F AmmLy—PROCTOTRUPIDA. Sus-Faminry—DIAPRIIDES. 171 
Spectres 1—APENESIA AMAZONICA. 
Puate XXXI, Fie. 12. 
Fulva, nitida, punctis minutis parce notata: abdomine piceo, segmentorum marginibus posticis rufescenti- 
bus ; capite oblongo antice truncato. 
Long. corp. lin. 2-4. 
Habitat; Amazonia (D. Bates). In Mus. Hopeiano Oxoniz. 
Species 2—APENESIA MODESTA. 
(Scleroderma modesta, Smith.) 
Long. corp. lin. 23. 
Habitat ; the Island of Mysol, New Guinea (Wallace). In Mus. W. W. Saunders. 
‘ Luteo-fulvous, glossy, with the abdomen more chestnut, and each of the segments marked near the hind 
margin with a paler indistinct fascia. The head is nearly quadrate, the hind margin nearly straight, the posterior 
angles well rounded. The eyes are composed of only six hexagonal facets, forming a black spot on each side of 
the head, near the base of the mandibles; the anterior tarsi have the basal joints curved and dilated, and the 
middle tibie are flattened and spined ;’ the parts of the mouth are formed as in 4. Amazonica. 
Sus-Famiry—DIAPRIIDES. 
Genus Novuu—LOBOSCELIDIA. 
Genus anomalum, cujus affinitates sunt dubiw, an ad Diapriides vel ad Cynipides revocandum? Caput (fig. 
13 a) subglobosum, naso brevi porrecto instructum, postice in collum angustum contractum, collo utrinque mem- 
brana oblique striolata et margine dentato acuto instructo ; antennz longitudine totius corporis zquales, 13-arti- 
culate, articulo primo longo, subtus membrana parva instructo ; os minutum inferum; mandibule minute conic 
(fig. 134) ; maxillee minime, lobo unica membranacea rotundata (fig. 18 c) ; palpi maxillares 3-articulatze (?) articulo 
ultimo tenui precedentibus duobus longitudine equali; mentum minutum oblongum, ligula rotundata integra 
interna ; palpi ut videtur 1-articulati (fig. 13 7); thorax ovalis, collo magno transverso, lateribus elevatis, tegule 
magne mobiles; metathorax brevis postice rotundatus; abdomen parvum breve fere obconico-ovatum, petiolo 
brevi metathoraci affixum ; alz anticee magne; venis in dimidio apicali alarum obsoletis; vena subcostali fere ad 
medium alz extensa apice in ramum deflexum producto; vena media abbreviata, apice bifida venaque interna 
simplici; pedes satis breves (fig. 13 e); femoribus subtus ad apicem, tibiisque ad basin, membrana tenui auctis ; 
ungues intus dente armati. 
The large size of the scales at the base of the wings, the minute size of the oral organs, the cornuted head 
and neck, and the obsolete character of the veins beyond the middle of the fore wings, give this singular insect 
a relationship to some of the Diapriides; whilst, in other respects, it seems to approach the Cynipide. The 
post costal vein of the fore wings at its apex does not touch the costa, but is deflexed into a branch running 
into the dise obliquely. 
