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eyes towards tlieir summit, a similar abbreviated line at 
the inner orbits of the eyes, opposite the insertion of the 
antennae ; the anterior margin of the clypevis rounded, the 
edge narrowly recurved and shining. The posterior mar- 
gin of the prothorax curved, and with a narrow interrupted 
pale line ; the spines and calcaria black. 
Var. — A white subovate spot on each side of the second 
segment, at its basal margin. 
Hab. — Hiogo. 
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d, — 9. Pomjjilus rejiexus. 
Female. Length 4 lines. Black, with the base of the 
abdomen red. Head and thorax smooth and shining ; the 
mandibles ferruginous at their apex ; the anterior margin 
of the clypeus widely truncate, the angles of the trunca- 
tion rounded; the posterior margin of the prothorax 
curved; the metathorax with a central longitudinal 
slightly impressed line ; wings subhyaline, Avith a fuscous 
cloud at their apical margins. Abdomen : the base of 
the first segment black ; the remainder, as Avell as the 
second segment, red ; the entire insect smooth and shining. 
Hab. — Hiogo. 
Genus Priocnemis, Schiodte. 
^- — 1. Priocnemis irritabills. ^ 
Female. Length?^ lines. Black; wings hyaline, with 
a fuscous fascia. Head and thorax semi-opaque ; the 
clypeus truncate anteriorly; the mandibles prominent, 
stout, and bidentate. The posterior margin of the pro- 
thorax angidar ; the nervures of the wings black ; a fus- 
cous fascia occupies the marginal cell, and crosses the 
anterior wings nearly to the bottom of the third discoidal 
cell. The abdomen smooth and shining, the apical seg- 
ment having a little ferruginous pubescence at its apex. 
Hab. — Hiogo. 
2. Priocnemis Atropos. ^ ^ 
Female. Length 3|. Black, head and thorax semi- 
opaque, abdomen shining, wings with a broad fuscous 
fascia. Head: the clypeus widely emarginate, and, as 
well as the antennse, having a changeable cinereous pile ; 
the posterior margin of the prothorax subangular; the 
wings hyaline, with a fuscous fascia occupying the 
marginal cell, and crossing the wing nearly to the 
bottom of the third discoidal cell : a narrower fascia 
