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  Mr. 
  T. 
  D. 
  A. 
  Cockerell 
  — 
  Descriptions 
  and 
  

  

  and 
  thorax 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  band 
  of 
  dark 
  chocolate-brown 
  hair 
  

   between 
  the 
  wings, 
  also 
  a 
  little 
  brown 
  hair 
  just 
  below 
  the 
  

   bases 
  of 
  the 
  wings, 
  and 
  a 
  large 
  tuft 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  

   of 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  very 
  long, 
  curved, 
  acute 
  scutellar 
  spines 
  ; 
  

   legs 
  very 
  dark 
  reddish 
  or 
  reddish 
  black, 
  with 
  ochreous 
  

   pubescence 
  and 
  ferruginous 
  spurs 
  ; 
  hind 
  basitarsus 
  straight 
  ; 
  

   tegulse 
  margined 
  with 
  ferruginous. 
  Wings 
  very 
  brown, 
  

   though 
  translucent; 
  abdomen 
  broad-conical, 
  without 
  spots, 
  

   but 
  covered 
  with 
  very 
  fine 
  appressed 
  fox-red 
  pubescence. 
  

   Mandibles 
  dark 
  red 
  except 
  at 
  base 
  and 
  apex 
  ; 
  labrum 
  broadly 
  

   emarginate 
  at 
  apex 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  minutely 
  granular, 
  the 
  linear 
  

   margin 
  shining 
  ; 
  flagellum 
  dark 
  reddish 
  ; 
  fourth 
  antennal 
  

   joint 
  much 
  longer 
  than 
  fifth, 
  but 
  not 
  nearly 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  ; 
  

   mesothorax 
  shining, 
  with 
  strong 
  separate 
  punctures 
  ; 
  apical 
  

   plate 
  of 
  abdomen 
  extremely 
  narrow. 
  Close 
  to 
  M. 
  hima- 
  

   layana, 
  Bingham, 
  but 
  differing 
  in 
  details 
  of 
  sculpture 
  and 
  

   pubescence. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Kosempo, 
  Formosa, 
  1908 
  (Sauter). 
  Berlin 
  Museum. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  an 
  example 
  of 
  a 
  Formosan 
  species 
  resembling 
  a 
  

   Himalayan 
  one. 
  The 
  genus 
  is 
  new 
  to 
  Formosa. 
  

  

  Sphecodes 
  formosanus, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  ? 
  . 
  — 
  Length 
  10-KH 
  mm. 
  

   Black, 
  the 
  abdomen 
  chestnut-red, 
  with 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  segments 
  

   and 
  the 
  apical 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  fourth 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  black 
  ; 
  face 
  

   broad, 
  yet 
  not 
  so 
  broad 
  as 
  in 
  S. 
  fuscipennis 
  ; 
  eyes 
  prominent 
  ; 
  

   mandibles 
  long, 
  curved, 
  dark 
  reddish 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  with 
  a 
  

   strong 
  inner 
  tooth 
  far 
  from 
  the 
  apex; 
  hair 
  of 
  head 
  and 
  

   thorax 
  dull 
  white, 
  rather 
  dense 
  on 
  face, 
  especially 
  at 
  sides, 
  

   very 
  dense 
  along 
  border 
  of 
  prothorax 
  and 
  tubercles. 
  Clypeus 
  

   short, 
  transverse, 
  shining, 
  with 
  large 
  dense 
  punctures 
  and 
  

   no 
  median 
  groove 
  ; 
  antennae 
  black, 
  flagellum 
  faintly 
  brown- 
  

   ish 
  ; 
  third 
  and 
  fourth 
  antennal 
  joints 
  very 
  short, 
  much 
  

   broader 
  than 
  long, 
  fourth 
  a 
  little 
  the 
  longer, 
  both 
  together 
  

   longer 
  than 
  fifth; 
  front 
  and 
  vertex 
  very 
  strongly 
  and 
  densely 
  

   punctured 
  ; 
  mesothorax 
  shining, 
  the 
  rather 
  dense 
  punctures 
  

   very 
  large 
  and 
  strong 
  (not 
  so 
  dense 
  as 
  in 
  S.japonicus, 
  Ckll.) 
  ; 
  

   scutellum 
  like 
  hind 
  part 
  of 
  mesothorax 
  ; 
  pleura 
  very 
  coarsely 
  

   rugoso-punctate 
  ; 
  metathorax 
  broadly 
  truncate, 
  the 
  basal 
  

   area 
  shining, 
  with 
  very 
  strong 
  ridges, 
  which 
  are 
  crossed 
  by 
  

   a 
  transverse 
  ridge, 
  its 
  apical 
  part 
  with 
  large 
  irregular 
  pits 
  ; 
  

   tegulse 
  black 
  at 
  base, 
  dilute 
  brown 
  beyond, 
  the 
  margin 
  

   partly 
  whitish. 
  Wings 
  dark 
  fuscous, 
  hyaline 
  basally 
  ; 
  legs 
  

   normal, 
  claw-joints 
  red 
  at 
  end. 
  Abdomen 
  shining, 
  rather 
  

   closely 
  punctured, 
  the 
  punctures 
  strong, 
  though 
  much 
  

  

  