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segment with au oblique stria on each side. Sheaths of 

 the oviduct hardly one-fourtli as long as the abdomen. 

 Legs luteous ; coxae and trochanters white ; tarsi blackish ; 

 hind tibiae black, with a broad white band at a little before 

 the middle. Wings cinereous ; stigma and veins black ; no 

 di-scal areolet. Length of the body 3J lines. 



10. Lissonota semistriata. 



Female. Black, shining. Head smooth, fully as broad 

 as the mesothorax. Antennae nearly as long as the body. 

 Thorax slightly and thinly punctured; sutures strongly 

 marked. Metathorax scabrous, with three longitudinal 

 keels. Abdomen smooth except the three first segments, 

 which are finely and longitudinally striated ; first as long 

 as the second and third together ; under-side yellow for 

 more than half the length from the base. Oviduct nearly 

 as long as the body. Four anterior legs luteous ; coxae 

 black towards the base. Hind coxae and hind femora 

 black, with yellow tips, the latter also yellow at the base ; 

 hind trochanters and hind tibiae yellow, the latter black 

 towards the tips and with a blackish spot above near the 

 base, their spines yellow ; hind tarsi black, yellow at the 

 base. Wings dark cinereous ; stigma and veins black ; 

 discal areolet triangular. Lengtli of the body 4 lines, 



11. Macrus apicifer. 



Female. Black. Head and thorax rather roughly punc- 

 tured. Mouth testaceous. Antennae red, a little shorter 

 than the body, black at the base. Mesothorax white about 

 the insertion of the wings. Metathorax white on tlie hind 

 part and with a white dot on each side in the fore part, the 

 outline of the white hue conical. Abdomen red, punctured, 

 fully twice as long as the thorax ; first, second, and third 

 segments white on the hind borders; first white at the base; 

 fifth, sixth, and seventh black, short. Oviduct nearly as 

 long as the abdomen. Four anterior legs whitish. Hind 

 legs red ; coxae and trochanters black, with whitish tips ; 

 tarsi black ; tips of the first, second, and third joints tes- 

 taceous. Wings cinereous; stigma and veins black. Fore- 

 wings with a black apical spot ; discal areolet triangular, 

 with a very long petiole. Length of the body 5 lines. 



