162 ORDER—IIYMENOPTERA. FAMILY—PROCTOTRUPIDIE. SUB-FAMILY—BETHYLLIDES. 163
SPECIES 16—EPTKIS SEEEICOLLIS.
PLATE X X X , FIG. 10.
Nigriis, nitidissimus : capite mag-no, postiee emarginato ; clypeo transverso porrecto ; antennis pedibus anoqiie
castaneo-rufis; antennis brovibus, articulo basali mag-no crasso, margine antico setis brevibus rig-idis armato;
occllis posticis ; labro minuto porrecto longe ciliato (fig. 10 a) ; mandibulis elongatis, apice obtuso, extus sinuatis'
intus dentibus obtusis armatis (figs. 10 Zi, 10 c, supra et e latere visis) ; masillis minutis, palpis brevibus 6-articnlatis
(fig. 10fj); mento crateriformi, labio apice emarginato; palpis labialibus 3-articulatis (fig. 10e); collare
magno semiovali, marginibus serratis et setosis ; metathorace transverse quadrato, in medio dorso tricarinato,
interstitiis transversis rug-osis, lateribus linea impressa notatis; abdomine ovali ; pedibus crasas tibiis intermediis
spinulosis ; alls satis brevibus fiiseo-lntescentibns, stigmate brevi crasso fusco.
Long. corp. lin. 4 ; expans. alar, antic, lin. 4J.
Habitat; Damara Land^ Africa Austral. In Mus. Hopeiano Oxonis.
NOTE.—In the structure of the mandibles, the short antennfe with a dilated basal joint, and the strong
legs, this species recedes from the ordinary species of the Genus Epyris.
SPECIES 17—EPYEIS? NASALIS.
PLATE XXXI , TIG. 2.
Niger, nitidus : capite subquadrato pimctato ; clypeo porrecto conico ; facie antice carina parva instrueta ;
mandibulis (fig. %a) fulvo-piceis, apice 4-dentato, dentibus duobus intermediis minutis ; collare semicirculare ;
mesonoti scutello punctis duobus profundis ; metanoto in medio spatio angusto cuneiformi glabro elevato lineaquè
utnnque obliqua, spatio intermedio parum ruguloso ; lateribus et margine postico anguste marginatis; abdomine
nigro nitidissimo; pedibus rufo-fulvis, femoribus nigris apice rufis ; alis melleo-hyalinis, stigmate nigro, venis
fuscis, cellula antica discoidali parva trigona completa; antennis luteis vis capite longioribus, articulis secundo
et tertio parvis, reliquis submoniliformibus (fig. I d ) ; maxillis lobis tribus apicalibus ciliatis; palpis maxillaribus
6 ?-articulati3 (fig. 2b) ; mento crateriformi, palpis labialibus 3-ai-ticulatis, articulo primo minuto (fig. Se).
Long. corp. lin. SJ ; expans. alar, antic, lin. 3i.
Habitat ; Brasilia. In Mus. W. W. Saunders.
GENUS—PEISTOCEBA.
(Klug, Weber und Ifohr, Beitragen zur Naturkunde, i i Ed. p. 202-6, pi. IV, fig. 8.)
The Genus, as proposed by Dr. Klug in the -work above quoted, comprised two species only (of which the
males alone were known), namely—
1. Pristocera depressa Fab., from Germany and Austria.
2. Fristocera atra, from Georgia, in North America.
Taking the former of these two insects as the type of the Genus, the following are its generic characters:—
Mas alatus. Corpus oblongum depressum ; caput mediocre convexum ; oceUi in medio verticis positi •
antenníe longitudine thoracis et trientem abdominis ¡equantes 13-artieulatíe, articulo primo curvato crassiori
punctato, secundo mmuto, reliquis 11 subfiliformibus setosis aut pubeseentibus ; mandibute apice dilatata
5-dentatse, dentibus acutis conicis, externo majori (fig, 3«) ; maxilla; lobis duobus apicaUbus membranaceis
ciliatis; palpis maxülaribus longis 6-articulatis, articulo secundo breviori (fig. 3¿); mentum obconicum setis
4rigidis antice armatum, labium internum membranaceum apice in medio emarginato; palpis labialibus triarticulatis
articuhs fere aiquaKbus, longe setosis (fig. 3 . ) ; collare trigonum antice subtruncatum; scutellum
convexum ; metathorax postice convexus, spatio magno dorsali trigono elevato plus minusve striolato ; abdomen
oblongo-ovatum depressum ; pedes modice elongati ; alio antica) cellulis duabus basalibus cellulaque postero-discoidali
satis distincte formata ; stigmate magno, venaque radiali longa in disco terminata ; pedes satis
elongati.
Fcemina aptera, formiciformis : caput magnum quadratura ; oculis minutis, occllis obsoletis; clypeus transversus
; antenniE ad basin valde approximatie 13-articulat«, articulo primo crasso arcuato, secundo tertio paullo
majori, hoc et reliquis sensim paullo incrassatis, ultimo duodecimo paullo longiori ovali (fig. 4a) ; mandibula;
valid® curvata!, apice tridentatiE dente externo magno obtuso (fig. 4 i, c) ; maxillaj parva; lobo apicali ovali longe
ciliato; palpi maxillares breves 6-articulati, articulis irregularibus, basali intus dilatato setoso, secundo breviori,
quinto brevissimo (fig. 4fi) ; mentum apice paullo latins; palpi labiales articulis tribus fere sequalibus (fig. 4e) ;
collare subquadratum angulis anticis rotundatis ; mesothorax massam fere rotundatam formans, utrinque supra
linea impressus ; metathorax obovalis convexus ; abdomen valde elongatum convexum 6-annulatum ; pedes
breves crassi ; tibiis spinulosis.
SPECIES 1—PEISTOGEEA DEPRESSA.
PLATE 30, F IG. 3 male, PIG. 4 female.
[Beiìiylus dejiressus, Fabricius, Spec. Piezatorum, p. 237.)
Mas. Niger : abdomine rufo depresso nitido, apice obscuriori; tarsis piceis.
Long. corp. lin. 5; expans. alar, antic, lin. 72-
Posmina. Tota fulva, glabra ; capite et collari punctatis ; capite longitudine dimidium thoracis acquanti.
Long, corp. lin. 3^.
Habitat; Europa, Germania, Austria, Italia (Soma D. Schiodte, Drewsen.)
I found a specimen of the male of tliis species amongst a mass of unarranged British Hymenoptera in the
Hopeian Collection, and was informed by Mr. Hope that he took it in the Ai-chdeacon's close at Netley. I
am indebted to Signor Costa, of Naples, for a knowledge of the female, now for the first time figured.
SPECIES 2—PEISTOCEEA ATEA.
(Klug, Weber und Mohr, Eeitr, 2, p, 206, pi. lY, figs. 3, 4, 8.)
PLATE XXXI , FIG. 5.
Atra : antennis pedibusque incano-pubescentibus ; capite dense punctato ; antennis longis articulo secundo
minimo (fig. 5 i) ; reliquis ad apicem internum pauUo productis (inde subserratfe apparent) ; collari breviori
transverso, postice latiori ; metanoto rug-uloso apice rotundato, dorso spatio magno basali subtrigono depresso ;
carina media elevata striolisque minutis basalibus distincto ; abdomine depresso glabro, segmentis margine
postico piceis ; pedibus nigris ; alis pallide luteo-fuscescentibus apicibus obscurioribus, venis obseuris stigmate
magno nigro ; cellula postero-discoidali bene determinata, vena radiali versus basin parum angulata, et inde
fere recta ; unguibus tarsorum intus spina media armatis (fig. 5 a). (Mas.)
Long. corp. lin. 5i ; expans. alar, antic, lin. 8| .
Habitat ; Georgia et Florida. In Mus. BeroL, Britann. et Oxonia;.
A figure of this species appears amongst a Collection of Abbots' Drawings of Georgian Insects which I saw
at Paris. The late Mr. E. Doubleday found it but rarely, in one spot, in a sandy pathway about one hundred
yards from the River St. John's, and a little South of the Blufl?. A specimen, also taken by Mr. E. Doubleday,
was in the Collection of the Entomological Club, taken at Mount Pleasant, Ohio.
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