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i.e. they have the anterior coxae very strongly cuneiform 
(simple in insignis as in bupresticida) and the cordiform 
area is manifestly divided by a longitudinal impression. 
They are marked with yellow almost exactly as is the 
other species, and like it they have a ground-colour 
varying between red and black, but with the red con- 
siderably more extensive than in even the brightest 
specimens of zsignis. 
They differ, however, from cnsignis in certain important 
points of structure (not mentioned by Spinola) which show 
that they do not belong, as it does, to the group of bupre- 
sticida at all, but must be considered as nearly allied to 
JSunerea, Costa, though in colour, etc., they are exceedingly 
unlike that species. By Schletterer’s Tables one might 
suppose them to be his ewgenia, but from the description 
of that species it seems impossible that such should be 
the case. Even if it be so, unless | am wrong in referring 
them to Spinola’s species, they must retain the name 
given to them by that author. 
Three f # taken by Mr. Eaton appear to me certainly 
to belong to the present species. As C. fischeri in both 
sexes has always been somewhat of a mystery to hymeno- 
pterists, I will attempt a diagnosis of the characters 
which I find in the specimens before me. 
2. Clypei haud elevati pars apicalis (ut in emarginata, etc.) 
subtriangulariter impressa. Segmenti ventralis 2" basis elevata. 
Segmenti penultimi apex late ac profunde emarginatus, angulis 
eiusdem lateralibus ita elevatis ut quasi dentiformes videantur (minus 
tamen acute quam in C. funered). 
Caput nigrum; facie cum carina brevi interantennali, mandibulis 
(apicibus exceptis nigris), antennarumque scapis flavis (flagellis harum 
fulvis). Pro- et mesothorax nigra plus minusve rubro-variegata ; 
scutellum rubrum ; collare utrimque, tegulae alarum, et postscu- 
tellum flava. Propodeum (aut totum, aut excepta area media nigra 
rubro-bimaculata,) cum metapleuris et abdominis maxima parte rubra. 
Huius segmentum 1™™" totum rubrum ; segmenti 2% dorsum macula 
magna basali flava, venter eiusdem (an semper ?) vestigiis quibusdam 
obsoletis fasciae apicalis flavae signatus: 3°" annulo lato apicali 
completo (7. e. ventrem quoque complectente) flavo : 5'"" apice dorsali 
flavo. Bases segmentorum intermediorum superne in medio plus 
minusve late denigratae. Pedes flavi, coxis trochanteribus femori- 
busque rufescentibus, tibiis intus immaculatis. 
Caput superne punctis densis subopacum ; thorax vero et abdomen 
