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Smootb and shilling, covered with a white pile; the metathorax 

 aciculated, the pleuras almost punctured. Apex of mesopleurae 

 crenulateJ. Thèse are 2 longish fovese in the centre of middle lobe 

 of the basai half of the mesonotum and a longer, narrower furrow 

 on the latéral lobes. 



ALYSIID.E 



Alysia goniarcha sp. n. — Rufo-testaceous, the antennœ and 

 central tootb of the inaudibles black, the hind trochanters, femora, 

 tibiœ and tarsi dark fuscous, the tibia? almost black ; the apical 

 13 joints of the antennse are rnfo-testaceous ; the last 2 joints are 

 of eqnal length and clearly longer than the preceding ; there are 

 32 joints ; the 3 rd is about half the length of the 4 th . Wings hyaline 

 iridescent, the basai veins testaceous, the others and the stigma 

 black. Smooth, shining; the parapsidal furrows deep, strongly 

 crenulated, not reaching to the apex; which has a narrower smooth 

 farrow in the centre. There is a narrow area down the centre of the 

 metanotum; it is appendiculated at the base; then becomes gra- 

 dually widened, then obliqnely narrowed; then the 2 keels run 

 straight to the apex; the base and sides are margined by stout 

 keels, as is also the top of the apical slope; the keels are irregular, 

 more or less curved. l 3t abdominal segment closely striated; the 

 rest smooth, the sides of the l st are stoutly margined, the 4 Ul and 

 following appear to be keeled in the middle. Ç. 



Length 5 mill.; terebra 5 mill. 



Congo da Lemba, April (R. Mayné). 



Sheaths of ovipositor thin ; the apical third sparsely fringed 

 with long black hair. 



Alysia maculiceps sp. n. — Rufo-testaceous, the antennœ, 

 head, apex of the 2 ncl and the whole of the following segments of 

 the abdomen black; the scape of antennse and the mandibles rufo- 

 testaceous, the mandibular teeth piceous red, the middle one 

 blackish ; palpi pale testaceous and covered with white pubescence; 

 there is a brownish triangular, wide spot on the top of the inner 

 orbits. Wings hyaline, highly iridescent, the stigma and nervures 

 deep black. Legs covered with white pubescence, stiff, longish ; 

 the apical half of the hind tibiœ and the tarsi black. cf. 



Length 6 mill. 



Dima, 23 nd September (A. Koller). 



Central area of metanotum shortly appendiculated; the basai 

 keels running obliquely outerwardly to beyond the middle from 

 this keel, 2 slightly thinner ones run to the apex, forming a longish 



