Volume III, Number 9 
A NEW BLEPYRUS 
By ©. Ts BRUES 
Blepyrus tachigalie sp. nov. 
Female. Length 1. mm. Head metallic green, thorax 
black with an eneous cast, abdomen bronzed black; antennze 
vellow and black, the scape and funicle yellow, darker on the 
scape basally, the pedicel and club black; coxe black, femora 
black with brown tips, tibize brownish yellow with a black 
streak at base, tarsi pale, with the last joint dark. Wings 
deeply infuscated basally, hyaline on apical half. Front one- 
fourth the width of the head at middle, broader above and 
below, with large punctures forming about four vertical rows; 
malar furrow shallow and not very distinct; cheeks finely, ver- 
tically aciculated, eyes with short pubescence. Antenne inserted 
close to the mouth, the scape reaching barely halfway to the 
vertex, excavated and distinctly, although not broadly, produced 
below; pedicel triangular, longer than thick and half as long 
as the funicle; funicle joints about equal in length, the apical 
joint more than twice as broad as the basal one; club enlarged, 
flattened and obliquely truncate at apex, as long as the pedicel 
and funicle together. Thorax, including scutellum, highly 
convex when seen in profile, the mesonotum nearly as long as 
the scutellum, the surface of both shining, minutely punctulate 
and finely hairy; axillary suture apparently obsolete; scutellum 
very long, the side margins straight till near the apex, which 
is therefore rather sharply rounded. Abdomen very short, 
concave above, with long, scattered hairs at the sides. Legs 
stout, the spur of middle tibia strong, as long as the first tarsal 
joint, the tarsal spinules strong on all four basal joints. Mar- 
ginal vein short, not over twice as long as thick; stigmal vein 
long, postmarginal slightly shorter, their angle of separation 
about 100 deg.; wing cilia short, those on the costa longer. 
