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  Mr. 
  G. 
  Meade-Waldo 
  on 
  

  

  from 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  former 
  to 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  latter), 
  

   the 
  elytra 
  with 
  a 
  common, 
  rounded, 
  smaller 
  annulus 
  on 
  the 
  

   apical 
  declivity, 
  the 
  prothorax 
  with 
  an 
  oblique 
  stripe 
  on 
  each 
  

   side 
  anteriorly 
  (as 
  seen 
  from 
  above) 
  and 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  

   flanks 
  (a 
  large 
  spot 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  excepted), 
  the 
  head 
  around 
  

   the 
  eyes, 
  and 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  rostrum, 
  thickly 
  clothed 
  with 
  

   minute, 
  fulvous 
  or 
  brownish-cinereous, 
  hair-like 
  scales, 
  the 
  

   under 
  surface 
  and 
  legs 
  sparsely 
  set 
  with 
  slightly 
  longer 
  

   similarly-coloured 
  scales. 
  Head 
  densely 
  punctate 
  ; 
  eyes 
  

   very 
  large, 
  well 
  separated 
  in 
  both 
  sexes; 
  rostrum 
  very 
  stout, 
  

   curved, 
  moderately 
  long, 
  finely 
  punctured, 
  smooth 
  at 
  the 
  tip. 
  

   Prothorax 
  a 
  little 
  broader 
  than 
  long, 
  gradually 
  narrowing 
  

   from 
  the 
  base, 
  opaque, 
  closely, 
  minutely 
  punctate, 
  and 
  some- 
  

   times 
  obsoletely 
  carinate 
  towards 
  the 
  apex. 
  Scutellum 
  

   oblong, 
  sulcate. 
  Elytra 
  cuneiform, 
  foveato-striate, 
  the 
  fovese 
  

   decreasing 
  in 
  size 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  interstices 
  convex, 
  

   1-4 
  for 
  about 
  two- 
  thirds 
  of 
  their 
  length 
  set 
  with 
  scattered, 
  

   small, 
  smooth 
  tubercles 
  and 
  then 
  becoming 
  flat 
  on 
  the 
  apical 
  

   declivity 
  ; 
  the 
  annulate 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  surface 
  depressed, 
  the 
  

   humeri 
  rounded. 
  Femora 
  sharply 
  unidentate. 
  Pygidium 
  

   broadly 
  exposed 
  beneath 
  in 
  $ 
  j 
  very 
  narrowly 
  so 
  in 
  $ 
  . 
  

   Length 
  19-20, 
  breadth 
  8|-8§ 
  millim. 
  (<??.) 
  

   Hab. 
  Costa 
  Rica 
  {Mus. 
  Dresden) 
  ; 
  Ecuador, 
  San 
  Javier 
  

   and 
  Lita 
  (coll. 
  Fry, 
  in 
  Mus. 
  Brit.). 
  

  

  Described 
  from 
  four 
  specimens 
  from 
  Ecuador. 
  Dr. 
  Heller, 
  

   of 
  the 
  Dresden 
  Museum, 
  has 
  also 
  sent 
  me 
  an 
  example 
  of 
  the 
  

   same 
  species, 
  labelled 
  as 
  from 
  Costa 
  Rica, 
  for 
  determination, 
  

   the 
  habitat 
  of 
  which 
  seemed 
  to 
  me 
  to 
  be 
  doubtful 
  at 
  the 
  

   time, 
  and 
  the 
  insect 
  was 
  therefore 
  omitted 
  from 
  the 
  enume- 
  

   ration 
  of 
  the 
  Central 
  -American 
  Cratosomini. 
  There 
  is, 
  how- 
  

   ever, 
  no 
  reason 
  to 
  think 
  that 
  a 
  mistake 
  had 
  been 
  made 
  in 
  

   labelling, 
  C. 
  sextuberculatus 
  having 
  a 
  similar 
  geographical 
  

   distribution. 
  C. 
  biannulatus 
  should 
  follow 
  C. 
  aspersus 
  in 
  

   the 
  arrangement 
  of 
  the 
  Central-American 
  forms. 
  

  

  X. 
  — 
  New 
  Species 
  of 
  Diploptera 
  in 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  the 
  

   British 
  Museum. 
  By 
  Geoffrey 
  Meade-Waldo, 
  B.A. 
  

  

  (Published 
  by 
  permission 
  of 
  the 
  Trustees 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Museum.) 
  

  

  Part 
  III. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  present 
  paper 
  are 
  contained 
  descriptions 
  of 
  some 
  new 
  

   species 
  of 
  the 
  family 
  Vespidte 
  from 
  various 
  localities. 
  

  

  The 
  occurrence 
  of 
  two 
  species 
  of 
  Parupohjbia 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  