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segment with a semi-oblique slope, shagreened, the central 

 keels joining before reaching the apex of the segment and 

 united to the lateral by three keels; the base with some irre- 

 gular keels ; the metapleurse irregularly striated. Abdomen 

 finely punctured, a large bright yellow macula on the sides 

 of segments one to five, the apical segments punctured, 

 densely covered with stiff rufo-fulvous bristle-like pubes- 

 cence ; the apex rounded. The recurrent nervure is straight 

 and is received a little beyond the basal third of the radial 

 cellule. Length nearly 7 mm. 



B. Thorax without lamince. 



OXYBELUS BELLUS, Sp. 110V. 



Black, closely punctured and covered with a pale fulvous 

 pubescence, a narrow line on the pronotum, the tubercles, 

 a large broad mark below them, the tegulas in part, a mark 

 on each side of the scutellum, the metanotum, a large mark 

 on the side of the basal two segments, a narrower one on the 

 following two and the legs, clear red ; the anterior coxa; 

 black, the four anterior lined with black above, the posterior 

 black, except at the base and apex. Front excavated,, 

 densely covered with longish silvery-fulvous hair ; this being 

 also the case with the clypeus. Ocelli in a curve, the 

 hinder separated from the eyes by the length of the second 

 antennal joint. Mandibles rufous and yellow, black at the 

 apex. The punctuation on the head is rugose. Thorax 

 strongly punctured ; the scutellum with scattered punctures; 

 the metanotum impunctate and without laminae ; median seg- 

 ment reticulated. Abdomen closely punctured ; the apical 

 segments covered with longish pale silvery hair ; the 

 pygidial area a little longer than broad, rounded at the apex. 

 The anterior tibise incline to yellow behind ; the legs covered 

 with a short close white pubescence ; tibise serrate. The 

 eyes are rounded inwardly, converging towards the apex. 

 Wings hyaline, the nervures fuscous ; the recurrent nervure 



