206 Deutsch. Ent. Zeitschr. 1909. 



mesopleurae , metathorax except for the triangulär yellow mark 

 on top of metapleurae , blue. Scutellum at the base blue and 

 violaceous , tlie apical fork dark violaceous ; the apex of the 

 mesopleurae has the blue largely tinged with violaceous. There 

 is a broad black band shortly beyond the middle of the ab- 

 dominal petiole ; its apex is blackish above ; the rest of the 

 abdomen is black , slightly tinged with blue ; the centre of the 

 ventral surface is brownish. Anterior coxae fuscous , black at 

 the base, the others black. Wings hyaline, a small fuscous cloud 

 at the end of the subcostal brauch and a smaller one at the 

 stigmal. $. 



Length 4 mm. — Kuching, May (John H e w i 1 1). 



Face with 3 or 4 curved transverse Striae in the centre of 

 the top ; the lateral upper half obliquely striated, the rest smooth. 

 Malar space obliquely striated , the outer orbits more closely 

 longitudinally striated. Mandibles and labrum testaceous , the 

 former darker towards the apex. Mesonotum strongly closely 

 reticulated ; the lobes separated from the scutellum by a stoutly 

 crenulated furrow. Scutellum longitudinally reticulated ; there is 

 a furrow down the middle ; the basal part of the scutellum is 

 irregularly , strongly longitudinally reticulated ; the forks are 

 smooth and are as long as the basal part. Metathorax strongly 

 reticulated ; the mesopleurae smooth , the base with a row of 

 small , the apex with a row of larger foveae. The abdomen is 

 smooth ; its petiole is as long as the rest of it. Coxae smooth. 

 Mandibles long, curved ; between the middle and base is a stout, 

 oblique, triangulär tooth. 



31etapelma compressipes sp. nov. 



Dark green, the centre of the front , of the mesonotum and 

 the underside of the antennal scape brassy , the lateral lobes of 

 the mesonotum , the back of the abdomen and broad bands on 

 the sides , violaceous , the apical half of the mesopleurae blue, 

 tinged with violaceous ; flagellum of antennae black ; 4 anterior 

 legs rufo-fulvous , their coxae green , the middle pair fulvous at 

 the apex , the hinder black , their coxae blue , the basal half of 

 femora whitish , tinged with fulvous , their apex narrowly , the 

 base of the tibiae more brqadly , the apex of the metatarsus 

 narrowly and the whole of the other joints, white. Wings hyaline, 

 with some fuscous streaks, the nervures black. $. 



Length 7 mm ; terebra 6 mm. 



Kuching, October (John Hewitt). 



Head with distinct , shallow , clearly separated punctures ; 

 the face broadly raised in the centre, the clypeus furrowed trans- 



