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finely rugose ; the lateral smooth and shining. Scutellum 

 coarsely rugosely punctured. Mesopleurae opaque, thickly 

 covered with short, white hair, obscurely rugose above. 

 Abdomen black ; the basal three segments in the middle 

 above, more or less at the sides and the ventral surface 

 entirely, white ; the other segments narrowly white at the 

 apex, the apical broadly so. Legs black, thickly covered 

 with pale pubescence ; the anterior tibiae almost entirely, 

 and the bases of the hinder four, white. Wings hyaline ; 

 the costa and stigma testaceous ; the radial cellule, the 

 upper part of the cubital cellules, except the base of the 

 first, smoky ; the transverse basal nervure interstitial. 



Emphytus MACULIVENTRIS, Sp. nov. 



Niger; tibiis anticis abdomineque siibtus albis ; alts 

 hyalinis, apice fumatis. ? . 



Long. 9 mm. 



Antennae black, the middle joints thickened. Face 

 closely and rather strongly punctured ; the clypeus 

 smooth, above forming a semicircle, its edge projecting ; 

 the labrum large, smooth and shining, rounded ; the face 

 and clypeus covered with long, pale hair. The middle 

 lobe of the mesonotum is finely rugose, furrowed down 

 the middle, and thickly covered with short, black hair ; 

 the lateral lobes finely punctured, less pilose and more 

 shining. Scutellum pyramidal, brought to a point in the 

 middle above ; coarsely rugosely punctured ; the part 

 behind the cenchri obliquely depressed ; the sides of 

 the depression carinate. Propleurae rugose, smooth and 

 shining at the base; the mesopleurae, except on the lower 

 side, coarsely punctured, the punctures large, round, and 

 distinctly separated ; the metapleurae smooth. Legs 

 thickly covered with white hair, especially thick on the 

 tibiae and tarsi ; the spurs and claws rufous ; the claws 



