f78 f' Canu'fon. 



at the apex ; tlie base depressed, rongli ; it is longer thau 

 broad aud is tiansverse at the apex ; tlie posterior median 

 smooth, at the most aciculated iu the middle ; its sides with 

 some short, trausverse keels; the posterior outer areae hâve 

 a few stout, irregulär keels ou the onterside of varyiug length ; 

 the ou ter basai areae hâve some keels ou the onterside; the 

 spiracular area is stoutly trausversely striated beyoud the spi- 

 racles. The pro- and mesopleurae are shining aud covered with 

 shaliow puuctures ; the pro-striated iu the middle at the apex ; 

 the meta[)leurae are sparsely puiictured aud of a more blnisli 

 tint than the meso- or proplenrae. The 4 anterior tarsi, the 

 base of the tibiae broadly and the tarsi, testaceous; the fe- 

 mora fuscous, the tarsi are anuulated with fnscous ; the hinder 

 coxae, trochauters and femora dark blue ; the tibiae blackish, 

 broadly testaceous at the base ; the tarsi are testaceous, au- 

 nulated with black. Wiiigs fuscous-hyaliue, the stigma aud 

 nervures testaceous, the areolet uarrowed at the top, being 

 there uot the length of the space bouuded by the récurrent 

 and the transverse cubital nervures. Abdomen shiuing, bright 

 blue, the pétiole darker ; its apex aud the apex of the 2^^^^ 

 segment more broadly at the sides, but more uarrowly iu the 

 middle, yellowish-white ; the gastrocoeli stoutly longitudiually 

 striated, except at the apex which is smooth aud browuish, 



9. Gurfyia, gen. nov. 



Scutellum flat ; its sides with elevated stout keels to uear 

 the apex. Median segment with a vvide deep depr?ssion at 

 the base ; the aieola wider than long, its base roiuided, fully 

 half the width of the apex, which is almost transverse ; the 

 keel at its base is uot nuich raised. Apex of clypeus trans- 

 verse. Labrum hiddeu. Maudibles with two large teeth, the 

 upper being the larger. Legs of moderate length ; the front 

 tarsi spined ou ail the joints. Areolet 5-angled, uarrowed ou 

 the top ; the trans verse basai nervure is iuterstitial. The pé- 

 tiole becomes gradually wideued from the base to the apex, 

 the post-petiole uot beiug clearly separated. Gastrocoeli shal- 

 iow. There are 7 abdominal segments ; the last is bluntly 

 pointed aud is as long as the 6tli; the ventral keel is distinct 

 on the 2u*l aud öi<^l segmeuts, broader aud less distinct 

 on the 4 th. 



The face and clypeus are flat ; the temples are broad ; the 

 occiput is iucised ; the auteunae are not serrated towards the 

 apex iu the maie ; the apex of the liiuder femora does uot 

 reach to the apex of the 3'^ segment; there is no stnmp of a 

 nervure ou the disco-cubital uor ou the recurreut nervure. 



The strongly keeled scutellum of this geuus remiuds oue 



