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punctation of the head and thorax. The males also very much resemble 
those of luteola^ but the yellow abdominal bands of the latter are more 
regular and not so narrow as those of vincta. and the face not altogether 
yellow beneath the antennae. 
4. N. modesta n sp. 
Female. Head black, densely punctured; a rather broad longitu¬ 
dinal line on each side of the face, yellow stained with ferruginous, 
(this line in one specimen is reduced to a spot on each side of the an¬ 
tennae) ] clypeus tinged with piceous; labrum and mandibles brown- 
ferruginous. Antennae rather short, blackish above and ferruginous 
beneath towards the base. Thorax black, coarsely and conflueritly 
punctured; the collar, tubercles, two spots on the scutellum, which is 
subbilobate, a transverse line on the postscutellum, a spot on each side 
of the pleura, and sometimes a minute spot on each side of the pleura 
anteriorly, yellow; tegulae honey-yellow. Wings fusco-hyaline, apical 
margins fuscous with a pale spot near the tip; stigma ferruginous, 
nervures fuscous. Legs ferruginous; coxae above black with a yellow 
spot behind; posterior femora black within, sometimes altogether black 
except the extreme base and apex; tibiae tipped with yellow. Abdo¬ 
men densely and finely punctured, black; first segment above tinged 
with ferruginous, and having a narrow yellow fascia near the posterior 
margin, obtusely indented on each side anteriorly; near the posterior 
margin of the second segment a broad yellow fascia, gradually attenu¬ 
ated in the middle; on each side of the third segment a yellow line, 
indented posteriorly ; on the fourth and fifth segments a narrow yellow 
fascia, that on the fourth segment indented on each side anteriorly, 
the indenture sometimes extending through and interrupting the fas¬ 
cia ; the fascia on the fifth segment is somewhat interrupted in the 
middle; apical segments blackish, obscurely tipped with yellowish; 
beneath black, shining. Length 4i—5 lines. 
Variety. Difiers by having the longitudinal line on each side of the 
face entirely yellow; by the orbits of the eyes behind obscurely, and 
the anterior portion of the clypeus, the labrum and mandibles being 
ferruginous; by the eyes having a short yellow line behind near their 
vertex; by the tegulse being yellow; by the metathorax having on 
each side a longitudinal yellow spot; hy the pleura having on each 
side two yellow spots connected with ferruginous; hy the legs being 
