STRIOLATA. 181 



2. ^EGILIPS RUFICOENIS. 

 PL VI, fig. 8, ? . 



^Jgilips ruficornis, Cam., Trans. Ent. Soc., 1883, p. 372. 



Black ; antennae (except at base and apex) and legs red ; coxa? black, 

 except at apex ; hind tarsi and apex of tibiae fuscous. Antennae, if any- 

 thing, longer than the body, becoming thickened towards the apex, the 

 third and fourth joints subequal, fifth shorter ; last one half longer 

 than penultimate. Mesonotum smooth, shining ; sutures distinct, but 

 shallow ; transverse suture in front of scutellum much deeper and nar- 

 rower. Scutellum smooth in front ; the sides have some irregular and 

 indistinct reticulations ; behind it is rugose, but not strongly above ; 

 below reticulated, the two parts being separated by a keel ; the foveae 

 in front are distinct, smooth ; behind there is a distinct shallow fovea 

 at either side. Median segment rugose, reticulated indistinctly in 

 the middle. Petiole coarsely striated, broader than long. Abdomen 

 smooth, shining, shorter than the thorax. The body is covered with a 

 longish fuscous pubescence ; on the coxae it is white. Wings hyaline, 

 nervures testaceous. Pronotum and episternum obscurely punctured. 



Length 4 mm. 



The smooth scutellum allies this species to JOJ. niti- 

 dula ; but it is a stouter insect; the antennae are 

 longer, the sutures on the mesonotum are scarcely 

 crenulated ; the foveaa at base of scutellum are dis- 

 tinct, and the antennas and legs are red, not yellow as 

 in nitidula. 



Rare. Bishopton. 



3. -^GILIPS STRIOLATA. 



PL YE, fig. 4*. 



JEgilips striolata, Cam., Trans. Ent. Soc., 1883, 373. 



Black; antennae reddish-testaceous, more or less fuscous above, espe- 

 cially towards the apex; legs testaceous; apex of femora and tibiae 

 yellow; posterior tarsi and apex of tibiae fuscous. Antennae longer 

 than the body ; the third joint distinctly longer than the fourth ; 

 fourth and fifth subequal ; the last joint not much longer than the pre- 

 ceding. Mesonotum scarcely shining ; parapsidal sutures crenulated, 

 distinct; a large shallow fovea, longer than broad in front of transverse 

 suture at scutellum. Pronotum and mesopleuraa above finely punc- 

 tured, opaque. Scutellum rugose, smooth, shining, at the base; looked 

 at from the side it is bluntly triangular, above bluntly conical ; foveae 

 obsolete. Median segment rugose, reticulated; bounding the centre 



