CATALOGUE OF 



5. Meropachys angustatus. 

 Nematopus angustatus, H.-Sch. Wanz. Ins. vi. 80, pi. 207, f. 651. 



Var. ? Mas. Piceus ; caput fulvum ; prothorax scaber, nigro indeter- 

 minate trivittatus angulis poslicis vix prominulis subrectangulalis ; 

 mesosternum bispinosum, bituberculalum ; abdomen ihorace dnplo 

 longius, apice truncatum et subdilalatum ; pedes quatuor anteriores 

 fulvi ; coxa postica unispinosa ; femora postica luberculata, spinosa ; 

 tibice posticce breves, dilulata, arcuatce ; aim antica fulvo venose. 



Male. Piceous. Head, eyes and rostrum tawny. Eyes prominent. 

 Rostrum extending to tbe fore coxee. Antenna? much shorter than the 

 bodv; fourth joint longer than the first. Prothorax scabious, with five 

 calli forming a transverse ridge near the fore border; hind angles hardly 

 prominent, nearly rectangular; three indistinct blackish stripes. Meso- 

 sternum with two stout spines and two posterior tubercles. Abdomen 

 about twice the length of the thorax, truncated and slightly dilated at the 

 tip. Hind coxa? with a long stout spine on the under side. Hind femora 

 incrassated, much shorter than the abdomen, with many minute tubercles 

 and with several spines of various size. Hind tibia? dilated, curved, less 

 than half the length of the hind femora. Hind tarsi and four anterior legs 

 tawny. Fore wings with tawny veins; membrane asneous. Length of the 

 body 10 lines. 



St. Paul. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



6. Meropachys notatus. 



Mas. Testaceus ; rostrum coxas anticas paullo superans ; antenna? fulva, 

 graciles, curpori aquilonga, articulis Qo 3oque apice 4oque nigris ; 

 prothorax scaber, nigro trivittatus, angulis posticis obtusis non promi- 

 nulis; scutellum lanceolatum, basi nigro univiltatum ; pectoris 

 discus niger ; abdominis dorsum nigrum, fasciis tribus lateribusque 

 testaceis ; femora postica incrassata, nublus octospinosa ; tibia? postica 

 picea, subdilatata, subarcuala ; tarsi postici picei ; aim antica 

 fusca, pallido venosa. Fcem. — Femora postica minus incrassata; 

 tibia postica testaceo unifasciala, non dilatata. 



Male. Testaceous. Eyes tawny, prominent. Rostrum extending a 

 little beyond the fore coxa?; joints nearly equal in length; tip black. 

 Antennae tawny, slender, as long as the body; joints from the first to tbe 

 third successively decreasing in length ; second and third with black tips, 

 fourth black, much longer than the first. Prothorax scabrous, with three 

 black stripes, the side stripes abbreviated in front and behind ; a transverse 

 furrow near the fore border, which forms a rim ; transverse ridge near the 

 hind border slight; hind angles obtuse, not prominent. Scutellum lanceo- 

 late, with a black stripe towards the base. Disk of the pectus black. 

 Abdomen above black, with testaceous sides and with three testaceous 

 bands, which are abbreviated on each side. Hind femora incrassated, a 

 little shorter than the abdomen, with four stout black spines on each side 

 beneath. Hind tibiae piceous, slightly dilated, slightly curved, shorter 



