some allied Genera of Hymenopterous Insects. 243 



areolato ; petiolus abdominis ferrugineus, baud punctatus, 

 utrinque striola tenui longitudinali. Abdomen nigrum, com- 

 pressum, nitidum, fere rotundatum. Pedes quatuoi- antici 

 picei (femoribus subtus ferrugineis), postici nigri, trocban- 

 teribus basi piceis. Alas fere hyalinae, venis nigris, vena 

 marginali (cellulam marginalem formanti) ad apicem fere 

 recta et cum margine apicali alae fere parellela. 



Sp. 8. Evania dimidiata, 



Syn. Evania dimidiata, Spinola, in Ann. Ent. Soc. de France, 



tom. vii. p. 439, and Rev, Zool. 1840, p. 247. 

 Habitat in ^Egypto. 



Obs. This species appears to differ from E. Abyssinica in its 

 smaller size {2\ lin.), black antennae and legs, pale palpi, slightly 

 punctured face, ferrugineous mandibles, and punctured peduncle. 

 They are however stated by the Marquis Spinola, in the Rev. 

 Zool. 1842, p. 190, to be identical. 



Sp. 9. Evania Tasmanica, Westw. 



Nigra punctatissima, facie tenuiter longitudinaliter striata, furca 

 metasterni brevi recta, petiolo striato j . 



Long. Corp. lin. 4|, exp. alar. 8. 



Habitat in Terra Van Diemenii. 



In Mus. Dom. Hope. 



Tota nigra, rude punctatissima. Facies sub antennarum inser- 

 tionemleviter striata. Petiolus abdominis striatus. Abdomen 

 compressissimum, triangulare. Alaj hyalinae, area marginali 

 sub-ovata, venis cubitali et discoidali fere obsoletis. Antennae 

 et pedes nigri. Mandibulae intus obtuse 3-dentatae. Palpi 

 labiales articulo Stio apice dilatato ovato. 



Sp. 10. Evania punctata. 



" E. nigra albido-villosa, capita striato, vertice thoraceque crasse 

 punctatis, alis subhyalinis, nervis nigris •, antennarum basi, 

 palpis, et pedibus quatuor anticis fere omnino pallide fuscis, 

 abdominis petiolo valde rugoso. Long. corp. 9 millim." 



Habitat in Morea. 



Syn. E. punctata, Brulle, in Exped. Scient. de Moree, p. 378, 

 No. 833. 



Obs. This species appears scarcely to differ from E.fuscipes. 



