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  Mr. 
  F. 
  Smith's 
  Descriptions 
  

  

  thorax 
  has 
  a 
  deep 
  longitudinal 
  incision, 
  wliich 
  is 
  margined 
  by 
  

   elevated 
  carinas, 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  which, 
  double 
  divergent 
  carinse 
  

   pass 
  forward 
  from 
  the 
  scutellum 
  to 
  the 
  anterior 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  

   mesothorax 
  ; 
  the 
  scutellum 
  with 
  deep 
  punctures 
  ; 
  the 
  meta- 
  

   thorax 
  rugulose, 
  the 
  sides 
  sculptured 
  with 
  irregular 
  transverse 
  

   carinae, 
  some 
  of 
  which 
  recurve 
  and 
  enclose 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  an 
  oblong 
  

   deep 
  incision. 
  Wings 
  hyaline, 
  and 
  having 
  a 
  fuscous 
  cloud 
  occu- 
  

   pying 
  the 
  first 
  discoidal 
  cell, 
  and 
  extending 
  over 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  

   cells 
  adjoining. 
  The 
  anterior 
  tibiae 
  slightly 
  ferruginous 
  in 
  front. 
  

   The 
  abdomen 
  petiolate, 
  gradually 
  increasing 
  in 
  width 
  and 
  ter- 
  

   minating 
  in 
  a 
  quadrate 
  club. 
  

  

  Length 
  9 
  lines. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Ning-po-foo. 
  

  

  The 
  only 
  specimen 
  brought 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Fortune 
  of 
  this 
  insect 
  is 
  

   in 
  the 
  Museum 
  collection 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  beautiful 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  

   genus 
  with 
  which 
  I 
  am 
  acquainted. 
  

  

  Pison 
  regalis. 
  (Tab. 
  VIII. 
  fig, 
  9.) 
  

   Female. 
  — 
  Black 
  ; 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  closely 
  and 
  strongly 
  

   punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  face, 
  as 
  high 
  as 
  the 
  notch 
  in 
  the 
  eyes, 
  clothed 
  

   with 
  hoary 
  pubescence, 
  that 
  on 
  the 
  clypeus 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  clypeus 
  

   truncate 
  in 
  front 
  ; 
  the 
  labrum 
  slightly 
  exposed, 
  smooth 
  and 
  

   shining 
  ; 
  the 
  collar 
  divided 
  from 
  the 
  prothorax 
  by 
  a 
  deeply 
  im- 
  

   pressed 
  channel. 
  The 
  metathorax 
  above 
  has 
  a 
  deep 
  central 
  

   incision, 
  crossed 
  by 
  transverse 
  raised 
  carinae, 
  which 
  branch 
  off 
  

   laterally, 
  and 
  become 
  obsolete 
  before 
  reaching 
  the 
  sides 
  ; 
  towards 
  

   its 
  apex 
  the 
  metathorax 
  is 
  transversely 
  rugose-striate 
  ; 
  the 
  

   tegulae 
  rufo-piceous 
  ; 
  the 
  wings 
  smoky, 
  and 
  having 
  an 
  indistinct 
  

   pale 
  nebulosity 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings, 
  crossing 
  

   the 
  third 
  submarginal 
  cell. 
  Abdomen 
  shining 
  and 
  finely 
  punc- 
  

   tured, 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  thin, 
  short, 
  black 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  

   margins 
  of 
  the 
  segments 
  slightly 
  constricted, 
  and 
  clothed 
  with 
  a 
  

   thin, 
  changeable, 
  sericeous 
  pile. 
  The 
  tibiee 
  and 
  tarsi 
  are 
  densely 
  

   clothed 
  with 
  pile 
  of 
  a 
  similar 
  colour. 
  

  

  Length 
  9 
  lines. 
  

  

  Male, 
  — 
  This 
  sex 
  only 
  differs 
  from 
  the 
  female 
  in 
  having 
  a 
  

   shorter 
  silvery 
  pile 
  occupying 
  the 
  depressions 
  of 
  the 
  face 
  at 
  the 
  

   sides 
  of 
  the 
  clypeus, 
  which 
  is 
  nearly 
  naked, 
  and 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  

   sculpture 
  more 
  strongly 
  impressed 
  on 
  the 
  metathorax. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Ning-po-foo. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  the 
  largest 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  hitherto 
  discovered, 
  

   and 
  the 
  first 
  from 
  China. 
  It 
  would 
  come 
  partly 
  into 
  the 
  second 
  

  

  