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the Solomon Islands, the 2 bearing a label "Megischus Froggattii, 

 Cam. type," which he believed to be only a manuscript name, 

 having overlooked Cameron's description in the ' Proc. Linn. 

 Soc. N. S. Wales,' 1913, p. 357. the 'Zoological Eecord ' for 

 that year not being at the time available. I also missed other 

 records from the fact of Megischus being placed among the 

 EvanidcE. Morley's name must fall, and go to swell the list 

 of synonyms. The dimensions of the three specimens are : 

 5 , length 33 mm., abdomen 22 mm., petiole 10 mm., terebra 

 35 mm. ; <? , length 16 mm., abdomen 11 mm., petiole 4^ mm. ; 

 and iu the smaller 3' , 12, 8, 35 mm. 



Parastephanellas damellicus, Westw. Of this species there 

 are now in the Museum seven ? $ , taken by R. E. Turner at 

 Mackay, Queensland, and one ? from the Swan River. They 

 vary in size from 6^ to 13 mm., the teiebra from 7 to 14-^> mm. 

 The type specimen at Oxford measures 8i mm., with the terebra 

 only 8 mm. This difference in the proportional length of the 

 terebra seems scarcely sufficient to found a new species. 



Fa'notopus rugiceps, sp. n. 



9 . Erons granulate rugose, vertex and occiput subarcuate 

 rugose, the temples smooth and shining. Frontal tubercles rather 

 small and blunt, the space between them rugose ; three carinse 

 between the posterior ocelli. Posterior margin of head strongly 

 bordered. Scape longer than cheeks, second flagellar joint not quite 

 half as long again as first, third about as long as first and second 

 together. Prothorax strongly trans-striate, with rather broad, 

 smooth posterior border ; mesonotum coarsely punctate, apically 

 smooth ; propleurae lightly punctured, mesopleurte basally punctate, 

 apically smooth ; metapleura? coarsely punctate, separated by a row 

 of punctures from the median segment, which has large, diffuse 

 pun-ctures. Petiole trans-striate, as long as rest of abdomen, wdiich 

 is finely alutaceous. Terebra shorter than body, basally rufescent, 

 the colour gradually passing into an ill-defined subapical yellowish 

 band, extreme apex black. Hind coxae coarsely trans-rugose, their 

 femora tridentate ; the basal tooth broadly triangular, the central 

 one longer and more rounded, the apical narrow and sharply 

 pointed ; hind tibi£e constricted in the basal two-thirds. 'Wings 

 feebly infuscate, nervures blackish. 



Black ; head rufo-testaceous, frons and vertex blackish, face and 

 base of mandibles testaceous. Front legs rufo-testaceous, femora 

 darker ; middle legs lighter, with base of tibae and rather more than 

 the basal half of metatarsus white ; hind legs rufescent, the basal 

 and central femoral teeth white, the apical black, apex of tibiae and 

 the metatarsus except its apex white. 



Length 12 mm., abdomen 7 mm., petiole 3i mm., terebra 10 mm. 



South India, F. Smith coll. 

 Type in British Museum. 



The type specimen bears a label with the manuscript name 

 ** F. ruficeps, Smith." A red head is very common in this 



