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closely transversely punctured, more strongly at the base 

 than at the apex ; the long spur of the hinder calcaria 

 reaches near to the middle of the metatarsus ; the tarsi 

 have no spines. Petiole with a few large punctures ; its 

 apex broadly white ; the rest of the abdomen very smooth 

 and shining. 



EVANIA ALBIT ARSIS, Sp. nov . 



Nigra; facie, tarsis, trochanteribus, annulo tibiarum pos- 

 ticaruni apiceque petioli albis ; alls hyalinis. $ , 



Long. 7 mm. 



Antennae brownish, testaceous beneath, fuscous above, 

 darker towards the apex ; the scape on the under side 

 thickly covered with longish white hair ; the flagellum 

 with a sparse microscopic down. The face from below the 

 antennae, a triangular space above them touching the eyes, 

 the mandibles and the palpi yellowish-testaceous ; the top 

 below the antennae and the part immediately below the eyes 

 fulvous, thickly covered with white hair ; the fulvous- 

 coloured space below the antennae rather strongly punc- 

 tured ; slightly projecting, narrowed slightly and gradually 

 towards the apex, where it is transverse. Mandibles 

 strongly toothed, the teeth black. The hinder ocelli are 

 separated by about the same length from each other as 

 they are from the eyes ; immediately behind them is a 

 distinct, straight, moderately deep, transverse furrow. 

 Thorax entirely black ; the mesonotum shining, obscurely 

 punctured ; its middle lobe distinctly separated from the 

 lateral ; raised at the base ; narrowed towards the apex ; 

 the dividing furrows deep ; the transverse furrow at the 

 base of the scutellum deep, and extending, slightly ob- 

 liquely, beyond the lateral ones. Scutellum obscurely 

 punctured, thickly covered with fuscous hair ; at its base 

 is a narrow, oblique furrow. The base of the median 



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