186 CRABRONID&. 
terior tarsi much bent, and of the intermediate pair dilated ex- 
ternally towards the extremity, where it is pectinated. 
é @ in my own and other Cabinets. 
+--+ Mr. Westwood possesses a remarkable specimen of 
the ¢ of this insect, in which the head is nearly as wide 
again as the thorax. This species is common. 
Sp.2. tuperus. N. Sp. 
ater, incisurd inter dorsolum et scutellum simplice. 
length 1$—2} lines. 
Head black, punctured, chiefly on the face, less so on the 
vertex ; a short longitudinal impressed line between the anterior 
stemma and the centre of the face ; the mandibles entirely black. 
The thorax black, with a few scattered punctures; three longi- 
tudinal elevated obsolete lines extending down the centre from 
the base of the dorsolum; the incisure which separates the 
scutellum from the dorsolum with only a central division, or 
quite plain; the metathorax very short, longitudinally striated 
at its base, and rugose beyond; the pectus smooth or merely 
slightly punctured; the wings slightly coloured, iridescent at 
their extremity ; the legs black, the anterior tibiz with more or 
less yellow running down the front, their apex rufo-fuscous, as 
well as all the tarsi; the intermediate and posterior tibiee very 
spinose, and the anterior tarsi slightly ciliated. 
The abdomen minutely punctured, subpubescent, with the 
margin of the last two segments piceous ¢. 
The ¢ differs in having the anterior tibiz and tarsi yellow, 
the former with a longitudinal piceous stain behind; the knees, 
apex of the tibize and tarsi, except their apical articulations, 
flavo-rufescent. 
é 2 in my own Cabinet. 
++ This species is very distinct both from the preceding 
