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the metatliorax strongly punctured, and with a triangular 

 patch of silvery pubescence at its base ; the wings with similar 

 fascia? as in T. cyclocephalus; the tegula? obscurely testaceous ; 

 the anterior and intermediate femora, tibiae, and tarsi ferru- 

 ginous ; the intermediate femora more or less fuscous above ; 

 the posterior pair ferruginous at their extreme base and apex ; 

 the petiole and swollen part of the segment, except its apical 

 margin, black. 



This is perfectly distinct from all the species with which I 

 am acquainted; its long attenuated form alone would di- 

 stinguish it ; but its punctured metatliorax, without striation, 

 at once separates it. 



Hab. Ega. 



Genus Ampulex, Jurine. 



Ampulex trigonopsis. 



Female. Length 7-f- lines. Black : head and thorax with 

 an olive-green pile ; wings maculated. Head : clypeus covered 

 with silvery pile, sharply carinated, and produced in front into 

 an acute tooth ; covered with somewhat oblong punctures ; 

 those on the pro- and mesothorax are similar; the meta- 

 tliorax with a central and on each side four longitudinal 

 carina?, three of which converge inwards ; between the carina? 

 it is transversely striated ; the posterior lateral angles dentate ; 

 wings hyaline ; the nervures black ; the anterior margin of 

 •the superior wings fuscous ; a fuscous cloud covers the mar- 

 ginal, two submarginal cells, and the apex of the third dis- 

 coidal cell ; the legs have an olive silky pile. Abdomen very 

 smooth and shining, with a pale silvery pile over the apical 

 margin of the second segment, and also the rest of the abdomen ; 

 the apical segment rufo-testaceous. 



Hab. Ega. 



Family Larridae. 



Genus Lareada, Smith. 



Larrada fasciata. 



Female. Length 4^ lines. Black ; pilose. The face and 

 clypeus silvery, only observable in certain lights ; the tips of 

 the mandibles ferruginous. Thorax : the mesothorax with 

 pale golden pile, on the rest of the thorax it is silvery, and 

 on the metatliorax brightest ; that on its truncation very dense 

 and bright ; wings hyaline ; the anterior pair with a pale 

 fuscous fascia crossing them from the stigma, its widtli beirjg 



