BY FREDERICK A, A. SKUSE. 703^- 



^. — Antennae slender, more than half the length of the body, 

 deep umber-brown, with a short dense yellowish pubescence ;, 

 joints of the scapus deep brown, rather sparsely pubescent ; 

 flagellar joints sub-sessile, twice as long as broad, the terminal 

 joint one-half longer than the one immediately preceding it. 

 Head black. Eyes contiguous above. Palpi yellow. Thorax 

 black, levigate, with three longitudinal double rows of short 

 yellowish hairs, the intermediate one stopping beyond the 

 middle of the thorax, the lateral ones reaching the scu- 

 tellum ; a few hairs anterior to the origin of the wings and 

 on the scutellum. Halteres deep brown, the base of the stalk 

 somewhat paler, with a few short hairs. Abdomen black, or 

 very deep brown, nearly as wide as the thorax, covered with short 

 yellowish hairs ; forceps not as_^ wide as the abdomen, densely 

 pubescent. Legs brownish-ochraceous. In tlie fore-legs the 

 tarsi very slightly longer than the tibite ; in the intermediate- 

 legs the tarsi /g longer than the tibiae ; in the hind-legs the 

 tibiae almost imperceptibly longer than the tarsi. Spurs as 

 long as the fourth tai'sal joint. First joint of the tarsi 2^ times 

 the length of the second ; second joint a little longer than the 

 third ; third joint ^ longer than the fourth and slightly longer 

 than the fifth joint. Wings almost hyaline, with a more or less 

 brilliant aurichalceous reflection when viewed at a certain 

 obliquity. Veins yellowish-brown, the third and fourth longi- 

 tudinals pale. First longitudinal vein joining the costa con- 

 siderably before the base of the fork, and somewhat before the tip 

 of the posterior branch of the fourth longitudinal ; cross-vein 

 pale ; petiole scarcely visible, longer than the anterior branch of 

 the fork ; branches little arcuated, particularly the anterior one 

 making the fork rather angular at the base ; tips distinctly 

 divergent, /g exactly the same length as gh ; kl a little shorter 

 than Im. 



Q. — Antennte very slender, almost half the length of the body, 

 with a very short dense pubescence ; flagell;ir joints oue-halt' 

 longer than broad ; terminal joints twice as long as broad. Head, 

 thorax and abdomen deep brown ; lamelhe of the ovipositor small, 



