380 Ml. F. Walker's Notes on Chalcidites, 



the scutum ; scutellum with a transverse furrow, ending in two 

 curved converging spines, whose tips are nearly contiguous, and 

 which extend a little beyond the abdomen. Wings cinereous; 

 veins black. 



Villa Nova. Discovered by Mr. Bates. 



Thoracaniha pallescens. 

 Mas. — Purpurascente atra ; antennae filiformes, fulvse, apice 

 nigrse ; thorax gibbus ; scutum transverse striatum, antice 

 sub-sulcatum; parapsidura suturae parallelse ; scutellum spinis 

 duabus pallidis sub-arcuatis, abdominis apicem fere attin- 

 gentibus ; petiolus piceus, striatus, gracillimus, abdomine non 

 brevior ; abdomen fulvum, thorace paullo brevius ; pedes 

 pallidissime fulvi ; alae fuscescente cinerese. 

 Male. — Deep purplish -black. Head and thorax minutely 

 punctured. Head very short, a little broader than the thorax. 

 Eyes prominent. Antennse filiform, tawny, black towards the 

 tips, longer than the thorax. Thorax gibbous, Prothorax ex- 

 tremely short. Scutum transversely and very finely striated, with 

 a slight longitudinal furrow in front ; sutures of the parapsides 

 slight, parallel to each other ; scutellum ending in two com- 

 pressed, slightly curved, pale, dingy spines, which extend nearly 

 to the tip of the abdomen. Petiole piceous, linear, striated, very 

 slender, as long as the abdomen. Abdomen tawny, smooth, much 

 compressed, not longer than high, a little shorter than the thorax, 

 and not more than half its breadth. Legs very pale tawny. Wings 

 brownish-cinereous ; disks pale cinereous ; veins black ; ulna 

 nearly as long as the humerus; radius obsolete. 

 Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 

 Villa Nova. Discovered by Mr. Bates. In the British Museum. 



Thoracantha striatissima. 



Man. — iEneo-nigra ; antennse ramis longis pubescentibus ; scu- 

 tum transverse striatum ; parapsidum suturae distinctse ; scu- 

 tellum spinis duabus striatis sub-arcuatis, abdominis apicem 

 superantibus ; petiolus abdomine multo longior ; abdomen 

 nigrum, fusiforme, valde compressum, thorace multo longius. 



Fcem. — Atra; frons striata; antennse filiformes, basi albidse ; 

 scutum sub-purpurascens, transverse striatum ; scutellum 

 striatum, spinis duabus abdominis apicem paullo superantibus; 

 abdomen purpureo-nigrum, ellipticum, thorace non longius; 

 pedes albidi ; alae limpidse. 



