708 MR. 1?. E. TURNER ON 



Elis (Mesa) torrida Sm. 



3Iyzine torrida Sm. Desc. new spec. Hymen, p. 178 (1879), J. 



5 . Nigra ; marulibtdis basi, scapo apice abclomineque toto 

 femigeneis ; tegulis iestaceis ; tibiis tarsisqioe fiisco-ferrugineis ; 

 alls hyalinis, venis nigris. 



Long. 12 mm. 



5 . Clypeus short, transverse at the apex, subcarinate in the 

 middle, finely punctured at the base, smooth at the apex, I'ront, 

 pronotum, and mesopleuree closely and strongly punctured, vertex 

 a little more sparsely punctured ; lAesonotum and scutelluni 

 coarsely but Sparsely puncfeui-ed ; pronotum as long as the 

 scutelluni; Median segment twice as broad as the length in the 

 middlei, not margined, almost smooth, but not shining ; the median 

 groove narrow but well defined, with the margins of the groove 

 raised. Abdomen shining, with a few scattered punctures, the 

 apical dorsal segment finely longitudinally striated. Basal joint 

 of the posterior tarsi unarmed beneath, with a scopa of very fine 

 hairs. Radial cell detached from the costa at the apex, third 

 abscissa of the radius longer than the second, but a little shorter 

 than the first, second recurrent nervure received just beyond two- 

 thirds from the base of the third cubital cell. 



Hab. Gambia {ex coll. Shuckard). 



*Elis (Mesa) peringueyi Sauss, 



Plesia {Mesa) peringueyi Sauss. in Grandidier, Hist. Madaga,s- 

 mr, XX. p. 245 (1892), $ . 



'* Areola radialis apice minute truncata. Secunda v. recurr. in 

 ipso medio margine tertise ar. cubitalis exserta. Metatarsus 

 posticus subtus scopa spinarum brevium instructus. Majuscula, 

 nigra, nitida, cinereo-hirta. Caput et thorax cribrosa. Caput 

 validum, quam pronoto paulo latius, Metathorax Iteviusculus, 

 superne tenuiter punctatus, subtiliter carinatus (carina, a latere 

 visa subbituberculata) utrinque pago polito ; ejus facies postica 

 plana, subrugulata ; metapleura strigata. Epipygium elongato- 

 trigonale, punctatum. Spinse tib. post, nigrae, acutse. Metatarsus 

 posticus subtus pectinatus, pilis vel spinis albidis intermixtis, 

 spinisque nonnullis dilatatis. Ala3 bruneo-nebulosse, venis fuscis ; 

 1^ ar. cubit, intus valde acuta ; 2^ vena recurrens transversalis, 

 cum V. discoidali angulum fere rectum elficiens." 



*Elis (Mesa) hottentota Sauss. 



Plesia {Mesa) hottentota Sauss. in Grandidier, Hist. Madagascar, 

 XX. p. 245 (1892), $. 



" Areola radialis apice minute truncata. Secunda v. recurr. in 

 ipso medio margine tertise ar, cubitalis exserta. Metatarsus 

 posticus subtus scopa spinarum brevium instructus. Minor, 

 nigra, cinereo-hirta. Antennae imo aj)ice flavo. Caput et thorax 

 sat tenuiter cribrosa. Caput quam thorax vix latius. Meta- 

 thorax laeviusculus, subtilissime punctato-rugulatus, su2)erne 



