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as large as those of the hcutolhim. Legs with major calcarium of 

 hind tibia uniformly tapering; hind basitarsus with a group of 3 to 5 

 small, pricklelike spines on outside near middle, no similar ones at 

 apex. Tegula with inner hind corner slightly produced and upcurled, 

 densely hairy. Wings moderately smoky. Propodeal areola hastate., 

 strongly conA'ergent, from two to two and one-half times as long as 

 wide, apex one-third as Avide as greatest basal width; lateral carinae 

 not well defined externally; median carina lacking; enclosed area 

 strongly arched and very irregularly punctate. LoWer portion of 

 sides of propodeum polished, striate, posterior half densely setulo- 

 punctate. Posterior aspect of propodeum w4th a few scattered punc- 

 tures ant^^rio-medially, no median carina. First tergite with the 

 larger dorsal punctures dimpled; deep preapical groove overlapped 

 at center; lacking a preapical band. First sternite with polished, 

 shallow medial groove; disk on either side with shallow, irregular 

 primary punctures; no lateral groove. Intermediate abdominal seg- 

 ments with tergites 2, 3, and 4 bearing very strong preapical incised 

 lines; tergites 3 and 4 with dense secondary punctures clearly differ- 

 entiated from the large primary punctures, and without short, erect, 

 brown hairs differentiated from the usual pale hairs. Pygidium 

 coarsely reticulo-punctate on basal three-fifths, apex longitudinally 

 wrinkled near punctures and transversely at the margin. Length, 

 15 mm. 



Male. — Not known. 



Distribidion. — Keikido, Chosen. 



r?/;?^.— Female, Cat. No. 41778, U.S.N.M., Suigen, Chosen, August, 

 1926. (T. R. G.) Gardner No. 14. 



Faratype. — Female, of same date, locality, and number, retained 

 in collection of the Japanese Beetle Laboratory. 



This species very closely resembles autuTnoialis, from which it dif- 

 fers in having the secondary punctures on dorsa of the tergites denser 

 and extending over a much wider area. Specimens of this species 

 M^ere mixed with tlio very different totopunotata in the lot under 

 Gardner's note No. 14. 



8. TIPHIA COMMUNIS, new species 



Plate 1, figs. 4, 8; plate 2. figs. 13, 15; plate 3, figs. IS, 23; plate 4, fig. 26 



Female. — Vertex with primary punctures of first-degree density 

 between ocelli, and irregularly between eyes and ocellar triangle, else- 

 where mostly of third-degree density, and not denser medially than 

 ■on either side. Front shagreened on lower half ; carina rather broadly 

 conical, impunctate stripe narrovv^ but well marked, groove well de- 

 fined; primary punctures very large and of first-degree density 



