138 DB. L. O. HOWARD ON THE 



ocelli forming a long curved line dividing the vertex into four 

 subequal portions ; anterior border of mesoscutum finely acicu- 

 late transversely ; hind coxse and mesopleura finely shagreened ; 

 metanotum rather coarsely rugoso-punctate ; median furrow 

 faintly indicated, apparently diverging anteriorly ; entire surface 

 of abdomen faintly shagreened ; segment 4 practically including 

 the later ones ; 1, 2, and 3 subequal in length. Colour blacky 

 shining; all legs and all of antennae honey-yellow ; tip of pygi- 

 dium also honey-yellow; pedicel of antennae brownish ; wing-vein» 

 yellow-brown. 



Described from one female, Lake Antoine estate, March 24,. 

 swept from herbage. 



EuRTTOMA, llliger. 



EuETTOMA Ceessoni, sp. n. 



$ , Length 2'9 mm. ; expanse 4'0 mm. Antennae with short 

 scape ; short triangular pedicel ; funicle-joint 1 distinctly longer 

 than pedicel ; joints 2, 3, 4, and 5 shorter than 1, very slightly 

 increasing in width ; club ovate, not acute, slightly wider than 

 funicle-joint 6 and a little longer than 5 and 6 together; head, 

 pro- and mesonotum closely and finely umbilicate-punctate, the 

 pronotal articulating surface densely and finely shagreened ; 

 anterior articulating border of mesoscutum also finely shagreened 

 transversely ; mesopleura closely and finely punctate, smooth at 

 dorsal posterior border ; proximal portion of hind coxae and all 

 of abdomen closely and finely shagreened; metanotum with 

 broad, semicircular, central portion, which is closely and finely 

 punctate ; this space surrounded by an irregular groove and at 

 upper outer margin with two or three larger deeper punctures ; 

 on either side of this central space the sclerite is coarsely 

 rugoso-punctate ; metanotal fimbria dense and short ; pygidial 

 pubescence short and sparse. General colour black; antennae 

 dark brown ; all legs, including front and middle coxae, honey- 

 yellow ; hind coxae blackish, with a yellowish longitudinal stripe 

 above ; venter of abdomen mahogany colour, this coloration 

 extending dorsally to a considerable extent on apical half of 

 fourth joint. 



c? . Eunicle-joints of antennae regularly arched above, all sub- 

 equal in length ; club nearly twice as long as preceding joints 

 its first joint not well distinguished from the second; central 

 space of metanotum much smaller than in female ; petiole closely 



