792 MR. E. A. ELLIOTT ON THE 



14. siMPSONi Kieff. 



Fotnatopus swipsoni Kieffer (6), p. 233, $ . 



5 . Head subglobose, dull ; frons coarsely and irregularly 

 rugose, reticulate between tubercles, with median longitudinal 

 carina ; vertex transcarinate ; occiput reticulate. First flagellar 

 joint half as long as scape, second one and a half times as long as 

 first; third and fourth of equal length and each twice as long as 

 second. Pronotum elongate, dull, alutaceous, more strongly 

 behind ; mesonotum reticulate ; propleurse and sternum coria- 

 ceous ; meso- and meta-pleurae, scutellum, and median segment 

 alutaceous, with large and diffuse punctures. Petiole densely 

 trans-striate, as long as rest of abdomen. Terebra shorter than 

 body, "composed of two red filaments, apically black and spatu- 

 late, without sheaths." The absence of the sheaths must ha.ve 

 been due to accideiit. Hind coxae closely trans-striate ; hind 

 femora tridentate, finely and indistinctly trans-striate ; hind 

 tibife only apically slightly inflated. 



Black ; mandibles except apices, cheeks, 4-5 basal antennal 

 joints, a distal sp"bt on each side of third segment, tibise and tarsi 

 red; a spot on temples, one on vertex and the tr"ochanters dull 

 red ; anterior femora and apical third of hind tibiae brown-black ; 

 hiiid femoral teeth black; middle metatarsus whitish. Wings 

 hyaline, stigma linear, yellowish hyaline. 



Length 11 mm.; abdomen 6 mm.; petiole 3 mm.; terebra 

 10 mm. 



Habitat: Hon, South Nigeria; 13. iii. 1910; J. J. Simpson, 

 Entom. Research Committee. 



15. vARiiDENS Elliott (4), p. 257, $ . 



Foenatopus variidens Elliot (4), p. 257, $ . 



$ . Frons and ocellar space very finely striate ; vertex and 

 occiput transvei'sely, almost arcuately striate ; posterior margin 

 of head strongly bordered. Cheeks slightly shorter than scape. 

 Second flagellar joint one and a half times as long as first ; third 

 nearly as long as first and second together. Prothorax finely 

 trans-striate, neck elongate, apically above deeply incised. Meso- 

 notum irregularly rugose-punctate, central row of punctures 

 distinct; scutellum centrally smooth, lateral lobes punctate. 

 Mesopleurae smooth ; metapleurse and median segment cribrate 

 and confluent. Petiole finely trans-striate, slightly shorter than 

 i-est of abdomen. Terebra longer than body, with a 3 mm. broad 

 white band before the 1 mm. bi'oad black apex. Hind coxse 

 trans-striate ; femora smooth, tridentate ; tibise slightly longer 

 than femora, compressed almost throughout. 



Black ; head ferruginous, frons darkest, inner orbits and 

 anterior frontal tubercles paler ; vertex, including ocellar space 

 and occiput, black. Front tibise and tarsi rufescent ; base of 

 intermediate femora, their tibise externally and apical tarsal 

 joints rufescent, metatarsus white ; hind legs entirely black, 



