings cinereous ; veins black, with the usual structure. Length of 

 the body If hue. 



Gambia. 



H. fascicoenis. Fccm. — Nigra ; antennae subfiliformes, fascia 

 latissima rufa ; tegulae rufae ; scutellum bidenticulatum ; abdomen 

 ovaturn, thorace brevius, plagis duabus subapicalibus argenteo 

 tomentosis ; pedes rufi, femoribus posticis inermibus ; alae anticae 

 cinereae, plaga subcostali parva nigricante, plaga exteriore magna 

 diffusa fuscescente. 



Female. — Black. Head and thorax very thickly and minutely 

 punctured, with cinereous pubescence. Head a little broader than the 

 prothorax ; front deeply excavated. Antennae inserted near the 

 mouth, subfiliform, a little longer than the thorax; scape red, 

 except towards the base ; flagellum red towards the base. Prothorax 

 large, quadrate. Sutures of the parapsides slightly defined ; tegulae 

 red ; scutellum with two minute apical teeth. Metathorax short, 

 decumbent, with four keels-; sides with a silvery pile. Petiole 

 extremely short. Abdomen oval, smooth, shining, acute at the tip, 

 shorter than the thorax ; a patch of silvery pile on each side near the 

 tip ; dorsal segments forming a deep edge on each side of the ventral 

 segments. Legs red ; hind femora unarmed, much incrassated. 

 Wings cinereous. Fore wings with a small blackish patch at the end 



