520 Mr. E. Saunders on Hynienoptcra Acv.lmta : 
piceoiis. Propodeuni finely reticulate above, its sides clothed 
■with white hairs and diagonally stiigose. Abdomen entirely red ; 
apical dorsal valve with the sides strongly reflexed, and with 
black decumbent spine-like hairs as in hoops, etc. 
Long. 12 mill. 
A very distinct-looking species, but unfortunately only 
a single $ was captured. 
[Biskra, 25. v, 97. A. E. E. Type in Coll. Saunders.] 
3. Astatus laetus, n. sp. 
9 . Nitidus, niger; palpis,mandibularum basibus, tegulis,abdomine 
toto pedibus que (coxis trochanteribus que exceptis), ferrugineo- 
riifis; alis plus minus infuscatis, cellula radiali brevi, latitudine 
sua vix duplo longiore. Capitis vertex remote, facies dense 
punctata. Thorax nitidissimus, mesopleuris crebre punctatis et 
strigosis, propodei lateribns clatlirato-rugosis. 
9 . Head and thorax black and very shining. Palpi and base of 
the mandibles red. Antennae with the second joint of the flagellum 
about three times as long as the first. Vertex and region above the 
ocelli very remotely punctured ; face below them dull and closely 
punctured, clothed sparingly at the sides with whitish hairs. 
Cheeks behind the eyes also thinly clothed with white hairs. 
Mesonotum including the scutellum very shining, and exceedingly 
remotely punctured. Mesopleurae closely punctured and diagonally 
strigose. Wings slightly smoky, darker towards the apex ; radial 
cell very short, scarcely twice as long as wide, its apex truncate. 
Tegulae red. Legs with the exception of the coxae and trochanters 
entirely clear red; the anterior femora clothed with long whitish 
hairs, intermediate and hind femora with brownish-black, tibiae and 
tarsi with black S 2 )ines. Propodeum finely reticulate above, its sides 
coarsely clathrate posteriorly, with a rather narrow almost smooth 
(but very finely punctured) region anteriorly. Abdomen entirely 
red, its apical valve with a very slightly raised margin, and with 
adpressed pale spine-like hairs. 
Long. 10 min. 
A very distinct species, its bright red legs and very 
bright thorax and head giving it a very peculiar appear¬ 
ance. From rtifipes it differs in the absence of black hairs 
on the frons, the closely-punctured face, and the sculpture 
of the sides of the propodeum. 
[Biskra, 19. V, 97. A. E. E. Type in Coll. Saunders.] 
