GENUS ^EGILIPS. " 179 



being so closely united to the mesonotum tliat there is 

 no trace of amalgamation visible. 



Xylaspis, Htg., is 'founded apparently on an Mgilips 

 and partly on an Onychia. 



Genus 



^Egilips (Haliday), Walker, Ent. Mag., iii, 159, 

 Xyalaspis, Hartig, Germ. Zeit.,, iv, 416 ; Foerster, Verb. z.-b. 

 Ges. Wien, xix, 361. 



Radial cellule closed ; areolet obsolete ; cubitus faint ; parapsidal 

 furrows distinct ; scutellum bifurcate at the base; conical, pyramidal, 

 or spinose, smooth or-more or less rugose; median segment with two 

 keels. Abdomen petiolate, more or less ovate, not compressed, the 

 petiole rugose, shorter than the hind coxae. 



In the <$ the antennae are longer than the body ; the third joint 

 cylindrical ; in ? somewhat shorter, thickened towards the apex. The 

 head is broader than the thorax, eyes large, bare. Thorax shining; 

 the parapsidal furrows broad, seldom complete, often crenulated. 

 Pronotum laterally rugose or almost impunctate. Scutellum large, 

 margined behind, of variable form, conical or ending in a more or less 

 elongated spine. Median segment pilose, rugose ; with at least two 

 lateral keels, and sometimes a central, but the latter is often con- 

 fused. Abdomen ovate, broader behind than in front, not compressed. 

 Petiole not much longer than broad, longitudinally rugose ; second 

 abdominal segment qampanulate, not produced at the top, and forming 

 nearly half the total length of the abdomen. Wings hyaline, the apex 

 shortly fringed ; the nervures thick ; the radial cellule more or less 

 triangular; areolet represented by a stump of the nervure; spurious 

 nervures indistinct. Legs robust. 



There is no great difference between the sexes in 

 the form of the body, even in the abdomen; but the 

 difference in the length and thickness of the antennae 

 easily separates them. 



Synopsis of Species. 



1 (12) Scutellum conical, not ending in a spine. 



2 (5) Scutellum smooth, impunctate in front and at the sides. 



3 (4) Scutellar foveae obsolete ; legs and antennae bright yellow. 



Nitidula.- 



4 (3) distinct ; legs and antennae red. Ruftcornis. 

 . 5 (2) Scutellum rugose. 



(9) Mesonotum transversely striated. ' 



7 (8) Scutellar f ovese almost obsolete, mesonotum shining ; first- 

 abscissa of radius one-half the length of second ; legs 

 testaceous and yellow. Striolata. 



