400 Mr. F. Smitli's descriptions 



tibise subtus nigro-vittatc'B ; tibire postice basi nigras ; alte 

 cinerere. 



Male. — Body, antennae and legs black, with tbe usual 

 structure. Body convex. Head and thorax scabrous, 

 dull. Antenuffi stout, nearly filiform. Prothorax about 

 four times as broad as long. Sutures of the parapsides 

 distinct. Abdomen smooth, shining, subsessile, with ci- 

 nereous tomentum towards the tip. Femora yellow at the 

 tips, hind femora minutely denticulated beneath. Tibioe 

 yellow, striped beneath with black ; hind tibiae black at 

 the base. Tarsi yellow, tips black. AVings cinereous; 

 squamulffi yellow ; veins black ; ulna about half as long as 

 the humerus. 



Hah. — Hiogo. 



Perhaps a variety of C. inclinator, a native of Ceylon, 

 Celebes and Aru ; the black hue predominates a little more 

 on the legs, and the wings are cinereous, not pellucid. 

 The Chinese sjDecimens included with C. inclinator belong 

 to C. obscurator. 



Genus Epitranus, Walk. 

 1. Epitranus albipennis. 



Female. — Length H line. Niger; petiolus gracilis, 

 elongatus ; abdomen fusiforme subcompressura, thorace 

 brevius et multo angustius ; pedes quatuor anteriores lutei ; 

 pedes postici picei, femoribus inermibus ; alas albas. 



Body black, convex. Head and thorax scabrous, 

 slightly shining. Head a little broader than the thorax. 

 Antennae black, subclavate, very much shorter than the 

 thorax. Prothorax about twice as long as broad. Sutures 

 of the parapsides strongly marked. Scutellum small. 

 Metathorax large, obliquely sloping. Petiole slender, 

 cylindrical, as long as the hind coxte and more than half 

 as long as the abdomen. Abdomen fusiform, smooth, 

 shining, slightly compressed, shorter and much narrower 

 than the thorax. Four anterior legs luteous. Hind legs 

 piceous ; coxas very long ; femora incrassated, not den- 

 ticulated; tibiffi slightly curved. Wings Avhite, veins 

 ■whitish; ulna shorter than the humerus; radius none; 

 cubitus short ; stigma small. 



Hub. — Hiogo. 



Genus Halticella, Spin. 

 1. Halticella apicalis. 

 Female. — Length 2f lines. Nigra ; antennas fihformes ; 

 metathorax tricarinatus ; abdomen longi-ovatum, subsessile. 



