742 Mil. E. A. ELLIOTT ON THE 



a little shorter than remainder of abdomen and as long as hind 

 coxje, trochanters, and femora together ; second segment basally 

 rugose, apically smooth, the remainder dull. Terebra white- 

 banded before apex. Hind legs with coxae very coarsely trans- 

 rugose ; femora smooth, bidentate; tibise much longer than 

 femora, compressed not quite to middle. 



Black; cheeks marked with pale red; anterior legs ferrtiginous, 

 their coxte black and tarsi pitch-bi'own ; apical inflated part of 

 hind tibipe ferruginous. Wings strongly infumate, centrally 

 darker. 



Length 30 mm. 



Habitat : Woodlark Island, NewGuinea. Bachian, Jobi Island. 



Two specimens of tliis species are iii the Royal Nat. Hist. 

 Museum in Dresden ; in both the antennae are wanting and 

 terebra broken ; Montrouzier states the latter is white-banded. 



Schletterer considers this species very similar to &'. coronator 

 Fab. and *S'. ducalis Westw., in both of which the head is red 

 and the sculpture very different. 



32. ACUTUS Lep. & Serv. 



Megisclms acutus Lep. & Serv., p. 489 ; BruH., p. 540, 9 . 

 Stephanies actotus Schlett., p. 137, 5 • 



2 . Frons moderately coarsely arcuately rugose ; occiput 

 very coarsely arcuate i-ugose near tubercles, otherwise irregularly 

 to transrugose. Temples smooth and shining. Posterior 

 margin of head elongate, reflexed collar-like. Cheeks shorter 

 than scape. Basal flagellar joints normal. Neck coarsely trans- 

 rugose, less distinctly basally ; semiannular smooth, with coarse 

 but diflfuse punctures. Mesonotum shining, laterally densely, 

 partly confluently punctate, a median longitudinal roAv of 

 punctures, on each side of which is a smooth space, followed by a 

 row of broad punctures. Scutellum polished, with a few marginal 

 punctures. Mesopleurse shining, diffusely punctate; metapleurse 

 densely pubescent, somewhat rugose, separated by an almost 

 smooth sulcus from the median segment, which is cribrate 

 punctate and apically transrugose. Petiole finely trans-striolate, 

 about as long as remainder of abdomen, which is shining, with 

 a few dull spots, due to microscopic sculpture. Terebra a little 

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

 coxse trans-striolate between coarse rugosities ; femora smooth, 

 bidentate : tibiae compressed not quite to middle. 



Black ; cheeks and mandibles pale marked ; anterior legs have 

 a tendency to become brownish. Wings slightly infuscate. 



Length 21-30 mm. 



Habitat : Brazil ; Colombia ; Kansas, U.S.A. 



This species resembles aS'. oiige?' Smith, but has the posterior 

 margin of head reflexed, face arcuate rugose, mesonotum punctate, 

 net rugose, and longer petiole. 



