some allied Species of Hymenoyteroiis Insects. Ill 



Caput ferrugineum punctatum, postice lineis transversis brevibus 

 elevatis in medio notatum, hae lineae in verticem sunt magis 

 curvatas, fronte tuberculis nonnullis acutis, alteroque in 

 medio faciei inter oculos et sub ocellum intermedium posito ; 

 antenna et palpi picei ; thorax ferrugineus, transverso- 

 striatus ; metathorax obscurior et rude punctatus ; abdomen 

 piceum, petiolo longitudine mediocri ; oviductus valvulae 

 nigra, fascia lata alba ante apiceni ; pedes 4 antici picei, 

 tarsis paullo pallidioribus, pedes postici valde robusti et 

 breves, tarsis posticis brevissimis crassis et ferrugineis, 

 articulo basali maximo ; alae fusco-luteo tinctee, venis dis- 

 tinctis stigmateque nigris. 



This species is apparently figured amongst Abbot's drawings in 

 the British Museum, vol. 12, fig. 19. 



Sp. ? 8. Stephamcs diadema, 

 Fcenus diadema, Fabricius, MSS., in Mus. Kiliae. 



I am unfortunately unable to determine whether this unde- 

 scribed insect be specifically different from the last ; the notes 

 which I made at Kiel simply stating that the Fcenus diadema of 

 the Fabrician Cabinet is a Stephanus with a red head. 



Sp. 9. Stephanus Indlcus, Westw. 



Niger, gracillimus, antennarum basi rufo, tibiis tarsisque basi 



albidis, petiolo longissimo, venis discoidahbus obsoletis $ . 

 Long. corp. lin. 6|, expans. alar. lin. 7. 

 Habitat in India Orientali. 

 In Mus. nostr. &'c. 



Caput globosum, vertice piceo, tuberculis nonnullis conicis in- 

 structo ; facies lineis tribus albidis notata, lineaque brevi 

 alba sub oculos ; palpi maxillares et antennae gracillimi fusci, 

 basi rufo ; coUare valde elongatum ; petiolus abdominis tenu- 

 issimus, fere longitudine capitis et thoracis conjunctim; 

 femora 4 antica picea ; tibiae et tarsi pallidiores, basi albidi ; 

 pedes postici valde incrassati, nigri ; alae hyalinae, venis dis- 

 coidalibus obsoletis (venis postcostali, externo-mediana et 

 anali, recurrenti-mediana et Ima recurrenti-submediana et 

 radiali tantum relictis), stigma hyalina quartam partem 

 costse occupat. 



Var. 5 caput rufum, facie flavo-lineatum, mandibulis fulvis, 



