32 E. T. CRES80N. 



smooth and sparsely punctured ; wings broad, ample, areolet rhom- 

 boidal; abdomen elongate, subdepressed, three basal segments longi- 

 tudinally striated, the remainder smooth and shining. Length 5 — OV 

 lines. 



Seven S , seven 9 specimens. (Sumichrast Coll. Nos. 14 and 20.) 

 This handsome species varies much in the markings of the abdomen, 

 those of the Z being more developed than in 9 . 



6. Joppa decorata, n. sp. 



% . — Bright lemon-yellow ; broad band across vertex from eye to 

 eye, dilated in front of ocelli, antennae except scape beneath, meso- 

 thorax, except narrow lateral margin suddenly dilated in front, scutel- 

 lums, a large, broad, transverse mark at base of metathorax, tips of 

 femora, extreme base of the posterior tibiae, all the tarsi, and the 

 fourth and following segments of abdomen black; wings jellow-hya- 

 line, the base and apex of both pairs broadly black. Head buceate ; 

 antennae long, slender, dilated near tips; thorax smooth and polished; 

 scutellum large, flattened; wings broad, ample, areolet rhomboidal ; 

 abdomen oblong, segments strongly constricted at base, four basal 

 segments longitudinally aciculate, the remainder smooth, pubescent. 

 Length 5 lines. 



One S specimen. This is a very beautiful and conspicuous species. 



7. Joppa elegantula, n. sp. 



% . — Pale lemon-yellow, the occiput, mesothorax, scutellum, and 

 sometimes base of metathorax, more or less fulvous ; a triangular spot 

 covering ocelli, tips of mandibles, antennae entirely, spot on each side 

 of posterior coxae, spot on their trochanters, tips of four anterior fe- 

 mora behind, posterior pair except base, tips of all the tibi;e. the tarsi, 

 basal suture of second segment of abdomen, and the third and follow- 

 ing segments entirely, black; wings bright yellow-hyaline, apex of 

 both pair broadly black. Head large, antennae as in Sumicltrastl ; 

 thorax smooth and shining; scutellum longitudinally striated ; meta- 

 thorax excavated posteriorly, and longitudinally rugulose, base smooth, 

 wings and abdomen as in decorata. Length 41 — 62 lines. 



Three S specimen. (Sumichrast Coll. No. 15.) 



8. Joppa fumipennis, n. sp. 



% 9 . — Difters from elegantula as follows: — The vertex and occiput 

 are entirely black ; the wings fuliginous, the basal half and apical 

 margin darker, subhyaline before apex in % , the nervures and stigma 

 black ; only the extreme tips of femora and the tibiae and tarsi are 

 black, with a yellowish annulus near the base of the tibiae; the apex 



