82 Mr. P. Cameron on neio 



liyaline spot, followed by a dark one ; the radial ncrviire is 

 curved ; the first ciibital cellule at the top is, if anything, 

 longer than the third ; the first recurrent nervure is received 

 shortly beyond, the second in the middle o£ the cellule. 

 Legs entirely rufo-fulvous, covered (especially on the tibia?) 

 with a golden down; the claws bifid, the ])asal claw shorter 

 and thicker ; the tibial spines rufous. Abdomen black, 

 covered with golden depressed pubescence ; the basal segment 

 not much narrowed at the Ijase, the apex of tlie third and 

 feurdi segments and the apical ones ferruginous. 



The wings are shorter than usual, not extending beyond 

 the middle of the abdomen. 



Pomjnlus laticoUis, sp. n. 



Niger, abdomine purpureo, protliorace rufo ; alls viulaccis, hasi 



hyalinis. $ . 

 Long. 18 mm. 



Antennse as long as the thorax, distinctly tapering towards 

 the apex, bare. Head shining, impunctate, pruinose; the 

 sides of the clypeus broadly rounded, the centre transA-erse. 

 The inner orbits from the top of the eye-incision are bordered 

 with pallid yellow; the top of the occiput to the middle of 

 the eyes lined with red. Ocelli • . • ; they are separated from 

 the eyes by a less distance than they are from each other. 

 Prothorax red; meso- and metathorax black, densely pruinose ; 

 the apex of the metathorax is roundly concave, the sides 

 triangular ; it has a slightly oblique slope and is furrowed 

 down the middle, AVings violaceous, the base to near 

 the transverse basal nervure hyaline; the hinder pair have 

 slightly more than the basal half hyaline; at the top the 

 second^ cubital cellule is twice the length of tiic third, below 

 they are equal ; the first transverse cubital nervure is sharply 

 obliquely angled above the middle, the second is only very 

 slightly oblique, the third is roundly curved ; the first re- 

 current nervure is received at the base of the apical third, 

 the second near the middle. Legs ju'uinose ; the claws bifid, 

 the basal claw thick. Abdomen bluish purple, pruinose ; the 

 pygidium has a deep depression, longer than broad, at the 

 apex. 



Belongs to the Ferreola group. The head is concave in 

 front, transverse behind ; the sides of the elongated pro- 

 thorax ju'oject behind to the middle of the tegulae ; there is a 

 narrow oblique furrow on the middle of the mesopleur?e. It 

 comes nearest to P. circe, Cam., but is a larger species ; the 

 prothorax is not longer than the mesothorax, being broader 



