NEW SPECIES OF CERIOIDES. 
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Thorax black ; dorsum moderately shining, very densely and finely 
granulated, præscutellar callus reddish-brown ; pleuræ shining. Humeri, 
præalar callus and a broad vertical band on the mesopleura yellow. 
Suture brownish-grey pollinose. Scutellum yellow, divided by a broad 
black middle stripe. 
Abdomen black, moderately shining, more densely and finely 
granulated than the thorax, bearing whitish pubescence. First segment 
with a lateral yellowish-white callus at the base and long white hairs at 
the sides ; the second not contracted, broader at the hind-margin than 
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in front, not twice so long as the first ; the yellow hind-margin so¬ 
mewhat broader on the second 
shining-black, with scarcely vi¬ 
sible whitish pollen, second and 
third segments with yellowish 
hind margins. 
Legs reddish-brown, femora 
and tarsi darker, tibiae broadly 
yellowish at the base. Hind femora 
with small thorns beneath. 
Wings yellowish - hyaline, 
brown from the costa to the «vena 
spuria» and to just beyond ihe 
third longitudinal vein. The lower 
part of the middle basal cell 
clear. The loop of the subapical cell without a veinlet. Squamæ white, 
halteres yellow. 
Length (exclusive of petiole and antennae): 14mm; wings: 10*5 mm. 
One female from New Caledonia. (Mus. Hung.) 
3. Cerioides annulata n. sp. cT $ . Fig. 3. 
Vertex black; frons black, that of the females without lateral de¬ 
pressions and without a ridge between ocellar triangle and petiole; a 
rounded spot next the eyes between the yellow colour and vertex, deep 
dull black. Back of the head yellowish pollinose. Face extremely fine 
granulated, yellow, with a broad black middle stripe not reaching the 
mouth. The transverse line between petiole and the eyes either missing 
or only indications of its present. Cheecks black. The petiole as long as 
the first two joints of the antennæ, reddish-brown beneath, black at the 
upper side. First joint of the antennæ somewhat longer than the second; 
second and third equal in length ; terminale style remarkably long and 
slender. 
Thorax black ; dorsum moderately shining, very densely and finely 
than on the third segment. Belly 
Fig. 2. Cerioides tibialis n. sp. Ç , head. 
