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16. TEXANUS Cress. 



MegischU'S texamis Cress. (2), p. 190, 5 . 



9 • Frons coarsely reticulate ; vertex with two trans- cariiife ; 

 occiput finely transrugose. Pronotum smooth ; mesonotum 

 coarsely rugose ; metanotum (median segment) centrally and 

 apically rugose. Petiole as long as rest of abdomen. Terebra as 

 long as body, basal half of sheaths ferruginous, apical half black, 

 white-banded before apex. Legs shining ; hind femora bi- 

 dentate; hind tibice constricted above middle. Wings "too 

 mxich damaged to be described." 



Opaque, dull ferruginous ; head yellowish, mandibles apically 

 black ; antennae apically darker ; hind tibise with constricted 

 part yellow ; frontal tubercles apically and abdominal segments 

 from second apically fuscous. 



Length 10 mm. 



Habitat : Comal Co., Texas. 1 $ . 



In the absence of details as to the wings, I place this species 

 in the subgenus Stephanus. It appears to be characterized by 

 the sculpture of the head and by the colour, especially of the 

 terebral sheaths. 



17. EUROP.EUS Sichel. 



Bothriocerus europceus Sichel (1), 1860, p. 759, 5 • Megischus 

 eur. Sichel (2), p. 484, § . Stephanus eur. Andre, p. 486 ; 

 Schlett., p. 95, $ . 



$ . Head granulate, frons near tubercles irregularly rugulose, 

 occiput above regularly transrugose. Pronotum irregularly 

 trans- striate, its extreme posterior margin smooth ; mesonotum 

 coriaceo-granulate, obscurely trans-striate, with central longitu- 

 dinal row of punctures ; median segment coriaceo-granulate and 

 apically obscurely trans-striate. Petiole trans-striate, basally 

 smooth, remainder of abdomen smooth and shining. Terebra 

 longer than body, its sheaths apically white-banded. Legs 

 smooth. 



Black ; mandibles and antennse basally rufo-testaceous ; 

 tegulfe, petiole, base of second segment, trochanters, anterior 

 tibife, hind tibiae basally, and all tarsi red or rufescent. Wings 

 subhyaline, stigma black, nervures fuscovis. 

 Length 13 mm. ; terebra 17 mm. 



The unique specimen was taken in Sicily in Sept. 1859. 

 In the absence of details as to the relative lengths of the 

 antennal joints and of the hind legs, it is impossible to place 

 this species with certainty. It appears to be very near anoma- 

 lipes Fst., from which it differs chiefly in the basally smooth 

 petiole. The granulate sculpture is probably the same as that 

 otherwise described as coarsely punctate. A similar case occurs 

 where the same sculpture is described by one author as " coarsely 

 striate" and by another as " carinate." 



