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densely covered with a long fulvous pubescence ; the base 
of the segments marked with black above. Hind coxse 
coarsely punctured. The pubescence on the scutellum is 
long and dense. 
Length, 12 mm. 
Hah. Amazons {Frof. J. W. H. Tmil). 
^ EVANIIDiE. 
Gasterupton japonicum, sp. nov. 
Black : a broad ring at the base of the femora, the apex 
of the anterior tibiae ; the basal three fourths of the four 
basal joints of posterior tarsi, yellow ish-wh ite ; the anterior 
tarsi obscure testaceous, the base inclining to yellowish- 
white; the second, third, and fourth abdominal segments 
reddish-testaceous at the apex ; the apex of the sheaths of 
the ovipositor broadly white. Wings hyaline, suffused with 
fuscous, the stigma and nervures black. The third joint of 
the antennse is about one fourth longer than the second ; 
the fourth is about as long as the first and second joints 
united. Head sub-opaque, almost alutaceous; microscopically 
pilose ; edge of the occiput sharply raised ; hinder ocelli as 
wide apart (if not wider) as the length of the third antennal 
joint. Mandibles piceous at the base ; palpi and maxillae tes- 
taceous. Thorax opaque, the pro- and mesothorax aciculated, 
the mesonotum marked with scattered punctures; parapsidal 
furrows wide, deep, marked with transverse keels ; a wide 
shallow irregularly reticulated oblique furrow on the side of 
prothorax; the lower part of the mesopleuno irregularly 
reticulated ; on the other side of the scutellum are 
four large foveae; metathorax reticulated, the metanotum 
roughly, the sides more irregularly. Abdomen nearly 
three times the length of the thorax, aciculated, the petiole 
nearly as long as the thorax, ovipositor longer than the 
body. Posterior coxae coarsely aciculated ; metatarsus 
nearly as long as the four remaining joints united. 
Length, 20 mm,, terebra, 19 mm. 
Hah. Kobe, Japan (Geo. Lewis). 
