192 Mr. F. Smith's descriptions 
sparingly punctured on the disk, having two deeply im- 
pressed longitudinal lines ; the metathorax transversely 
striated, and having one central, and on each side four 
longitudinal carinte ; the two nearest the central one, running 
obliquely inwards; a minute tooth at each of the posterior 
angles. The abdomen petiolate, elongate and compressed ; 
acute at its apex. Wings hyaline, the nervures black. 
LARRID^. 
Genus Larrada, Smith. / 
— 1. Larrada docilis. v/ 
Female. Length 6 lines. Black, slightly shining, 
wings subhyaline. Head : the vertex with a single ocellus 
placed in a smooth depression, above which are two small 
tubercles ; the clypeus covered wdth silvery pile. Thorax: 
the prothorax and mesothorax impunctate ; the metathorax 
abruptly truncate, and finely transversely strigose above : 
the tegulie rufo-piceous ; the wings fulvo-hy aline; the ner- 
viu'es ferruginous. Abdomen: the three basal segments 
have a glittering silvery pile on their apical margins, only 
observable in certain lights; the apical segment opaque, 
and ferruginous at its apex. The legs and sides of the 
thorax have a fine glittering cinereous pile. 
Male. This sex only differs in having the mandibles 
and the scape in front pale ferruginous; the anterior tibia3 
and all the tarsi, rufo-piceous. 
Hah. — Hiogo, Hakodadi. 
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2. Larrada nigricans. \J 
Female. Length 3| lines. Black, wings subhyaline, 
the nervures black. Head finely shagreened, the face with 
silvery pubescence ; the mandibles ferruginous towards 
their apex, with the tips black. Thorax shagreened, with 
the metathorax rugulose ; the legs with fine cinereous pile, 
which is very bright and dense on the posterior tibia3 
within ; it is also very bright on the tarsi. Abdomen 
smooth and shining, wdth silvery fascife on the posterior 
margins of the segments, observable only in certain lights. 
The male does not differ in any material respect from 
the female. 
JIab. — Nagasaki. / . ,, 
3. Larrada Tisiphone. 
Female. Length 6 lines. Black, the wings flavo- 
