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40. Monophadnus japonicus. 

 (Plate YIII. fig. 5.) 



Selandria nigriceps, Smith (nee Spin.), Tram. Ent. Soc. 1874, p. 370. 

 Monophadnus iaponicus, M6cs. Term, fiizetek, iv. p. 2G8 (1880). 



Exp. al. *i\ lin., long. corp. 3| lin. 



Pale luteous ; head and antennae black; Ihe latter rather short 

 and thick ; thorax darker than the abdomen, with a blackish spot 

 on the frontal lobe ; region of the scutellnm dusky ; wings smoky 

 hyaline, rather clearer Inwards the extremities, nervnres piccous. 

 Undersurfaco with the middle of the pectus as far as the base of 

 the middle pair of legs violet-black ; abdomen and legs pale luteous ; 

 coxae in part violet-black ; extremities of hind tibiae dusky. 



Hob. Japan. 

 a, b. 2 • (Types of S. nigriceps.) Iliogo. G. Lewis, Esq. 



41. Monophadnus lewisii. 

 (Plate YIII. fig. 4.) 



Very similar to .'/. japonicus, but a tritle smaller. Colour warmer 

 luteous, the region of the scutcllum dusky ; thorax darker than the 

 abdomen; undersurface (coxa; included) uniform luteous; tibia, ex- 

 cept at base, and all the tarsi black ; otherwise as in M. japonicus. 



Hah. Japan. 



a. £• (Type of species.) Hiogo. ('<. Lewis, Esq. 



}_!. Monophadnus rufus. 

 (Plate VEX fig. 6.) 



Monophadnus rufus, Cameron, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1870, p. 401. 



Exp. al. 7 lin., long. corp. 4 lin. 



Reddish, shining ; ocelli, more or less of the antennae, binder part 

 of thorax (sometimes also the middle) and base of abdomen black, 

 hind tarsi blackish at the extremity ; pectus black in one specimen. 

 Wings dusky hyaline, iridescent, clearer at the extremities. 



Hub. China. 



a, b. 2 ■ (Types of species.) Shanghai. R. Fortune. 



c. $ . Hong Kong. J. C. Bowring. 



B. North- and Central -American Species. 



43. Monophadnus cordigera. 



Teuthredo cordigera, Beauv. Ins. Afr. Amer. p. 07, Hi/m. pi. ix. fig. 4 



(1805). 

 Allantus barda, Sat/, L'ost. Journ. i. p. 218 (1835). 



