CKETOIDEs. 139 



Those before me can be distinguished as follows : 



1 (6) Antenna) situate on a long petiole ; a strong 



cross-vein between auxiliary and first longi- 

 tudinal veins at the end of the auxiliary ; 

 kink in the third vein broad and flat (in 

 all the species here considered without an 

 appendix, which, however, is present in 

 some other cases) ; postical cross-vein 

 alm< st in the same line as the subapical 

 one ; elongate species of considerable size, 

 from 16 to L } mm. in length, with a club- 

 shaped abdomen, the distal extremity being 

 expanded into an oval. 



2 (5) Scutelluin yellow ; thorax and abdomen with 



jellow or reddish spots or stripes; antennae 

 and legs for the most part reddish. 



3 (4) Pleuire with a broad, oblique, bright yellow 



stripe; fnce yellow with a median narrow 

 brown stripe and a black stripe below on 

 each side ; hind femora each with a rather 

 narrow yellow spot pulchra, H.-B. 



4 ''3) Pleiiral stripe of a dark red colour, instead of 



bright yellow : face red, with a broad 

 yellow median stripe, which is bordered 

 with black; no black stripes on the face 

 below; hind femora each with a very 

 broad yellow ring occupying more than 

 half the length of the joints neavei, sp. n. 



5 (2) Scutelluni black ; body of very large size aid 



almost entirely black, without- light mark- 

 ings ; antenna} and legs black, the femora 

 slightly tinged with dark red towards the 

 base ." speiseri, H.-B. 



6 (1) Antennae without petiole; no cross-vein at 



end of the auxiliary vein ; kink in the third 

 vein narrow and deep, without appendix; 

 postical cross-vein reaching the fourth 

 vein almost opposite the kink, its upper 

 end being therefore nearer the base of the 

 wing than is the base of the subapical vein ; 

 shorter species of smaller size, from 10 to 

 1 1 mm. in length, with a short and rounded 

 abdominal club. 



7 (8) Wings with an isolated dark spot on fore 



border near the apex ; third and fourth 

 abdominal segments each with a narrow 

 yellow band on the hind bolder ; hind 

 femora yellow at the base bezzii, H.-B. 



8 (7) Wings with a continuous dark fore border; 



third and fourth abdominal segments with 

 broad yellow hind borders ; hind femora 

 not yellow at the base var. maryinalis, n. 



142. Cerioides pulchra ; Herve-Basin (1913). 



A beautiful species, very closely allied to liopei, Saund., but 

 distinguished ly having the lateral stripes on the thorax dark 



