798 ME,. E, A. ELLIOTT ON THE 



slightly shorter than first and second together. Neck of pronotum 

 latei'ally obliquely rugose, remainder alufcaceo-punctate ; meso- 

 notum coarsely punctate ; scutelluni smooth, with marginal punc- 

 tures ; metanotum longitudinally striate. Mesopleura? diffusely 

 punctate, upper margin polished ; metapleuree and median segment 

 confluent, coarsely and superficially punctate. Petiole finely trans- 

 sti'iate, as long as, or slightly shorter than, remainder of abdomen. 

 Hind coxfe trans-striate ; hind femora tridentate. 



Black; head, base of mandibles, five basal antenna! joints, pro- 

 thorax, tegulae and legs, except hind coxse and apex of hind 

 femora, ferruginous. Wings hyaline, nervures dark brown. 



Length 8-11 mm. 



2 . Similar to S • terebra as long as body, spicula red-brown, 

 sheaths ferruginous, apically black. Length 11 mm. 



Habitat: Bismarcksburg, Togo. L. Ooni-adt, 1893. 



Var. fasciatus Enderl. More slender than the type-form ; 

 band across basal half of third segment ruf escent ; posterior 

 femora basally dark. 



Habitat : Johann Albrechtshohe, North Cameroons. L. 

 Oonradt, 1895-96. 



Dr. Enderlein {I. c.) places this species in his subgenus Diaste- 

 phanus, but Stadelmann expressly states that the neuration is 

 exactly as in F. indicus Westw., and it is so closely similar to 

 F. conradii that I incline to consider it merely a colour variety 

 of that species. The difi'erent sculpture of scutellum and the 

 absence of the slight smooth depression between metapleurse and 

 median segment appear to be the only difli'erences. No mention 

 of the femoral teeth is made in the description of F. conradti. 



24. CLARIPENNIS ElHott. 



Foenatopus claripennis Elliott (2), p. 81, $ . 



$ . Frons arcuate rugose, vertex subarcuate trans-striate, with 

 distinct central longitudinal furrow, occiput more finely striate. 

 Posterior margin of head bordered. A long, stout carina just in 

 front of the posterior ocelli and two shorter ones between them. 

 Scape as long as cheeks. Second flagellar joint one and a half 

 times as long as first, third nearly as long as first and second 

 together. Neck of pronotum coarsely, obliquely striate, the 

 remainder alutaceous ; mesonotum moderately punctate. Meso- 

 pleurae alutaceous, basal half diffusely punctate ; metapleurte 

 nearly smooth, with diffuse, large punctures, separated by a line 

 of punctures from the median segment, which is alutaceous and 

 diff"usely punctate. Petiole trans-striate, its extreme apex smooth, 

 as long as rest of abdomen. Terebra shoi-ter than body, black. 

 Hind legs with coxfe trans-striate, femora tridentate and very 

 finely alutaceous, tihise constricted to middle. 



Black ; head rufescent, vertex darker ; tegulse, basal half of 

 petiole and its apex broadly, and the second and third segments 



