738 MR. E. A. ELLIOTT ON THE 



" Long. 19-27 ; thorax 4-5-6 ; petioli 6-5-9-5 ; alse 10-5-16-5 ; 

 oviposit. 26"5-34 mm." 



M. de Saussure tentatively suggests as males for this species 

 two very small insects, taken in Siam. They differ in having 

 the head entirely red, the occiput almost striate, as in 

 S. borneensis Sauss., the sculpture of the body less pronounced, 

 and the pronotum scarcely striate in one specimen. Length 

 10 mm. 



This species appears to closely resemble S. furcatus Lep. k 

 Serv., but the face is rugose-punctate, not arcuate rugose; the 

 mesonotum, median segment, and mesopleurse densely punctate, 

 and the head red. It also resembles S. coronator Fab., but 

 diffei-s in the red head and the sculpture of head and mesopleurse. 



Schulz {I. c.) alters the name of this species to saussurei, on 

 the ground of ruficeps being preoccupied by Cameron's Central 

 American insect. As the latter falls into the subgenus 

 Hemistejjhanus, I reinstate the original name. 



28. CORONATOR Fab. 



Pimpia coronator Fab. (2), p. 118, $. /Stephanies coronator 

 Boisd., p.656, pi. 12,fig. 7, $ ; Schlett.,p. 114, $ J ; Enderl.(4), 

 p. 306, 2 (?• MegischMs cor. Brull., p. 538, $ ; Sichel (3), 

 p. 477, § S- MegiscluLS insularis Smith (1), p. 120, § 6 . 

 Megischus vicluus Smith (2), p. 138, S . Megischus longicaudatits 

 Costa, Ach. (2), p. 271, $ 6 ; (1) P- 81, $ d , pi. iv. tigs, la 6, 

 lb 2- 



2 . Face coarsely arcuate rugose ; occi]3ut immediately behind 

 tubercles arcuately, behind this centi-ally transversely, laterally 

 obliquely rugose. Posterior margin of head sharply bordered. 

 Cheeks distinctly longer than scape. Second flagellar joint twice 

 as long as first, third a little longer than second. Neck very 

 coarsely transrugose ; semianni^lar polished, with a few punctures 

 in front. Mesonotum coarsely, densely, and posteriorly partly 

 confluently punctate, anteriorly more diffusely, with a distinct 

 central longitudinal row of punctures and indistinct lateral 

 impressions. Scutellum centrally smooth, lateral lobes diffusely 

 punctate. Mesopleurge almost smooth and shining above, rugose- 

 punctate beneath ; metapleurse coarsely and densely punctate, 

 separated by a slightly rugose sulcus from the coarsely cribrate 

 punctate median segment. Petiole ba.sally coarsely, apically more 

 finely transrugose, little shorter than remainder of abdomen, 

 which is basally rugose, otherwise feebly shining. Terebra rather 

 longer than body, sheaths white-banded before apex. Hind legs 

 with cox?e coarsely transrugose behind ; femora polished smooth 

 and posteriorly extremely finely punctate, bidentate ; tibite much 

 longer than femora, compressed in basal third; tarsi three-jointed. 

 S . Similar to $ but more slender ; petiole is to rest of 

 abdomen as 5 : 6 ; hind tarsi 5-jointed. 



