396 Mr. F. Smith's descriptions 



eye. Thorax : the anterior and intermediate coxaa and 

 trochanters bright yellow; the posterior trochanters and 

 femora dusky above; the posterior tibige black at their 

 apex ; wings hyaline and brightly iridescent, the nervures 

 fuscous, the stigma pale yellow. Abdomen : the base of 

 the first segment above, the second segment above, and 

 the fifth and two following segments, black above. 



2. Anomalon insidiator. 



Female. — Length 15 lines. Head and thorax black; 

 antennfB and legs yellow, the j)osterior pair variegated 

 with black ; wings flavo-hyaline. Head : the face, as high 

 as the antennte, the cheeks, mandibles and palpi, yellow ; 

 the scape above, as well as tAvo or three of the basal joints 

 of the flagellum, black above. Thorax : three longitudinal 

 impressed lines on the mesothorax ; the metathorax coarsely 

 rugose, and having a deep central longitudinal channel; 

 wings faintly clouded at their apical margins, the tegulas 

 and nervures ferruginous ; the posterior coxfe, the femora 

 above, and the tibite towards their apex, black. Abdomen : 

 the two basal segments, and the two apical segments above, 

 black. 



Genus Paniscus, Grav. 



1. Panisciis unicolor. 



Male. — Length 7 lines. Pale rufous ; the face yellowish- 

 white, as well as the scape of the antennae in front. The 

 mesothorax with two oblique pale imjjressed lines, which 

 converge towards the scutellum, which is also paler than 

 the mesothorax ; wings hyaline, the nervures fiiscous, the 

 stigma yellow. The claws of the tarsi ferruginous. 



Genus Ophion, Fabr. 

 1. Ophion pungens. 



Female. — Length 9 lines. Pufous: the face and also 

 the cheeks yellow ; the thorax palest on the sides and be- 

 neath; the metathorax slightly rounded at the sides ; the 

 wings hyaline and iridescent, the nervures fuscous, the 

 stigma ferruginous. 



This species only differs from the Ophion merdarius of 

 Europe in the form of the metathorax, which is broader. 



