362 Mr. Bridgnian's additions to T. A. Marshall's 



Areolet of wings open above, recurrent nervure received jnst 

 beyond the middle ; legs moderate. 



Head black, mouth piceous, scape of antennas black ; 1st to 8th 

 joints of flagellum fuscous; 9th to 11th reddish; the remainder 

 black. Thorax black ; collar above, mesonotum and scutellum 

 red ; tubercles and squamulte reddish or piceous ; 1st to 3rd 

 segments of the abdomen red ; 4th and 5th black ; 6th and 7th 

 reddish or fulvous. Legs red ; coxae black, front ones red beneath ; 

 trochanters black at the base ; apical joint of tarsi fuscous. Stigma 

 pale testaceous. Female. Length, 7 mm. 



One female taken by Mr. G. C. Champion at Avie- 

 more. 



This appears to be undescribed ; it comes very near 

 to I. picticollis, Holm., but has differently-coloured legs. 



Herpestonius distinctus, n. s. 



Segmentis 2 — 3 pedibusque rufis, femoribus et tibiis posticis 

 apice fuscis. 



Head subopaque, not punctate, transverse, scarcely narrowed 

 behind the eyes ; clypeus distinctly separated from the face, apex 

 widely rotundate ; face transverse, rather prominent in the middle; 

 antenna? scarcely half the length of the body, stout, somewhat 

 clavate ; 1st and 2nd joints of flagellum scarcely longer than wide, 

 3rd quadrate, remainder transverse. Mesonotum distinctly tri- 

 lobed, with somewhat scattered punctures ; scutellum flat, with 

 scattered punctures ; metathorax about as long as wide, obsoletely 

 rugose ; supero-rnedial area elongate, about one-third longer than 

 wide, sides parallel, rounded in front, lateral area? subdivided ; 

 postero-medial area very slightly depressed in the middle. Abdo- 

 men subopaque, obsoletely reticulate, covered with rather scattered 

 short pubescence; aculeus just exserted; 1st segment somewhat 

 irregularly and rather coarsely aciculate, apex shining; base of 

 2nd segment with a very shallow transverse impression, interrupted 

 in the middle. Legs rather stout. Wings with the outer nervure 

 of the areolet subobsolete ; radial cell short, almost as broad 

 as long. 



Black, scape and two first joints of flagellum reddish; 8th and 

 9th joints show indications of pale marks; extreme apex of 1st 

 and 4th segments of the abdomen reddish ; 2nd and 3rd entirely 

 red. Legs red; apical half of hind femora, apex and extreme 

 base of hind tibiae, and apical joint of hind tarsi, fuscous. Tegulae 

 piceous, stigma and nervures pale fuscous. Female. Length 

 5 mm. 



