300 Mr. F. Smith 'on the Genus Pison. 



3. Parapison rtificornis, n. sp. 



Female. Length 3 lines. Blacky legs and antennae 

 red, the latter with three or four of the apical joints 

 dusky. 



Head semi-opaque, finely and very closely punctured; 

 the face with silvery pubescence, which is dense below 

 the insertion of the antennae, and only observable in cer- 

 tain lights above; the palpi and mandibles rufo-testaceous, 

 the latter rufo-piceous at their apex. Thorax opaque, the 

 metathorax with a central channel, and obliquely rugulose 

 above; the wings hyaline and iridescent, the nervures 

 testaceous. Abdomen slightly shining, the apical mar- 

 gins of the segments narrowly testaceous ; the four apical 

 segments with a changeable golden pubescence. 



The male closely resembles the female, but has the 

 basal portion of the legs more or less blackish, the tarsi 

 also are dusky; the apical joints of the antennae are darker 

 than in the other sex. 



Hab . — Australia . 



In F. Smith's collection. 



4. Parapison agilis, n. sp. 



Female. Length 3 lines. Black, shining and delicately 

 punctured, abdomen with silvery fasciae. 



Head: the face below the insertion of the antennae 

 with a fine changeable silvery pile ; the mandibles pale 

 rufo-testaceous, the palpi paler. Thorax : the collar, sides 

 of the thorax, and mietathorax, with silvery pubescence ; 

 the mesothorax with one abbreviated deeply-impressed 

 line on each side opposite the tegulae, the latter rufo- 

 testaceous; the wings hyaline and iridescent, the ner- 

 vures black, the apical margins slightly clouded ; the 

 metathorax obliquely truncate, with an impressed central 

 channel, which runs into a deep fossulet towards the apex ; 

 the knees and anterior tibiae testaceous ; the calcaria 

 testaceous. Abdomen with a changeable pile ; the mar- 

 gins of the three basal segments depressed, the first deeply 

 so; all the margins with a narrow silvery fasciae. 



Hah. — Ceylon. 



In the British Museum. 



