On new S/'ccics o/' Coio[)alklie. 467 



Metoxanthia threnodes^ sp. n. 



Male. — Head, antennoe, palpi, collar, tegulje, thorax, abdo- 

 men, and legs black : underside of the thorax, base of the 

 al)domen, and anus yellowish white. Primaries black, be- 

 coming hy;iline from the end of the cell to the apex : second- 

 aries hyaline, the apex and veins black. 



Expanse 1 inch. 



Hah. Venezuela, Corosita, Caura Valley [T. M. Klages^ 

 Mus. Druce). 



Stidzceras strigifera, sp. n. 



Male. — Head and collar chrome-yellow ; two black dots on 

 each side of the collar ; antennae, palpi, and thorax brown ; 

 abdomen yellow, banded with black near the anus ; legs 

 brown. Primaries pale brown, thickly striated with fine 

 yellow lines: secondaries pale yellow, broadly bordered from 

 the apex to the anal angle with blackish brown. The under- 

 side of the primaries dark brown, the secondaries similar to 

 the upperside. 



Expanse 2 inches. 



Hab. Venezuela, Corosita, Caura Valley [T. M. Klages, 

 Mus. Druce). 



LXI. — Descriptions of new Species of Sphegidae and Cero- 

 palidse /r(yw the Khasia Hills, Assam. By P. Cameron. 



[Concluded from p. 424.] 



Anoplius palades, sp. u. 



Black ; the lower part of the front, clypeus, and face 

 densely covered with silvery pubescence. Thorax, legs, and 

 abdomen densely pruinose ; the apical segment of the abdo- 

 men densely covered with long black hair. Wings hyaline; 

 the radial, cubital, and the lower part from the top of the 

 first recurrent nervure smoky ; the first cubital cellule in 

 front is about one third longer than the second; the first 

 transverse cubital nervure roundly curved, the third almost 

 straight and oblique, as is also the second ; the first recurrent 

 nervure received at the base of the apical third, the second 

 shortly behind the middle of the cellule ; the transverse basal 

 nervure interstitial. Spines and calcaria black. ? . 



Length 9 mm. 



