102 Messrs. R. E. Turner and J. Waterston on the 



Pristocera neavei, sp. n. 



c? . Niger ; mandibulis, antenuis dimidio basali, tegulis, tro- 

 chanteribus, femoribus apice, tibiis tarsisque brunneo-testaceis ; 

 alia hyalinis, venis testaceis, stigmate radioque fuacis. 



Long. 5-6 mm. 



S . Head a little longer than broad, shining, evenly and 

 rather deeply, but not closely, punctured, subrectangular, 

 rounded at the posterior angles, without a frontal sulcus. 

 Eyes separated from the posterior margin of the head by a 

 distance equal to about half of their own length ; posterior 

 ocelli a little further from the hind margin of the head than 

 from each other. Scape moderately curved, second joint of 



Fig. 1. 



Hind tarsal ungues of («) Epyrts muiri, sp. n., (J) Epyris elongatnla, sp. n., 

 (c) Pristocera subnifescens, sp. n., {d) Rhabdepyris csthiops, sp. n., 

 (e) Pristocera neavei, sp. n. 



the flagellum equal to the third, about twice as long as the 

 first. Mandibles as in P. subrufescens, but with the second 

 tooth shorter. Pronotum scarcely as long as the mesonotum, 

 shining, sparsely, but not very finely, punctured, rounded 

 anteriorly ; mesonotum very sparsely punctured, witii two 

 strong parapsidal furrows ; scutellum smooth, with a few 

 punctures on the sides. Median segment half as broad again 

 at the base as long, rounded at the apex, margined laterally 

 but not apically, very finely rugnlose, with a carina from the 

 base reaching nearly to the middle of the segment ; on each 

 side of the carina at the base are a number of short longi- 

 tudinal striae which are separated from the rugulose portion 



