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the base. Sternum flat, the orifices of the odoriferous organ largely 

 developed. Legs ; thighs clavate ; tarsi strong ; 2nd joint shortest ; 

 3rd dilated, as long or longer than the 1st ; claws long. 



Abdomen above flat ; Connexivum broad, reflexed. Underside 

 convex. 



Species 1. CHILACIS TYPH^E. 



HETEROGASTER TYPHJE, Perns, An. Soc. Lin. Lyons, N. S. iv, 159 (1857). 

 Testaceous-ochreous shining. 



Head ; a broad line on the lateral margins, the channel on each 

 side of the central lobe, and a central line joined thereto, and going 

 nearly to the base, black, with fine, distinct punctures ; the ground 

 colour appearing distinct and unpunctured on the central lobe of 

 the face, continued backward as two lines, joining a spot at the base, 

 and also appearing as a spot on the sides next the eyes. Antennas 

 testaceous, brownish at the extremity, or brown with the apex of 

 the joints ochreous. Eyes brown. Ocelli yellow. Rostrum piceous ; 

 the junction of the joints ochreous. 



Thorax. Pronotum with strong, confluent, black punctures, 

 among which the ground colour appears in smooth, raised, tortuous 

 lines ; lateral margins clear, with a brown line on the edge ; poste- 

 rior margin clear ; the callus at the hinder angles pale, with fine, 

 brown punctures. Scutellum black, with large, distant punctures ; 

 the V-form marked testaceous, unpunctured, except at the apex. 

 Elytra ; Clavus with large, black punctures, next the claval suture 

 distant, and in 2 rows ; the others more irregular, but forming a 

 line next the inner margin, which is broadly ochreous at the base ; 

 Corium ; anterior margin and nerves broad, clear, unpunctured ; the 

 rest of the disk with close, black punctures, finer than those on the 

 clavus ; anterior margin with a brown line on the edge ; apex 

 piceous ; Membrane whitish, transparent. Sternum black, with 

 irregular punctures ; margins of the segments and a large spot at 

 the base of each coxae outwardly, ochreous. Legs ; thighs piceous, 

 the base and apex ochreous ; tibiae pale orange, with fine, short 

 hairs ; tarsi pale orange, last joint and claws piceous. 



Abdomen beneath yellow-brown ; base and each side of the middle, 



