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Epirhyssa CARINIFRONS, Sp. nov. 



Nigra ; facie, orbitis oculorum, lineapronoti late, scutello, 

 postscutello apiceque nietanoti jiavis ; abdomine flavomacu- 

 lato, apice brunneo; pedibusfulvis, basi Jiavis; tarsis fuscis ; 

 alls hyalinis, apice fumatis, stigmate fusco. $ . 



Long. II mm. 



Antennae rufous, thickened and infuscated towards 

 the apex ; the flagellum covered thickly with stiff, micro- 

 scopic hair. The face yellow, covered with large, deep 

 punctures and with long, white hair ; the clypeus smooth, 

 bare, its apex transverse. Front depressed ; from the 

 ocelli a distinct keel runs to the base of the antennae ; it 

 is yellow, with a black line in the middle; the vertex is 

 black ; the black extending as a triangular mark on to the 

 front on either side of the keel, and extending to the eyes 

 at the ocelli ; the occiput is black round the upper edge, 

 the black extending down the middle as a broad band. 

 Mandibles black, the basal half rufous ; the palpi yellow. 

 Thorax black ; the scutellum, postscutellum, a broad band 

 near the middle of the median segment, extending near 

 to the apex, and on the pleurae extending to near the 

 spiracles ; the upper part of the propleurae broadly, 

 and the prosternum, lemon-yellow. The mesonotum is 

 covered with fuscous hair ; the scutellum coarsely punc- 

 tured, covered with long, fuscous hair ; the postscutellum 

 smooth ; the scutellar keels are yellow. Metanotum 

 smooth at the base ; the middle depression deep and 

 wide, smooth ; the rest of the segment bearing shallow 

 punctures and sparsely covered with white hairs. The 

 propleurae, except above, impunctate ; the mesopleurae 

 sparsely punctured, except at the apex ; the tubercles 

 large and thickly covered with long, white hair ; the 

 mesosternum coarsely punctured ; smoother in the middle 

 at the apex, where there is a depression which becomes 



