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and pleural areas finelj^ punctured. Petiole with the basal teeth 

 blunt and not ver}'- prominent, spiracles only feebly prominent. 

 Hind coxtie and femora sparsely punctured. Apical tergites with 

 sparse hairs. Second abscissa of the radius very little shorter 

 than the second transverse cubital nervure, distance between the 

 recurrent and second cubital nervures not quite equal to half 

 the length of the latter nervure. 



Hah. Victoria (6'. French). 1 § . 



In the fused condition of the face and clypeus this resembles 

 pilosum, but is much less pilose, very different in colour and in 

 the number of antennal joints. The antennae are very feebly 

 thickened to the apex, but are not as stout in this species as in 

 piloswm. 



Labium spiniferum, sp. n. 



$ . Fulvo-f erruginea ; antennis 43-articulatis, articulis 20 basa- 

 libus fulvo-ferrugineis, 21-34 infuscatis, 35-43 ochraceis ; labro 

 facieque marginibus, orbitis internis, genubus, mesonoto antice 

 lateribus angustissime, projoleuris antice, coxis anticis, tegulis, 

 macula sub alis aiiticis, macula parva sub alls posticis, mesopleuris 

 macula magna mediana, macula magna ante coxas intermedias, 

 mesonoto angulis posticis anguste, scutello, postscutello, sulco 

 epimerali, segmentoque mediano fascia lata transversa apicali, 

 areaque pleurali flavis ; alis leviter infuscatis, venis fuscis. 



Long. 10 mm. 



$ . Clypeus and face rather strongly punctured, the face in 

 the middle rugulose longitudinally ; labrum very long, distinctly 

 longer than the clypeus, more finely punctured ; mandibles 

 simple. Eyes distinctly, but shallowly emarginate a little above 

 the base of the antennae ; third antennal joint fully as long as 

 the fourth and fifth combined, the eight basal joints of the f unicle 

 cylindrical. Front and vertex finely punctured ; mesonotum 

 shining, finely and evenly punctured, the median lobe promi- 

 nent ; notauli well developed, not very short ; pleurae shining, 

 almost smooth, the epimeral furrow crenulated on the upper 

 half ; scutellum and postscutellum almost smooth. Median seg- 

 ment with the basal area not closed apically, the apical carina 

 being obsolete; areola almost smooth, distinctly divided from the 

 rugulose petiolar area ; external and dentiparal arese finely and 

 sparsely punctured, each produced into a small tooth at the external 

 apical angle, that of the external area being stouter and less 

 acute than that of the dentiparal ; spiracular area finely punctured- 

 rugulose; pleural area finely punctured, with larger punctures 

 intermingled. Spiracles of the petiole prominent, a very feebly 

 developed tooth on each side between the spiracles and the base. 

 Hind coxa? finely punctured above, closely punctured-rugulose on 

 the outer side and beneath. Second abscissa of the radius a little 

 shorter' than the second transverse cubital nervure ; the distance 

 between the recuirent and second transverse cubital nervures 



