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MR. TV. F. KTEBT ON GEI^EEA AND SPECIES OF 



TENTHEEDINIDJ3. 



HTLOTOMINiE. 



1. Hemidianeuea Cameeoni. (PL I. fig. 10.) 

 Long. corp. 8 millim., exp. al. 20 millim. 



Female. Head, antennae, knees, tibiae, tarsi, and abdomen (ex- 

 cept base) black ; thorax, base of abdomen, coxa?, trochanters, and 

 femora (except tips) luteous ; on the abdomen the five first ventral 

 segments are luteons, but the first two dorsal segments only are 

 wholly luteous, the sides of the third and fourth being clouded 

 and shading into the deeper black of the following segments ; 

 wings purplish hyaline, with a strong smoky tinge, especially at 

 the base. 



Sah. Eio Grrande do Sul {Ihering). 

 Not closely allied to any known species. 



Selandeiin^. 



2. Selandeia meeidionalis. (PI. I. fig. 12.) 

 Long. corp. 6 millim., exp. al. 17 millim. 



Female, Inky black ; mesothorax above and front of scutellum 

 dull red, prothorax yellower ; wings smoky hyaline, with blackish- 

 brown nervures, and a black dot in the second submarginal cell. 



Hah. Eio G-rande do Sul. 



Tentheedinin^ . 



3. Maceophta (?) Satjndeesi. (PL I. fig. 11.) 

 Long. corp. 11 millim., exjD. al. 23 millim. 



Fe?nale. Black; labrum, scutellum, a spot at the extremity of the 

 hind coxae, an oval spot on the side of the fifth and a round one on 

 the side of the sixth segment yellow ; coxae otherwise black, four 

 front femora and tibiae yellowish red, the middle tibiae just tipped 

 with black ; hind femora entirely red, except a small black spot 

 at the extreme base ; all the tarsi and the hind tibiae black : 

 wings iridescent hyaline, rather more clouded beyond the middle ; 

 nervures and stigma castaneous, the latter paler towards the base ; 

 lanceolate cell contracted. 



Two specimens from Albania, from the late Sir S. E. Saunders's 

 collection. 



Allied to M. femoralis and corallines, Eversm., in both which 

 species the cell is subcontracted. 



