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widtT tlmn lone:, slightly wider at the apex than at the base, 

 and open at the apex; on either side of this is a slightly 

 smaller area ; the central area is coarsely, longitudinally, ru- 

 gostly reticulated ; the lateral more closely and not so strongly 

 rugose ; the apex is coarsely, transversely, rngosely striated ; 

 there arc no teeth and the posterior median area is not clearly 

 separated. The ])ropleurai at the base smooth, the middle 

 above sparsely covered with large punctures; the apex 

 stoutly striated, the sti'ise stout, especially the lower ; the 

 upper curved. The base of the mesopleune puncture 1 and 

 with a few striae ; the middle smooth, striated under the 

 tubercles ; the lower (and yellow) ))art strongly punctured ; 

 the meta})leurffi coarsely, closely, rugosely punctured ; tho 

 lower side striated. Mesosternum closely and strongly punc- 

 tured, the middle deeply furrowed ; on the apex are two large 

 yellow marks. The four anterior legs fulvous; thecoxajand 

 trochanters yellow ; the hinder coxai black, the base above 

 and the apex on the lower side, the basal joint of the tro- 

 chanters, the apex of the femora, the base of the libiai more 

 narrowly and its apex more broadly, black ; the rest of the 

 femora and the tibiae rufous; the hinder tarsi yellowish, 

 clcsely spined beneath. Wings hyaline, the neivures and 

 stigma black. U he basal half of the petiole lemon-yellow ; 

 the postpetiolo broadly dilated, black ; the apex yellow, 

 strongly punctured at the apex of the black and tlie base ot 

 the yellow ; the second and third segments are closely punc- 

 tured ; the gastrocoeli yellow, not very deej), and bearing 

 stout curved keels; the part between them strongly longitu- 

 dinally striated j the apices of the segments yellow. 



LAMPROJOrPA, gen. no v. 



Antenna", if anything, longer than the body, flattened and 

 compressed beyond the middle. Areolet 4-angIed, or the 

 transverse cubit; 1 nervures may be united above; the trans- 

 verse basal nervure is interstitial. Labrum roundly pro- 

 jecting. Ajex of mandibles with one large apical and a 

 f^mall subapical tooth. Scutellura roundly convex, its sides 

 stoutly keeled fioni the base to the apex; postscutellum 

 large, roundly convex. Median segment with three central 

 and two lateral areai ; tl.e teeth large, stout. Legs stout. 

 Abdomen short, the petiole longish and slender, the segments 

 closely ])unctured and seven in numl)er ; there is a broad 

 ventral fold. 



The areolet may be shortly appendiculated ; the median 

 segment is reticulated and transversely striated ; the head is 



