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ruginous. The posterior margin of the prothorax angulated ; 

 wings slightly fuscous; the knees, tibiae, and tarsi reddish 

 yellow. Abdomen subsessile, smooth, and shining ; the two 

 apical segments with a few long, erect, black hairs. 

 Hab. Chili (Coquimbo). 



In the collection of the British Museum there is a single 

 example of this insect, and three of the typical species (C. 

 Kingii, Haliday) — two from the Straits of Magellan, and one 

 from Bahia Blanca, North Patagonia, Argentine Confederation. 



Genus Mygnimia, Shuck. 



This genus was proposed by Shuckard in Lardner's ' Ency- 

 clopaedia,' published in 1840 ; he gave the name, and pointed 

 out sufficient characters for the discrimination of the species. 

 In 1855 I gave fuller generic distinctions ; in consequence, 

 some authors adopt the genus as being mine ; others adopt 

 the generic name proposed by Dahlbom, namely Hemipepsis, 

 which appeared in 1845. The name proposed by Shuckard 

 must take precedence, it having the priority of date. 



Mygnimia bellicosa. 



Male. Length 15 lines. Black ; the antennae, clypeus, la- 

 bram, palpi, mandibles, tibias, and tarsi ferruginous ; wings 

 dark fuscous at their base and apex. The clypeus truncate 

 anteriorly ; the mandibles black at their apex ; the scape of 

 the antennae black above. The pro- and metathorax with thin 

 short black pubescence ; the metathorax truncate, the margin 

 of the truncation elevated, with a transverse shallow striation 

 above, and an abbreviated impressed longitudinal line in the 

 middle at the base ; wings black at their base, becoming 

 lighter at the base of the first discoidal cell, from thence it is 

 flavo-hyaline, the apical margins of the wings having a nar« 

 row fuscous border 5 the nervures are pale ferruginous in the 

 subhyaline portion of the wings, and black in the darker part. 

 Abdomen with the base shining, beyond opaque. 



Hab. Bengal. 



Mygnimia sosvissima. 

 Female. Length 9-12 lines. Black ; head, legs, anterior 

 part of the thorax, and two apical segments of the abdomen 

 ferruginous ; the ferruginous parts have a fine short bright 

 golden or fulvous pubescence. The mesothorax at the sides 

 and beneath, and the metathorax entirely, black ; the latter is 

 usually more or less tinged with ferruginous above at the 

 base, truncate at the apex, and transversely irregularly stri- 

 ated, the lateral margins sharply elevated ; the coxae and 



