380 Mr. F. Smith's descriptions 



7. Macrophija irritans. 



jyiale.— Length 5^ lines. Head and thorax black, with 

 yellow markings, the abdomen reddish-yellow. Head : 

 antenna reddish-yellow; the anterior margin of the clypeus, 

 the labrum and mandibles, white ; the palpi, and a strijie 

 behind the eyes, yelloAV. Thorax : the posterior margin 

 of the prothorax laterally, the tegulre, the tips of the coxa3 

 and the legs, reddish-yellow; Avings hyaline, iridescent, 

 having a faint yellow tinge, the nervnres fuscous, the 

 costal nervure and stigma yellow. Abdomen : the fourth 

 and three following segments have each two quadrate 

 fuscous spots, more or less distinctly marked, the apical 

 one darkest. 



Hab. — North Japan. 



8. Macrophya carbonaria. 



Female. — Length 5 lines. Shining-black, head and 

 thorax strongly punctured, the abdomen with finer shallow 

 punctures. The head, thorax and legs have a short pale 

 silky pubescence. A spot on each side of the clypeus, its 

 anterior margin, the base of the mandibles, the anterior 

 tibiffi in front and the tip of the femora, a large oblong- 

 ovate spot on the posterior coxa?, and the middle of the 

 posterior tibire above, white ; wings hyaline, faintly tinged 

 with yellow, the nervures and stigma black. 



Hab. — Hakodadi. 



9. Macrophya timida. 



Female. — Length 4^ lines. Black, punctured and 

 shining. The head and thorax strongly punctured, the 

 abdomen wdth fine shallow punctures ; the base of the 

 mandibles, a large ovate spot outside the posterior coxae, 

 their extreme apex and the trochanters, white ; the apex of 

 the anterior femora in front, the tibige in front and the 

 apex of the intermediate pair in front, pale testaceous; 

 the anterior tarsi pale beneath ; the wings hyaline, their 

 nervures black. 



Hab. — North Japan. 



10. Macrophya luctifera. 

 Female.— Length 3^ lines. Shining-black ; the tips of 

 the anterior femora in front, and the tibia also in front. 



