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the propleurae finely longitudinally striated ; the meso- 

 pleurae with scattered punctures and sparsely covered 

 with long white hairs ; the metapleurae finely and closely 

 longitudinally striated. Legs thickly covered with long 

 white hairs, the four hinder trochanters and femora bright 

 rufous ; the fore femora and tibiae underneath more or 

 less dull rufous. Wings hyaline, slightly suffused with 

 fuscous. Abdomen shining, the apex of the first segment 

 with a transverse row of punctures ; the apical half of the 

 last segment shining, dull piceous. 



The three species here described with red on the legs 

 may be separated as follows : — 



i, (4) Femora red, wings smoky. 



2 (3) Clypeus incised, projecting. Magrettii 



3 (2) ,, transverse, not projecting. cassiope 



4 (1) Femora black; anterior tibiae and tarsi 



rufous. tarsata 



TlPHIA CLYPEALIS, Sp. 110V. 



Nigra, clypeo, tibiis anticis, tarsisque anterioribus, rufis ; 

 alis hyalinis, nervis fuscis. 2. Long. 7 mm. 



Hob. Mussouri (Rothney). 



Head shining, punctured ; covered with long silvery 

 hairs, which are densest below the antennae ; the clypeus 

 rufous ; punctured ; the apex smooth, impunctate, and 

 slightly curved ; mandibles broadly rufous in the middle. 

 Antennae ferruginous beneath towards the apex, the last 

 joint entirely so. Pronotum shining, punctured ; the 

 mesonotum with the punctures more widely separated ; 

 the sides being free from them, and being there too more 

 widely separated than they are on the sides; the scutellum 

 with large, widely separated punctures all over. Median 

 segment coarsely in the middle, the sides much more 

 finely aciculated. Propleurae finely obliquely striated 

 throughout. Legs thickly covered with white hairs ; the 



