and Characters of undescrihed Species. 385 



tlioracis dimidio brevius ; pedes fulvi, femoribus nigri- 

 cantibus ; alse limpidse. 



j?lf«/e. — Deep black; very short and thick. Head ahuost 

 smooth, lower and narrower than the thorax. Antennae black, 

 with long pubescent branches, not longer than the breadth of the 

 head. Thorax gibbous, short ; scutum transversely striated ; 

 scutellum longitudinally striated, ending in two straight, broad, 

 compressed spines, which extend nearly to the tip of the abdomen. 

 Petiole stout, about half the length of the abdomen. Abdomen 

 smooth, fusiform, compressed, less than half of the length or of 

 the breadth of the thorax. Legs tawny ; coxae black ; femora 

 blackish. Wings limpid ; veins pale ; ulna shorter than the 

 humerus ; radius obsolete. 



Length of the body 1 \ line ; of the wings 3 lines. 



Santarem and Villa Nova. Discovered by Mr. Bates. Li the 

 British Museum. 



Genus vSchizaspidia. 

 Schizaspidia pretendens. 

 Mas. — Lsete viridis ; antennae robustse, ferrugineae, O-pectinatse, 

 thorace non longiores ; thorax rude punctatus ; scutellum 

 longi-conicum, spinis duabus parvis ; petiolus abdominis 

 dimidio brevior ; abdomen fusiforme, compressum, thorace 

 valde brevius ; pedes fulvi ; alee limpidse. 

 Male. — Bright green. Head short, nearly smooth, as broad as 

 the thorax. Antennae stout, ferruginous, not longer than the 

 thorax, with nine stout branches, which successively decrease in 

 length. Thorax roughly punctured. Prothorax extremely short. 

 Sutures of the parapsides slight ; scutellum elongate-conical, 

 armed with two short spines. Metathorax vertical, well de- 

 veloped. Petiole less than half the length of the abdomen. Ab- 

 domen fusiform, compressed, smooth, triangular when viewed 

 laterally, very much shorter than the thorax and less than half its 

 breadth. Legs tawny. Wings limpid ; veins tawny, not ex- 

 tending to half the length of the wing ; ulna extremely short, not 

 longer than the cubitus ; radius obsolete ; cubitus short. 

 Length of the body 1| line; of the wings 3 lines. 

 This species may form a new genus. 



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

 Museum. 



Schizaspidia plagiata. 

 Mas. — Nigra, robusta ; antennse piceae, 9-ramosa?, basi flavse ; 

 thorax rude punctatus ; prothorax maculis duabus late- 



