^44 i'- Caineroü. 



precediug 2 uuitecl; apical slope of metanofcum witli a keel 

 rouud tiie top and aides ; it lias an oblique, straight slope ; 

 basai joint of bind tarsi longer than the succeeding two 

 united, slender. Mesonotum not trilobate. Face dilated iu 

 tbe middle, separated from tbe clypeus by a shallow 

 dépression. 



The disco-cubital nervure is roundly cnrved and un- 

 broken; the transverse basai nervure interstitial; the scutellum 

 roundly convei, temples obliquely narrowed; the last joint 

 of tarsi uot mucb narrowed at the base. Apical segments 

 of abdomen spotted with white. Tarsal joints long and 

 slender. 



lu Mr. A.i/twea(fs arrangement of the PlmpJina this 

 geuus would oome iu near Poly.tpliinctd and Z(ij)lijpta^ but 

 it cannot be coufounded with either. 



S. riifithorax sp. nov. Ç. 



Black, the thorax red, the face, clypeus, basai half of 

 mandiblcs, palpi, the 4 anterior coxae, trochauters and femora 

 iu front, the apex of the 4^'' abdominal segment in the middle, 

 the apical half of the 5*'i and the 0^1) and 7tli entirely white 

 above; wings clcar hyaline, the nervures and stigma black. — 

 Leugth 10; terebra 2 mm. 



Hab. Dunbrody (Rev'l ./. A. O'Neil. S. J. 



The eye orbits and the ajjices of the basai o abdominal 

 segments are dark red, beyond the middle of the antennae 

 is a dark whitish broad band. Head in front closely and 

 distinctly punctured; in the centre of the front is an irregulär 

 alntaceous narrow longitudinal band. Thorax closely and 

 distiuctly puuctured ; the metanotum closely, irregnlarly 

 rugose. Basai 4 abdominal segments closely and distiuctly 

 punctured, the others smooth. Lateral scutollar dépressions 

 stoutly striated. — The mesosteruum is blackish ; the fore 

 tibiae iu front and the calcaria are browuish; the meso- 

 pleurae, mesosternum aud the median segment are covered 

 with a white pubescence ; the sides of the mesonotum are 

 blackish. 



This species is a good copy of a species of the Cryptid 

 geuus Brachycorplius from the same locality. 



