new Si>e<'len of Vy\-i\\o^ov'u\-x. 219 



tliickoiicd towards apox, second joint longei" than first or 

 tliini, toiirtli (\iiitiIattHl ; rostrum rL'achiiig postorior coxa3; 

 pr)sterior aiicjle of coriuin somewliat convi^xlv aiii^ulate ; 

 lateral pronotal niarjrius distinctly and somewhat broadly 

 and roundly emarginato ; tibiio and tarsi distinctly palely 

 pihjse. 



Var. Pronotum ochraceous, the lateral and posterior mar- 

 gins only testaceous ; membrane black. 



Long. 19 mm. 



Ifab. Madagascar ; Antananarivo. 



Odontopus stramineat, sp. n. 



Ochraceous ; anterior and posterior margins of the anterior 

 pronotal constricted area narrowly black ; two brown spots 

 to corinm — one transverse outside elavus, the other smaller 

 and rounded before apex, membrane very pale ochraceous; 

 antennfe wholly ochraceous, first, second, and fourth joints 

 subequal in length, third shortest; membrane only just 

 passing the anterior margin of the penultimate abdominal 

 sejrinent, rostrum reachin;r the intermediate coxre ; anterior 

 femora moderately incrassated and strongly spined beneath 

 on apical halves. 



Long. 16 mm. 



Hub. Sikhim (Atkinson Coll.). 



I refrained from describing this species in the Faun. Brit. 

 India, in the unsatisfied anticipation that I might receive 

 another or more specimens. Tlie al>breviated membrane and 

 the moderately incrassated and spinous anterior femora 

 almost indicate another genus. In general appearance and 

 markings it is allied to 0. scutellaris^ Walk., and 0. bino- 

 tatus, Stal. 



Odontopus confusns. 



Odontopm confuim, Dist. Ami. & Mag. Nat. Ili-t. (7) ix. p. 39 (1902). 

 Odontopus sdwutedeni, liergr. Ann. Sue. Eut. Belg. xlvii. p. 290 (l903). 



The specimen given specific rank by Bergroth {iiupra) is 

 only a colour-variety of O.coufusua. The black longitudinal 

 vittato the head is not ot unusual occurrence, and the British 

 Museum now contains a series of such varietal s[)ecimena 

 acquired since I described the species. The first joint of tlio 

 ant-nnie, I find by the examinatiori of later specimens, is also 

 sometimes sanguineous as originally described, sometimes with 

 its apical area black and sometimes wholly black. It has a 

 somewhat wide distribution in East Africa. 



