708 MR. B. E. TURNER ON 



Elis (Mesa) torrida Sm, 



Myzifie torrida Sm. Desc. new spec. Hymen, p. 178 (1879), $ . 



$ . Nigra ; onandihulis basi, scapo apice abdomineque toto 

 ferrugeneis ; tegulis iestaceis ; tibiis tarsisque fusco-fen-ttiffineia; 

 alis hyalinis, venis nigris. 



Long. 12 mm. 



2 . Olypeus short, transverse at the apex, subcarinate in the 

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

 pronotum, aiid mesopleurse closely and strongly punctured, vertex 

 a little more sparsely punctured ; mesonotum and scutellum . 

 coarsely but sparsely punctured ; pronotum as long as the 

 scutellum. Median segment twice as broad as the length in the 

 middle, 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. Shuckajxl). 



*Elis (Mesa) peringueyi Sauss. 



Plesia {Mesa) j)eringuey% Sauss. in Gi-andidier, Hist. Madaga,s- 

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



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

 ipso medio margine tertife 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 Iseviusculus, 

 superne tenuiter punctatus, subtiliter carinatus (carina a latere 

 visa subbitubercnlata) utrinque pago polito ; ejus facies postica 

 plana, subrugulata ; metapleura strigata. Epipygium elongato- 

 trigonale, punctatum. Spinse tib. post, nigrse, acutcie. Metatarsus 

 posticus subtus pectinatus, pilis vel spinis albidis intermixtis, 

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

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

 cum V. discoidali angulum fere rectum elficiens." 



*Elis (Mesa) hotxentota 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 apice flavo. Caput et thorax 

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

 thorax keviusculus, subtilissime puuctato-rugulatus, superne 



