M3ILIPS ARMATA. 185 



8. ^EGILIPS SCOTICA. 

 PI. VI, fig. 3, 3 . 



JEgilips scotica, Cam., Trans. Ent. Soc., 1883, p. 372. 



Black ; covered with a longish pale down. Antennae reddish-brown 

 beneath from the middle of first joint. Mouth and palpi brown ; tegulee 

 testaceous ; coxse black, except at extreme apex ; trochanters and hind 

 femora for the most part and the anterior to a less extent, fuscous- 

 black ; the rest of legs dull testaceous, obscured with fuscous. Wings 

 hyaline, nervures fuscous. Mesonotum almost shining, very slightly 

 and closely punctured ; furrows deep ; there is a transverse furrow at 

 the base of the scutellum ; in front of this and between the two lateral 

 furrows is a shallow pit, which is wider than long. Scutellum rugose, 

 ending in a short, blunt, thick spine, which is obliquely truncated at 

 the top. Median segment rugosely reticulated ; in the centre are two 

 smooth fields, the upper being the larger. Collar striated in front. 

 Below the tegulae on the mesopleurse is a triangular striated part 

 bounded by a ridge. Petiole rugose, shorter than broad. Abdomen 

 shining, smooth, shorter than the thorax. Antennae as long as the 

 body, the third and fourth joints equal. $. 



Length nearly 4 mm. 



This species has the greatest resemblance to M. subu- 

 lifera, Thorns., but that species has the mesonotum 

 semi-opaque, transversely striated, and the petiole 

 much longer than broad. 



Gllen Moriston. June. 



9. J^GILIPS AEMATA. 



PI. VI, fig. 2, ? . 



JEgilips armatus, Giraud, Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, x, 173. 

 ' armata, Eeinhard, B. E. Z., iv, 220, 4. 



Black, shining, the legs ferruginous, the hind coxas and tips of tarsi 

 black ; antenna3 reddish, blackish at base and apex; wings hyaline, the 

 tegulae and nervures yellowish. Parapsidal sutures distinct, but nar- 

 rowed towards the apex; crenulated; prothorax laterally punctured 

 or finely rugose ; mesonotum shining, with some scattered punctures ; 

 scutellum rugose, ending in a stout, rugose spine, obtuse at the apex 

 and fully one-third of the length of scutellum ; median segment 

 coarsely rugose, a furrow, wide and not clearly limited, down the 

 centre, Petiole clearly longer than broad, finely rugose. Scutellar 

 foveae distinct, shining, smooth, or aciculated. 



In the $ the scutellar spine is slightly curved, and the antennae are 

 fuscous above. 



Length 2| 2 mm. 



