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albopilosa, segnientinn niedianmn sjipra albo-villosa. Clypeus 

 pubescentia argenteo-alba adpressa. Oculorwn niargines 

 interior es ad verticevi longitudine flagelli articuli 2^^ + 

 duaricni tertiaruni 5^" ad cljpeicm paulhtlo minus approxi- 

 mati siitit. Saitellum hand convexum, fere deplanatum. 

 Post-scutellum non sellce instar nt in Sph. aurulento 

 impressnni. Area dorsalis segmenti mediani rugis quinque 

 transverse rngosa. Petiolus aliqitantum brevior est qnani 

 ill Sph. aurulento F., multo brevior qiiam in Sph. pruinoso 

 G.: longitudine antenyiarum flagelli artiado secundo 

 aequalis ; paullulum brevior tarsi postici secundi, sedpaullulo 

 longior tertioT 



Long. 20 mm. 



Hab. Ceylon. 



Allied to vS. prtiinostis and 6". auriilentus. 



Alyson RUFICOLLE, sp. nov. 



Nigrum^ prothorace, inesonoto cum scutello inesopleuris- 

 que rufisy ore flagelloque antennartim siddus flavis ; alls 

 hyalinis, nervis fuscis, $ . 



Long, fere 5 mm. 



Nab. Kandy, Ceylon ( Yerbury). 



Head black ; a line on the inner orbits of the eyes 

 from near the top, labrum, clypeus, mandibles, and 

 palpi, yellow ; the tips of the mandibles black ; front and 

 vertex closely punctured, thickly covered with black hair ; 

 the clypeus and mandibles with much longer white hair. 

 Pro- and meso-notum closely, but not strongly, punctured; 

 the prothorax entirely, except a black mark on the base in 

 front, the mesonotum with the scutellum and post- 

 scutellum and the mesopleurai, red ; the median segment 

 with two stout converging (but not uniting) keels in the 

 centre, inside of which are two oblique keels, which unite 

 to them shortly beyond the middle of the basal region ; 

 inside of these there are some stout transverse keels. 



