'22 IIYMKNOI'TKKA. 



l."). PllOSOlMS PL'NCTULATISSIMA. B.M. 



lUla-us ])unctiiliitissimus. Smith, Trans. Eiif. Soc. iv. 33. 8; 



'Z(,„l. VI. 220j. 7. 

 Hab. Hritiiin. 



1(1. Prosoims punctata. 



Prosopis iHinctata, Bn//M, Exped. Sc. Morh, Zool. iii. 359. 795. 



t. 49. f. \± 

 Hnh. Mcssinn; Morea. 



17. PkOSOI'IS ANGILATA. 



Male. Leiifith U line— Black, strongly punctured; aline 

 on each side of the eiypeus continued a little above the insertion 

 of the antenna- ; a s\n)t at the base of the clypeus, angular in 

 front, of a yellowish white ; the scape and following joint of the 

 antennjr black, the rest pale testaceous beneath. Thorax, the 

 collar, teguhc in front, tubercles, wings at their extreme base, ari- 

 terior tiliiic in front, tlu; intermediate and posterior pairs at their 

 base, as well as the basal joint of the tarsi, pale yellow ; the 

 wings clear hyaline and beautifully iiidescent. 

 Hab. Portugal. 



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18. Prosopis variegata. B.M. 



MeUinus variegatus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supp. 265. 1-2. 

 Prosopis variegata, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 295. 9. 



St. Farg. Hist. Nat. Ins. ii. 534. 1. 



Luc. Exped. Sc. Alger, iii. 223. 169. 

 Prosopis colorata, Panz. Faun. Germ. 89. 14. 

 Ilyhcus variegatus, Smith, Zool. vi. 2202. 1. 

 Hab. England; France; Germany; Italy; Algeria. 



19. Prosopis bifasciata. B.M. 



Prosopis bifasciata, Jurine, Hym. p. 220. t. 11. f. 30. 

 St. Farg. Hym. ii. 536. 2. 



This species closely resembles variegata, but is very distinct ; 

 the sculpture of the thorax is rugulose and shining ; the scutellura 

 has deep separate punctures ; the wings are clouded at their 

 apex ; the anterior tibia: are only ferruginous towards theii' base, 

 where there is a minute white spot ; all the tarsi are nearly black, 

 the anterior pair being stained at their joints with ferruginous ; 

 the abdomen is coarsely punctured, and all the margins of the 

 segments depressed, the depressions smooth and shining, the 

 first and second segments being red. The foregoing description 



