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red ; this latter variety appears to be scarce, and the former to he 

 the normal coloration. In the female the white on the middle 

 joints of the antennas is sometimes almost obsolete. 



These were bred by Mr. W. H. B. Fletcher, from 

 Euchromia Jlammea iiom. Eannoch, in June. 



PhcEogenes nitidus, n. s. 



Niger, pedibus riifis, coxis et trochanteribiis nigris, femoribus 

 posticis nigiis, basi rufa, facie flavo-picta. 



Head transverse, somewhat oblique, and rather swollen behind 

 the eyes ; face and forehead smooth and shining, with a few iine 

 scattered punctm-es ; clypeus separated from the face by a shallow 

 depression ; apex truncate ; labrum slightly projecting ; antennse 

 not quite so long as the body. Thorax : mesonotum somewhat 

 smooth and shining, with very fine rather scattered punctures; 

 scutellum almost free from sctdpture of any sort ; metathorax 

 smooth and shining, with faint traces of ruga3 ; supero-medial area 

 transverse, rounded in front, slightly concave behind, somewhat 

 kidney-shaped ; lateral arese distinctly subdivided ; mesopleurse 

 smooth and shining, with scattered punctm-es (these denser behind 

 than in front). Post-petiole of abdomen is about as wide or a little 

 wider than long, sides parallel, and has a depression in the middle, 

 sHghtly tridi\'ided, smooth and shining, with a few scattered punc- 

 tures ; 2nd segment longer than wide, remainder transverse ; 2nd, 

 3rd, and 4th segments finely and rather closely punctate ; interstices 

 almost smooth and shining ; apex and sides of abdomen piibescent ; 

 2nd segment with a faint transverse depression before the base ; 

 thyi'idii distinct and reddish. Legs moderate. 



Black ; mouth, clypeus, middle of mandibles, facial orbits more 

 or less, and two spots below the antennse, yellow ; scape of 

 antennse beneath red ; flagellum beneath reddish ; incisions of 1st 

 and 2nd segments reddish. Legs red ; coxae and trochanters black ; 

 apex of the latter reddish ; apex of hind tibiae and hind tarsi 

 fuscous ; hind femora in one specimen black, extreme base reddish ; 

 in the other the basal half red. Stigma and tegulas nigro-fuscous. 

 Male. Length, 6*5 mm. 



Two males bred by Mr. W. H. B. Fletcher in 1885 ; 

 host unknown. 



Phygadeuon rusticcUcB, n. s. 



This insect is a Phygadeuon, according to Thomson's 

 division of Cryj)tidic, and comes next to P. ragans, Gr. 

 (Thoms., Opusc. Ent., p. 951, 25), but differs from it 



