384 Mr. F. Smith's descriptions 



3. Dolerus suhfasciatus. 



Female. — Length 4| lines. Black, the head and thorax 

 closely punctured, the abdomen smooth and shining, the 

 fourth segment obscurely reddish-brown ; the head and 

 thorax have a thin, short, tawny pubescence, there is a 

 thinly scattered similar pubescence on the abdomen; the 

 tips of the anterior femora, and the tibije, pale ferruginous ; 

 wings hyaline, the nervures and stigma black. 



Hah. — Hiogo. 



4. Dolerus nigro-cceruleus. 



Male. — Length 3 lines. Blue-black, variegated with 

 w^hite. Head : Avider than the thorax, slightly narrowed 

 behind the eyes, which are large, globose and extend to the 

 base of the mandibles ; the clypeus and mandibles white. 

 Thorax : the anterior and intermediate legs, the posterior 

 coxfe, trochanters and the base of the tibia beneath, w^hite ; 

 wings subhyaline and iridescent, the nervures black. 

 Abdomen: the middle of the second and third segments 

 above, a spot in the middle of the seventh segment and the 

 apical segment above, white ; beneath, the middle of two 

 or three of the basal segments white. 



Hab. — Hiogo. 



Genus Lyda, Fabr. 



L Lyda volatilis. 



Female. — Length 4 lines. Black, variegated with 

 ■white ; the legs Avhite, wings hyaline, their nervures and 

 stigma black. Head : below the antennae, a minute spot 

 above them, on each side of w^hich is a narrow curved 

 line that touches the eyes and unites with the anterior part 

 of the face, white ; the cheeks, mandibles and palpi white. 

 Thorax : a spot on each side of the posterior margin of 

 the prothorax, a spot on the tegulfe, a triangular one on the 

 mesothorax anteriorly, the scutellum and an oblique stripe 

 beneath the wings, white. Abdomen : the posterior 

 margins of the segments, except one or two of the basal 

 ones, white. 



Hab. — North Japan. 



2. Lyda veniistus. 



Female. — Length 5^ lines. Head, thorax, base and 

 apex of the abdomen, black ; the intermediate segments 



