230 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Basal two joints of antennae bare, the rest densely covered with 

 long fuscous pubescence. Face and clypeus smooth, the vertex and 

 front longitudinally striated, the stria3 stout and clearly separated. 

 Mesonotum and scutellum somewhat strongly reticulated, the scutellum 

 more widely than the mesonotum ; the centre, and, less strongly, the 

 sides of scutellar spine keeled, the space between the keels with a 

 few transverse striae. Metanotum coarsely irregularly reticulated. 

 Propleurae coarsely reticulated, the mesopleurae more finely obliquely 

 reticulated ; the metapleurae strongly regularly reticulated and densely 

 covered with white pubescence. Sides of abdominal petiole with two 

 or three stout longitudinal striae. The mesopleurae less densely 

 covered with white pubescence than the metapleurae. "Wings shortly, 

 closely ciliated. The metapleurae are broadly rounded at the apex. 



Eltolada, gen. no v. 



Antennae eleven-jointed, simple in the male, the joints elongated, 

 cylindrical, pilose ; longer than the body, in female not much longer 

 than the head and thorax united, the basal joint elongated, as long as 

 the following two united. One mandible edentate, the other with a 

 long apical followed by two short teeth. Parapsidal furrows distinct. 

 Scutellum large, almost semicircular, the apex prolonged into a pro- 

 cess which is as wide as long at the base, followed by two roundly 

 curved forks. Abdominal petiole as long as the thorax, and longer 

 than the rest of the abdomen in both sexes, narrow, cylindrical, of 

 equal width ; the dilated apical part is turned upwards. Marginal 

 and post-marginal vein thickened, the latter half the length of the 

 former and narrowed towards the apex, stigmal vein short, sessile, as 

 long as thick. 



The simple, non-flabellate antennae might ally this genus with 

 Psilogaster, which, however, may easily be known from it by the 

 scutellum not being bidentate. The simple antennae in the male 

 separate it from Stibula and Sdnzaspidia ; from the latter it may 

 further be known by the very much longer abdominal petiole, and 

 by the thickened marginal and post-marginal nervures, and the 

 very short, thick, stigmal vein. 



Eltolada trimaadata, sp. nov. 

 Head blue, the mandibles and palpi yellowish testaceous, the 

 basal three joints of the antennae and the apical two testaceous, the 

 apical more rufous in tint than the basal. Thorax yellowish testa- 

 ceous, a large blue and violaceous mark, almost semicircular, but 

 longer than wide, on the basal half of the central lobe, a smaller 

 oblique one, longer than wide, its base rounded, the apex straight and 

 oblique on the two lateral, a line on the apex, touching the scutellum, 

 a small triangular mark on the apex of the scutellum. Length, 5 mm. 



Kuching, Borneo ; May (John Hewitt). 



Sides of the head, from the base of the ocelli to the middle of the 

 front, longitudinally striated, the striae strong and clearly separated, 

 the centre, immediately under the antennae, with thi'ee curved trans- 

 verse striae. Malar space to near the bottom stoutly obliquely 



