HYMENOPTEROUS FAMILY STEPHANID^E. 721 



with a central longitudinal row of broad and deep punctures, and 

 two deep, divergent sulci, laterally very coarsely rugose-punctate. 

 Central section of scutellum smooth, with a few marginal 

 punctures ; lateral lo'nes densely, coarsely, and partly confluently 

 punctate, Metapleurse and median segment very coarsely and 

 reticulately rugose, separated by a deep rugose sulcus. Hind 

 legs with the coxse short and stout, transrugose, more finely 

 behind ; femora compa.ratively small and slender, polished 

 smooth, with two large teeth ; tibiae much longer than femora 

 and compressed only in basal third. 



Black ; mandibles basally and hind coxae ferruginous, antennae 

 with basal half brownish. 



Habitat : Schiras, Persia. Type in Imp. Nat. Hist. Museum, 

 Yienna. 



This description was taken from a specimen without abdomen, 

 and as no mention is made as to the number of hind tarsal 

 joints, the sex cannot be determined. It appears to resemble 

 closely S. tihiator Schlett. from Aden, in the coarse sculpture of 

 head and temples, though differing in the structure of pronotum 

 and in the slender hind femora. 



4. TiBiATOR Schlett. 



Stephanus tihiator Schlett., p. 293, $ J; Morley (1), pp. 34 & 

 112, §. 



$ S • Frons very coarsely and irregularly to reticulately 

 rugose ; vertex obliquely arcuate rugose ; occiput very irregularly 

 punctato-rugose, with a central longitudinal impression. Temples 

 coarsely and deeply punctate, posteriorly more diffusely and 

 cleanly, near the cheeks more densely and confluently. Cheeks 

 feebly punctato-rugose. Second flagellar joint twice as long as 

 first, third slightly more slender than second and but little 

 longer. Neck very short, laterally coarsely rugose, above with 

 two large fovete separated by a longitudinal carina ; then follows 

 a coarsely rugose-punctate inflated part, separated by a distinct 

 constriction from the semiannular, which is apically coarsely 

 rugose, centrally and laterally densely and partly confluently 

 punctate, with a polished smooth posterior margin. Mesonotum 

 centrally difl^usely punctate, apically and laterally rugose ; 

 scutellum smooth with diffuse punctures, its three lobes defined 

 by crenulated sulci. Mesopleurse rather coarsely and irregularly 

 rugose in the upper impressed part, irregular!}^ to reticulate 

 rugose beneath, with a smooth, shining, and diffusel^^ punctate 

 space near the tegulse ; metapleurse very prominent, coai-sely 

 and irregularly rugose, separated by a deep sulcus from the 

 coarsely reticulate rugose median segment. Petiole trans-striate, 

 apically smooth and shining. Terebra, shorter than body, 

 sheaths entirely black. Hind legs with coxae basally densely 

 aciculate punctate, apically transrugose ; femora strikingly 



