ne7v Genera of IchnQumomdac. 377 



The liciul is large, not much narrowed beliincl the eyes, 

 bcliiiul roundly concavo, the occi[)ut marpincfl. Sicilian 

 segment transversely ])uncturc(l, its apical slope below the 

 middle with a stout wrinkled keel. Aroolet largo, five-sided, 

 not much narrowed at the top ; the recurrent nervure received 

 in the middle. Apical abscissa of radius roundly curved 

 upwards. Apical third of petiole widely dilated. Gastro- 

 (oeli large, not deep, stoutly striated. Legs stout, the tarsal 

 joints spinose, broad, narrowed at tiie base ; the hinder femora 

 reach to the fourth segment. Abdomen smooth, impunctate, 

 its segments not anguhirly produced at the apices laterally. 



Does not fit well into any of Kriechbaumer's groups of the 

 Ilemijoppinfe. 



Lagenesta ferruginea, sp. n. 



Ferruginea, nigro-maculata ; abdominis apice late nigro ; ahs fnsco- 



violaceis, nervis nigris. 9 • 

 Long. 22 mm. 



Antenna? rufous, broadly black beyond the middle. The 

 ocellar region black ; the lower inner orbits and the labrum 

 yellowish. Front and vertex aciculate, rougher below the 

 ocelli, smoother near the eyes, which are sliarply margined. 

 Face and clypeus jjunctured, but not very closely or deeply, 

 the latter more s|)arsely than the face; both are covered with 

 white hair. Labrum smooth and fringed with long golden 

 hair. Mesonotum closely punctured, its base and sides 

 bordered with black, the black colour extending on to the 

 parapsidal furrows, which are distinctly indicated at the 

 base. Scutellum sparsely and slightly punctured ; post- 

 scutellum smooth. Metanotum transversely rugosely punc- 

 tured, towards the apex thickly covered with fulvous hair ; 

 the keel bordering the apex broadly projects in the middle at 

 the sides. Pleurte closely punctured ; a broad band in the 

 centre of the pro-, the base and upper edge of the meso-, and 

 the base and lower edge of the metapleuraj black. Win^-s 

 uniformly fuscous-violaceous, distinctly iridescent; the first 

 transverse cubital nervure is bullated af the top, the second 

 below the middle ; there are two bull* on the recurrent 

 nervure. Legs coloured like the body; the apex of the meta- 

 tarsus and the four apical joints black. The basal two 

 segments of the abdomen and the sides of tJie third are ferru- 

 ginous, the rest deep black ; the petiole above finely trans- 

 versely striated, its sides more strongly and sl'ghtly obliquely 

 striated. Gastrocoeli distinctly striated, the stria) distinctly 

 separated, the space between them irregularly transversely 



