288 Mr. R. E. Turner on Fussorial Ilymenopiera. 



median segment short. First abdominal segment gradually 

 broadened from the base; pygidium broadly triangular, 

 without a distinct pygidial area. Anterior tarsi without a 

 com!). Carina of the mesosternum as in aglaia, Handl. 

 Cubitus of the hind Ming interstitial with the transverse 

 median nervure ; second abscissa of the radius as long as the 

 first. 



Hab. Chirinda Forest, Gazaland; March 1907 (G. A. K. 

 Marsha/I). 



This is a more robust species than aglaia, Handl., or 

 thalia, Handl. The penultimate joint of the antennae is 

 slightly excavated beneath, but not as strongly as in aglaia. 

 The yellow apical bands on the second and third dorsal 

 i egments are extremely narrow, almost obsolete. The thorax 

 is more sparsely punctured than in aglaia. 



Ar pact us nyasicus, sp. n. 



J. Niger; antennis, mesonoto, segmentoque dorsali secirado fascia 

 lata basali ferrugineis; clypeo, mandibulis basi, scapo subtus, 

 ofbitis interioribus anguste, pronoto, mesonoto lateribus, fasciis- 

 que duabus longitudinalibus, tegulis, roesopleuris antiee, scutello 

 fascia apieali, postscutello, segmento mediano fascia lata obliqua 

 utrinque, metapleuns antiee, segmento dorsali primo macula 

 basali, fasciaque apieali interrupta et lateribus valde dilatata, 

 segmentis 2-5 fascia lata apieali, sexto omniuo, segmento 

 ventrali primo, secundo macula triangulari utrinque, coxis supra, 

 femoribus subtus, tibiisque subtus rlavis; femoribus tibiisque 

 supra tarsisque fusco-t'errugineis ; alis hyalinis, veuis fuscis, 

 stigmate tcstaceo, cellula radiali valde infuscata. 



Long. 1L mm. 



J. Antennas simple, the second joint of the flagellum 



longer thou the scape, equal to the third joint. Clypeus 

 very slightly convex, the apical margin straight ; a distinct 

 groove running from the anterior ocellus to the antennae. 

 Eyes converging towards the clypeus, but not quite as 

 strongly as in natalensis, Sm. The whole insect shining, 

 the punctures microscopic; head and abdomen clothed with 

 a fine silky pubescence; a transverse row of large punctures 

 at the base of the scutelium ; four indistinct longitudinal 

 grooves from the anterior margin of the mesonoturn ; the 

 marginal and median grooves of the smooth basal area of 

 the median segment striated. First abdominal segment 

 slender, distinctly constricted at the apex. Second abscissa 

 of the radius a little longer than the first ; second recurrent 

 nervure received a little farther from the apex of the second 



