184 BCOLlIDiE. 



punctured ; the face aud checks with a little black pubescence. The 

 mosothorax shining and sparingly punctured, the scutcUum more 

 closely so ; the metatliorax opa(]uo and rather finely rugulose. 

 Abdomen smooth and shining, and with very fine scattered punc- 

 tures ; l)encath sparingly but more strongly punctured. 



Hub. ChiU. 



TIPHIA, Fabr. 



1. Tiphia fulvipennis. 



Female. Length 6-7| lines.— Black, shining, and punctured ; wings 

 fulvous, with ferruginous nervures, the stigma obscure. The head 

 strongly punctured ; the tiagellum fulvous beneath, obscurely so 

 above ; mandibles obscurely rufo-piceous. The pro- and meso- 

 thorax strongly punctured ; the metathorax opaque and truncate, 

 with two longitudinal carinse above, slightly approximating at the 

 verge of the truncation, and having a short carina between them 

 at the base of the metathorax. Abdomen with fine punctures, 

 which are closest towards the apex ; the margins of the segments 

 with a thin fringe of white hairs ; similarly punctured and fringed 

 beneath. 



Male. This sex strongly resembles the female, but is more finely 

 punctured. 



Hah. Albania, Sorvia. 



2. TipMa consueta. 



Female. Length 4 lines. — Black, shining, and punctured, the abdo- 

 men impunctate at the base, and very finely punctured beyond the 

 second segment. The face closely punctiired, the vertex less closely 

 so. Thorax closely x^unctured, the metathorax impunctate and 

 with three longitudinal subparallel carinse ; the apical half of the 

 wings slightly fuscous. 



Hah. Ceylon. 



3. Tiphia natalensis. 



Female. Length 4 lines. — Shining black, punctured, and with fusco- 

 hyaline wings, nervures brownish black. Head not very closely 

 punctured ; antennae ferruginous beneath and fuscous above ; the 

 mandibles ferruginous. The pro- and mesothorax punctured ; the 

 metathorax impunctate, with three longitudinal carinse, the lateral 

 ones slightly approximating towards the verge of the truncation ; 

 the tibia) obscurely rufo-piceous, the tarsi ]ialer. Abdomen finely 



