422 Mr. P. Canieroii on new 



base of the radial cellule and in the second and third cuhita* 

 cellules, is a pale brownish smoky cloud; the second and 

 third cul)ital ceHules in front arc equal in length ; behind, the 

 second is distinctly shorter than the third. 



Vertex and front finely and closely punctured ; the face 

 and clypcus thickly covered ^ith silvery pubescence. Pro- 

 notum finely and closely transversely striated. ^Mesonotura 

 closely punctured ; the scutelluin more coarsely punctured. 

 Meso- and metapleurse granular, covered thickly with white 

 hair. 



Pseudaffenia purpurea, sp. n. 



Purple ; the thorax mixed with blue and micaceous shades ; 

 the coxje blue, the rest of the lejis black, except the hinder 

 femora, which are red, with the base and apex narrowly 

 black. 'VVinfi;s hyaline, the apical nervures fnscous, the 

 cubital cellules about equal in length ; the first recurrent 

 nervure received near tlie middle, the second at the apex of 

 the basal third of tlie cellule. ? . 



Length 12 mm. 



Antennje brownish, the scape black. Head closely punc- 

 tured ; the face and clypcus thickly covered with silvery 

 pubescence, the front and vertex sparsely with fuscous. 

 Mandibles thickly covered with silvery pubescence, the teeth 

 dark rufous, the palpi dark fuscous. Hind ocelli separated 

 from the eyes by double the distance they are from each 

 other. Pronotum strongly, but not deeply or closely, punc- 

 tured ; the mesonotura much more closely punctured; on 

 it, opposite the tegulse, is a narrow shallow furrow ; the 

 scutellum is more closely and finely punctured and finely 

 striated down the middle. Metanotum rather strongly and 

 closely transversely striated, the striae stronger towards the 

 apex; down the middle is a shallow, but distinct, furrow. 

 Pleurae closely, but not strongly, punctured ; on the pro- 

 pleurae, in the middle, is a wide shallow V-shaped furrow ; 

 the metapleurae below the fovea more finely and closely 

 punctured than the rest. Abdomen pruinose, thickly so at 

 the apex ; smooth and shining ; the pygidium very smooth, 

 shining, and glabrous. 



Pseudaffenia prophetica, sp. n. 



Blue; the antennae, mandibles, palpi, and legs black ; the 

 mandibles obscure rufous at the apex ; the coxae with a 

 distinct blue lint ; the hind femora red, black at the base 

 and apex. Wings clear hyaline, the nervures and stigma 

 black. ? . 



