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APr 



THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Vol. LIL] APEIL, 19l5. [No. ew 



TWO NEW STEPHANIDjE. 



By E. A. Elliott, F.Z.S., F.E.S. 



Faniatopus j>((/k'^«/«s, sp. ii. 



o . Frons arcuate rugose, vertex and occiput finely transrugose, 

 temples smooth and shining, posterior margin of head bordered ; 

 three carinas between the posterior oceUi. Scape slightly longer than 

 cheeks, second flagellar joint twice as long as first, third as long as 

 first and second together. Pronotum strongly transrugose, with 

 broad, smooth posterior margin ; mesonotum transrugose ; central 

 lobe of scutellum smooth with a few large punctures, the lateral 

 lobes closely punctate ; propleurae smooth, mesopleuras alutaceous, 

 metupleurse and median segment cribrate punctate. Petiole finely 

 trans-striate, shorter than rest of abdomen, which is smooth and 

 shining. Terebra as long as body, white banded. Hind legs with 

 the coxffi trans-striate, femora finely trans-striate, tridentate, tibice 

 compressed to middle. Wings hyaline, nervures rufescent. 



Rufescent ; a broad %Yhite band under eyes to base of mandibles. 



Length 13^ to 16| mm., abdomen 8| to 11 mm., petiole 4 to 

 5 mm., terebra 13-. to 16| mm. 



Burma. Type and cotype in British Museum. 



The smaller specimen- bears a label, " Birmab, F. Smith 

 coll.," the other merely "Birmab." 



Tlie close puncturation of the lateral lobes of scutellum is 

 very characteristic. 



DiastepJianus chinensls, sp. n. 



9 . Frons very finely striate, transversely below, becoming longi- 

 tudinal above round the anterior tubercle and in the ocellar space ; 

 vertex and occiput finely longitudinally striate, temples smooth and 

 shining, posterior margin of head bordered. Scape as long as cheeks, 

 second flagellar joint twice as long as first, third as long as first and 

 second together. Pronotum trans-stria_te, the semiannular part more 

 coarsely, especially laterally. Mesonotum coarsely punctate, central 

 lobe of scutellum smooth with diffuse large punctures, the lateral 

 lobes with the exterior half longitudinally striate. Propleurae longi- 

 tudinally striate above, smooth beneath, mesopleurae alutaceous, 

 metapleurte coarsely punctate above, trans-striate beneath, separated 



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