188 scoLnDiE. 



13, Tiphia intricata. 



Ft male. Length ^^^-7 lines. — Black. The head, pro- and mesothorax 

 with stronji: conthient i)iiiicture8 ; tlie motathorax smooth and shiniiip;, 

 and with three lonfijitndinal carinae, the lateral ones approximating 

 to the verp:e of the tnincation ; tlie wings snbhj-alino, the ncrvnres 

 brownish black, the tegiiloe smootli and shining ; the legs with 

 glittering white pnbescence. Abdomen shining, with scattered, 

 shallow, rather fine punctures ; the apical segment with strong 

 confluent punctures. 



Male. Length 4|-5 lines. — Resembles the female in having con- 

 fluent punctures on the head and thorax ; the head, thorax, and 

 legs are much more pubescent, 



Hab. South Mexico, the eastern slope of the mountains, and 

 Oajaca. 



DIMORPHOPTERA, Smith. 

 1. Dimorphoptera co^ata. 



Female. Length 5 lines, — Black and shining ; punctured, sparingly 

 pubescent, and having the mandibles and legs ferruginous. The 

 clypeus shining, smooth, with the sides punctured ; the face 

 closely punctured, the vertex sparingly so. The prothorax, the 

 disk of the mesothorax, and the metathorax finely punctured, the 

 two fonner with distant strong punctures ; wings fusco-hyaline, 

 the nervures and stigma black ; a little white pubescence at the 

 sides of the metathorax : the coxa3 and trochanters black. Abdomen 

 very finely and closely punctured, and with a downy pUe at the 

 base of the segments laterally : beneath, the second segment with 

 a few scattered punctures, the rest closely and finely punctured, 

 their margins fringed w^th white pubescence. 



Hah. Swan River, 



Has a general resemblance to Tiphia femorata, but the basal seg- 

 ment is not constricted, 



2, Dimorphoptera laevifrons. 



Female. Length 3| lines, — Black and shining. The head impunc- 

 tate ; the antennae fulvous beneath ; the mandibles ferruginous. 

 The prothorax smooth, except in front, where it is finely punctured ; 

 wings fusco-hyaline, the nervures and stigma black ; the legs ob- 

 scurely rufo-piceous, the apical joints of the tarsi palest. Abdomen 

 impunctate, 



Hab. South Australia. 



