Mis.s (i. liirar.Io on the \r^\\\^:v. G7 



short and black; the first joint of the tarsi has thick ytlh)\v 

 hairs on the under surface. The shading of the uinys at 

 apex (h)es not extend ()nitf so far. 



'I'his species dilT«rs from the t\ pical species of the genus, 

 the ovipositor including' only tlie sivcnlh segment, not the 

 sixth, and the j;(iiitalia of the male are \ery unobtrtisive 

 and simple ; it approaches the ^enns Cliiadus in having a 

 strong bulge on the posterior l)rar.ch of the third vein, but 

 cannot hv. included in that genu<, the genitalia b.iiig too 

 small and the ovipositor not coni^:al. For the [irescnt it is 

 left in the Xeoitiimus genus. 



Ni'oil.imus rubrofiinoratus, J ? , sj). n. 



Type (male) and other males, typo (female) and otlur 

 females; all from Tirntsin, 13. 0. OG {F. M. Tlioinsuu), 

 lyor, 200. 



A large species in the same group as ^V. iiivulnlus, Wlk., 

 X. f/rumlis, Itiniliistuiii, tursa/is, and ni//rhms, s|). n., but dis- 

 tinguished by the almost wholly reddisli-ycllow legs, the 

 femora with very indistinct black stripes ; the ovipositor of 

 tlic female determines the generic place, however. Antennic 

 reddish. Abdonun black with grey bauds. 



Length, (S 21-22, ? 23-25 mm. 



Male. — Face covt-red with yellowish tomentum; the 

 tulierclc large, but not very prominent, carrying a yellow- 

 haired moustache. Palpi black with pa'e yeilow hairs. 

 15car(l yellowish white. AnteniKB with the first two joints 

 black, the secoutl red at apex, and third wholly red. Hind 

 part of head with the usual strong black bristles, in the 

 centre with yellow hairs, which also are present on the lower 

 tides. Thorax covered with grcyish-ycUow tomentum and 

 with dark black-brown stripes, the median one haidly divided 

 in the centre, the side-stripes short ; pubescence cbietiy 

 black, very distinct on the median stripe, reaching to iis 

 antei-ior border; two pnesutural bristles, two supra-alar, and 

 three postalar bristles, all lonj^ and black ; the {lorso-eentr..l 

 ones nunu;rous, but the bristles are much weaker. SratfUum 

 same colour as thoiax w ith two long black biistles. Ahilomcn 

 with a rounded, large, blackisli-brown ^n)i on each segment; 

 the sides and posterior b«)rdcrs grey. Cicnitalia very large, 

 the underpart proceeding from below the last segment with 

 a laige black clasper on each side and a central yellowish 

 curved process, the black part with bk.ck hairs, the upper 

 part also large, black, with black hairs. Leys reddish xdlow ; 

 I he femora black at the; base anil at ap( x, ofti-n with an 



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