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below, forming a wide V. Thorax strongly rugosely panctured, 

 the mesonotum more strongly than the rest, the scutellum much 

 more sparsely, especially on the basai half; the médian segment 

 closely rugosely punctured, the puncturation on the centre sparser 

 and stronger. l st abdominal segment closely rngosely punctured, 

 more fmely than the médian segment, the punclures almost run- 

 ning into reticulations; the purple segments are more weakly and 

 sparsely punctured, especially the 4 Ul und 5 th , the apical more 

 strongly and closely punctured than the others. The ventral seg- 

 ments are closely and strongly punctured. Legs strongly punctu- 

 red, especially the femora; the coxas more closely und finely 

 punctured, the outer side of the hinder mure or less striated. The 

 transverse cubital nervure is faint; the cubitus is widely bullated 

 beyond the récurrent nervure. The pubescence is short, close and 

 white. 



EVANIID.E 



Stephanus xanthocephalus sp. n. — Bla< k, the head pallid 

 yellow, the front with the yellow tinged with rufous (perhaps 

 through discolouration), a broad black band running from the 

 occiput to the posterior tubercles; the 3 r '' abdominal segment, 

 except in the centre above, slightly more broadly at the apex and 

 entirely below, the rest of the ventral surface and the apical seg- 

 ment entirely rufous; legs black, the apex of the femora (the apical 

 fourth of the hinder), the 4 anterior tibise and tarsi, the thickened 

 apical part of the hind tibiae and the basai joint of the hind tarsi 

 testaceous, tinged with rufous. Antennce black, the scape testaceous. 

 Wings hyaline, the posterior discoidal cellule smoky, the stigma 

 and nervures black. Ç. 



Length 28 mill.; terebra 43 mi 11. 



Dima, 18 th September (A. Koller). 



Front strongly, roundly striated; vertex in front irregularly, 

 more or less roundly striated, the rest more finely, closely trans- 

 versely striated; the tubercles in an equilaleral triangle; the ante- 

 rior shàfper and a little longer than the others. Pronotum a little 

 longer than il is wide at the apex, closely, somewhat strongly 

 striated. Mesonotum shilling, the basai half in the centre smooth, 

 the rest irregularly striated, and more or less punctured. Scutel- 

 lum smooth, weakly, sparsely punctured at the apex. Metanotum 

 almost opaque, not very strongly umbilically punctate, the apex 

 irregularly striated. Pleurse smooth, covered with a white pubes- 

 cence, the melapleurse more densely. than the rest. The narrowed 

 basai part of the abdomen is slightly longer than the rest; it is 



