402 Mr. F. Smith's descriptions ' 



Wings limpid, much shorter than the body ; veins piceous ; 

 humerus rather more than half the length of the wing ; 

 ulna about one-fourth the length of the humerus ; radius 

 much shorter than the ulna ; cubitus a little shorter than 

 the radius ; stigma small. 



Hab, — Hiogo. 



It agrees in some characters with the species included 

 under the genei'ic name Isosoma, which, as I have before 

 mentioned, I purpose reuniting to Eurytoma. 



Fam. PROCTOTKUPIDiE. 

 Genus Epyris, Westw. 



1. Epyris apicalis. 



Female. — Length 4 lines. Nigra; antennae picese, basi 

 nigrfe ; metathorax scite striatus ; abdomen apice rufum, 

 segmentis ventralibus piceo-marginatis ; tarsi ferruginei; 

 ala? fxiscescentes. 



Body black, shining, nearly linear; head and thorax 

 thinly and finely punctured, slightly convex. Head trans- 

 verse, much broader than the thorax. Antennas piceous, 

 curved ; scape black ; prothorax small, transverse, narroAver 

 in front. Scutum laro-e. Scutellum small. Metathorax 

 very large, flat, finely sculptured above with longitudinal 

 stria3, nearly perpendicular hindward. Petiole very short. 

 Abdomen lanceolate, convex, smooth, red at the tip, a 

 little longer than the thorax ; hind border of the ventral 

 segments piceous. Legs short, stout; tarsi ferruginous. 

 Wings brownish, a little longer than the thorax ; veins 

 black. 



Tribe HETEROGYNA, Latr. 

 Fam. FOEMICID^. 



Genus Camponotus, Mayr. 



L Camponotus ligniperdus, Mayr, Europ. Formicid. 35. 



Formica ligniperda, Latr. Hist. Nat. Fourm. 88 ; 



St. Farg. Hym. i. 209 ; Ny- 



land. Adm. Mon. Form. 898; 



Form. France et Alger. 55 ; 



Foerst. Hym. Stud. Form. 



Hah. — France; Germany; Austria; Finland; Siberia; 



Japan. 



