and Characters of undescribed Species. 369 



coxis femoribusque anten'oribiis nigris, his apice flavescenti- 

 albis, tibiis basi flavescenti-albis, femoribus posticis incras- 

 satis, dentatis, apice flavescenti-albis ; alae cinereae. 



Female. — Black. Head and thorax largely scabrous. Head 

 deeply irrjpressed in front ; face very oblique. Antennae clavate, 

 shorter than the thorax. Thorax with the usual structure ; scu- 

 tellum unarmed, vpith a sharply defined edge ; callus at the base 

 of the fore-wings yellowish-white. Petiole extremely short. Ab- 

 domen elongate-oval, a little narrower but hardly longer than the 

 thorax, somewhat attenuated towards the tip, which is acute. 

 Legs red ; tarsi yellowish-white. Anterior legs with black coxae 

 and femora, the latter yellowish-white towards the tips, fore-tibiae 

 yellowish-white at the base ; middle tibiae black, yellowish-white at 

 the base and at the tips. Hind-femora much incrassated, with 

 yellowish-white tips, armed beneath with many very minute teeth ; 

 hind-tibiae piceous, with yellowish-white tips and with a dot of 

 the same hue at the base. Wings cinereous ; veins black ; ulna 

 about half the length of the humerus ; cubitus and radius very short. 

 Length of the body 2^ lines ; of the wings 4 lines. 

 Hong Kong. Discovered by Mr. Bowring. In the British 

 Museum. 



Halticella indignator. 

 Fcem. — Nigra, crassa ; caput et thorax subtil^ punctata ; an- 

 tennae robustae, thorace breviores ; scutellum inerme ; meta- 

 thorax scaber ; abdomen ovatum, thorace brevius ; pedes 

 rufi, femoribus anterioribus nigris apice rufis, femoribus 

 posticis dentatis ; alee cinereae. 



Female, — Black. Head and thorax minutely punctured. An- 

 tennae robust, shorter than the thorax. Thorax with the usual 

 structure; scutellum unarmed; metathorax scabrous. Petiole 

 extremely short. Abdomen oval, shorter than the thorax. Legs 

 red ; coxae and anterior femora black ; the latter with red tips ; 

 hind-femora much incrassated, armed beneath with several minute 

 teeth. Wings cinereous ; veins black ; ulna less than half the 

 length of the humerus ; radius and cubitus very short. 



Length of the body 2 lines ; of the wings 4 lines. 



Tasmania. Discovered by Mr. A. J. Smith. In the British 

 Museum. 



Halticella internata. 



Mas. — Nigra ; caput et thorax subtile punctata ; caput valde 

 impressum, facie perobliqud ; antennae subclavatae, thorace 

 pauUo breviores ; scutellum inerme ; metathorax scaber ; 



