and Characters of undescribed Species. 367 



pedes rufi, femoribits posticis nigris, non deiUatis ; alee an- 

 ticse cinere^, gutta costali fuscescente. 



Female. — Black, rather slender. Head and thorax very minutely 

 punctured. Head a little broader than the thorax ; face very 

 oblique. Antennae stout, clavate, a little longer than the thorax. 

 ScutelJum produced into a spine and extending over the meta- 

 thorax. Petiole extremely short and stout, so that the abdomen 

 appears to be subsessile. Abdomen fusiform, more slender, but 

 not longer than the thorax. Legs red ; hind-femora black, in- 

 crassated, not armed ; hind-tibiffi robust, hardly curved. Wings 

 cinereous ; veins black. Fore-wings with a diffuse brownish dot 

 adjoining the ulna ; ulna not one-fourth of the length of the 

 humerus ; radius and cubitus extremely short. 



Length of the body 2g lines ; of the wings Sg lines. 



Santarem. Discovered by Mr. Bates. In the British Museum. 



HaUicella remotor. 



Fcem.- — Nigra ; caput et thorax subtilissime punctata ; caput 

 valdfe excavatum, facie perobliqua ; antennas filiformes, tho- 

 race vix longiores ; scutellum productum, bifurcatum ; me- 

 tathorax scaber ; abdomen fusiforme, apice attenuatum pera- 

 cutum, thorace vix longius ; femora postica non dentata ; 

 alae cinere^^ nigricante nebulosee. 



Female. — Black. Head and thorax very minutely punctured, 

 the former and the sutures of the latter with silvery-whitish 

 tomentum. Head very deeply excavated ; face extremely oblique. 

 Antennas linear, hardly longer than the thorax. Thorax with the 

 usual structure ; scutellum produced into a bifurcate spine, whose 

 upper division is longer than the lower one ; metathorax scabrous. 

 Petiole extremely short. Abdomen fusiform, attenuated towards 

 the very acute tip, narrower but hardly longer than the thorax. 

 Hind-femora incrassated, unarmed ; hind tibiae slightly curved and 

 dilated. Wings cinereous, clouded with blackish-cinereous; veins 

 black. Fore-wings with a quadrate black spot adjoining the 

 ulna ; the latter about one-fifth of the length of the humerus ; 

 radius and cubitus obsolete. 



Length of the body 3| lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



Santarem. Discovered by Mr. Bates. In the British Museum. 



Haltlcella Jiguralor. 

 Mas. — Nigra, sat gracilis ; caput et thorax subtilissime punc- 

 tata ; caput valde impressum, facie perobliqua; antennae 



