new Oenerii of rclineutnoiiiilie. 38i 



jmrt of the propleuia^, the jirosfernum, the tubiMcIes, a mark 

 broader than long and dilated on the lower side at the apex, 

 a longer oblique mark not reaching to the apex, a small mark 

 under the hinder wings on the metapleura>, and a large oblique 

 one, rounded at the top, lomon-yellovv. Me.sonotum shining, 

 almost impuncfate, except slightly behind. Scutellum Hat, 

 rounded behind ; the postscutellum finely punctured. The 

 base of the median segment smooth, raised and oblique in the 

 middle; the supiamedian area obsolete, not bounded by 

 keels, somewhat triangular at the base ; the posterior median 

 area rounded at the base, closely and rather stronirly trans- 

 versely striated, as are also the apical lateral are.'ti; the spiracular 

 area trjmsversely striated, the striaj stronger and more widely 

 separated than on the post;:;rior median area. Pro- and meso- 

 pleurse shininj;, sparsely punctured, the former striated on the 

 lower half ; the metapleurae sparsely punctured, the depression 

 at the top deep. The mesosternum flat, its furrow trans- 

 versely striated. Wings with a fuscous-violaceous tinge ; the 

 nervures and stigma black ; the areolet narrower at the top, 

 being there slightly less in length thau the space bounded by 

 the recurrent and the second transverse cubital nervures; the 

 recurrent is received shortly beyond the middle. Legs 

 lemon-yellow like the thorax ; the base of the hinder coxse, 

 the base of the four anterior trochanters, the hinder trochanters 

 entirely, the basal half of the femora, with a narrow line in 

 the centre of the apical half of the anterior pair, and the base 

 and apex of the tibia; black ; the tarsi more or less fuscous. 

 Abdomen black ; on the sides of the first, second, third, and 

 fourth segments are large lemon-yellow marks; the apex of 

 the petiole and of the second and third segments longitudinally 

 striated in the middle ; the gastrocceli smooth, not striated, 

 deep; the a|)ieal segments have a bluish tinge. 



The male is similarly coloured, but with the yellow marks 

 if anything larger, and the wings are much more deeply and 

 distinctly smoky violaceous. 



The yellow markings on the thorax and abdomen probably 

 vary in size and number ; the lateral niarks on the median 

 segment may become confluent ; in this case the dividing keel 

 is yellow. 



Charitojoppa, gen. nov. 



Antenna; stout, dilated and compressed beyotid the middle. 

 Scutellum pyramidal, its sides at the base below the raised 

 part keeled. Head largely developed below and behind the 

 eyes; the occiput sharply margined. Clypeus not separated 



