70 CATALOGUE OF 
5. MeRopacHYysS ANGUSTATUS. 
Nematopus angustatus, H.-Sch. Wanz. Ins. vi. 80, pl. 207, f. 651. 
Var.? Mas. Piceus; caput fulvum ; prothorax scaber, nigro indeter- 
minate trivitlatus angulis posticis view prominulis subrectangulatis ; 
mesosternum bispinosum, bituberculatum; abdomen thorace duplo 
longius, apice truncatum et subdilatatum ; pedes quatuor anteriores 
fulvi ; cove postice unispinose ; femora postica tuberculata, spinosa ; 
tibie postice breves, dilutate, arcuate ; ale antice fulvo venose. 
Male. Piceous. Head, eyes and rostrum tawny. Eyes prominent. 
Rostrum extending to the fore coxe. Autenne much shorter than the 
body; fourth joint longer than the first. Prothorax scabrous, with five 
calli forming a transverse ridge near the fore border; hind angles hardly 
prominent, nearly rectangular; three indistinct blackish stripes. Meso- 
sternum with two stout spines and two posterior tubercles. Abdomen 
about twice the length of the thorax, truncated and slightly dilated at the 
tip. Hind coxe with a long stout spine on the under side. Hind femora 
incrassated, much shorter than the abdomen, with many minute tubercles 
and with several spines of various size. Hind tibie dilated, curved, less 
than half the length of the hind femora. Hind tarsi and four anterior legs 
tawny. Fore wings with tawny veins; membrane eneous. Length of the 
body 10 lines. 
St. Paul. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
6. MEROPACHYS NOTATUS. 
Mas. Testaceus ; rostrum coxas anticas paullo superans ; antenne fulve, 
graciles, curport equilonge, articulis 20 3oque apice doque nigris ; 
prothorax scaber, nigro trivittatus, angulis posticis obtusis non promi- 
nulis; scutellum lanceolatum, basi ntgro univittatum ; pectoris 
discus niger; abdominis dorsum nigrum, fasciis tribus lateribusque 
testacets ; femora postica incrassata, subtus octospinosa ; tibie postice 
picea, subdilatate, subarcuate ; tarsi postict picet ; ale antice 
fusce, pallido venose. Koem.—Femora postica minus inerassata ; 
tibie postice testaceo unifasciate, non dilatate. 
Male. ‘Testaceous. Eyes tawny, prominent. Rostrum extending a 
little beyond the fore coxw; juints nearly equal in length; tip black. 
Antenne tawny, slender, as long as the body; joints from the first to the 
third successively decreasing in length; second and third with black tips. 
fourth black, much longer than the first. Prothorax scabrous, with three 
black stripes, the side stripes abbreviated in front and behind ; a transverse 
furrow near the fore border, which forms a rim; transverse ridge near the 
hind border slight; hind angles obtuse, not prominent. Scutellum lanceo- 
late, with a black stripe tuwards the base. Disk of the pectus black. 
Abdomen above black, with testaceous sides and with three testaceous 
bands, which are abbreviated on each side. Hind femora incrassated, a 
little shorter than the abdomen, with four stout black spines on each side 
beneath. Hind tibie piceous, slightly dilated, slightly curved, shorter 
