Itecords of Beef. -431 



median groovo; nicintlihles bid'Mitut-, obscurely red apically; 

 j»roces3 of labium very broally truncate; inesotliorax 

 ])olislie(l, Hliiiiiiig, with sparao strong punctures ; greater part 

 of sculelluin impuiictate ; area of nietatliorax with very 

 strong plicso ; teguho piceous, punctured. Wings dilute 

 fuliginous, |)aler at base; stigma and nervures dark ; only 

 two submargiiial cells, ilw. second receiving both recurrent 

 nervures. Abdomen shining, with fine and obscure irregular 

 punctures ; second segment slightly depressed at base ; iiair 

 at a|)ex soot-colour. 



Hub. Siiillong, Assam, May VJO'i (R. l^irner ; British 

 Museum). 



Smaller than S.fuinipennis, and with more of abdomen 

 red than S. montanwi. It is also readily known by having 

 only two submarginal cells, a ciiaracter wiiich it siiares witli 

 the American IS. [iJialonia) antcnnarite, Rob., and aS'. distolas, 

 L<jvell. 



Exoinulopt,is pet'iinelcena, sp, n. 



? . — Length about 8*5 mm. 



Robust, black, with black hair, except that on dorsum of 

 thorax, which is clear white ; mandibles bidentate, with a 

 tulvous subiipical patch ; eyes converging below, but face 

 broad ; ocelli quite huge, in a curve ; antennre entirely dark, 

 tiagellum short ; discs of mesothorax and sciitelkim bare, 

 polished and shining, with only very minute scattered punc- 

 tures ; legs with dense black hair, scopa of hind tibia and 

 basitarsus very large, dense and compact, but with many long 

 black hairs projecting beyond the general mass ; tegulas 

 black. Wings rather short, strongly smoky; b. n. meeting 

 t.-ni.; marginal cell ending in a point (.slightly ap[)endicu- 

 late) away from costa ; second s.m. subtriangular, receiving 

 tirst r. n. at its apex ; third s.m. at least as large as first. 

 Alidomen broad and short, smooth and shining, with black 

 hair at apex. 



Hal. V. del Lago Blanco, Chubut, Patagonia (British 

 Museum). 



A very peculiar species, not a typical Exomalopsis. E. 

 herbsti, Friese, is black-haired, with disc of thorax and head 

 above white-haired, Init it has the scopa pale. 



Ilalictua hesperus, Smith. 



Bugabn, 800-1.300 ft., and Turola, 1000 ft. {Champion; 

 British Museum). 



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