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MESSRS. R, E. TURNER AND J, WATERSTON ON THE 



Labium pilosum, sp. u. (Text-fig. 5.) 



2 . Fenniginea, f alvo-pilosa ; nntennis, scapo articuloque tertio 

 subtns fla,vis, occipite, maculR circa ocello, proplevu'is, scutello 

 lateribus siilcoque basali, segmento mediano, femoribus posticis, 

 tibii.sque posticis apice nigris ; tarsis posl^icis inf uscatis ; capite, 

 mesoplenris, scutello, postscutello, peclibusque flavo-ochraceis ; alis 

 sordide hyalinis, venis fuscis. 



Long. 9 mm. 



2 • The whole insect, except the dorsal surface of the median 

 segment, sparsely clothed with pa.le fulvous hairs, which are 

 denser on the pleiu^as, legs, the sternites, and the vertex than else- 

 where. Labrum, clypeus, and face shining and sparsely punctured, 



Text-figure 5. 



Labium pilosum Turn. & Wtrst. In the front view the mandibles are partly 

 concealed by the labrum. In the profile the cheetotaxy of vertex and 

 antenna is not shown. 



the clypeus quite smooth apically; face (text-fig. 5) much broader 

 than long, the groove separating it from the clypeus obsolete 

 (■?'. e., clypeus and face in the same plane). Occiput more closely 

 and strongly punctured, front almost smooth. Antennae stout, 

 32-jointed, scarcely as long as the head, thorax, and median 

 segment combined, the third joint as long as the fourth and fifth 

 combined, the fourth distinctly longer than the fifth. Mesonotum 

 shining, finely punctured, rather closely on the median lobe, much 

 more sparsely posteriorly and laterally ; the notauli very short, only 

 visible antei'iorly, a very faint indication of a longitudinal cariiia 



