r towards their apex beneath, the anterior tibiae and tarsi, the
intermediate and posterior tibiae more or less beneath, and their tarsi,
ferruginous; the tarsi sometimes dusky above; the wings hyaline, a
narrow fuscous fascia at the apex of the externo-medial cell, and a
broad one crossing at, and being the width of, the second and third
submarginal cells; tips of the wings milky-white; the metathorax rounded
posteriorly, transversely finely rugose and densely covered with short
silvery-white pubescence at the sides and apex. Abdomen petiolated,
smooth and shining, with the apex and the margins of the segments
narrowly rufo-piceous.

_Hab._ Aru.

Gen. PRIOCNEMIS, _Schioedte_.

1. PRIOCNEMIS PULCHERRIMUS. _P._ laete ruber; alis flavo-hyalinis, apice
late fusco, abdominis lateribus nigris.

_Female._ Length 7-1/2 lines. Bright red; the anterior margin of the
clypeus with a minute tooth in the centre; the tips of the mandibles
fuscous. The metathorax slightly striated transversely, and with a
central as well as a lateral longitudinal groove; the wings
flavo-hyaline, their apex with a fuscous cloud, which commences at the
base of the first discoidal cell, the extreme tips pale; the tibiae and
tarsi with short slender spines; the extreme apex of the joints of the
posterior tarsi black. Abdomen: the short petiole of the basal segment,
and the sides of the second, third, and fourth segments black, leaving a
red line down the middle of each; beneath, the second, third, and base
of the fourth segments black.

_Hab._ Aru.

2. PRIOCNEMIS FERVIDUS. _P._ capite, antennis, thorace pedibusque
ferrugineis; abdomine nigro; alis fuscis basi subhyalinis.

_Female._ Length 9 lines. Ferruginous, with the abdomen black; the
anterior margin of the clypeus rounded. The metathorax transversely
rugose; the pectus, and coxae at their base within, black; wings brown,
with a violet iridescence, their base rufo-hyaline; the intermediate and
posterior tibiae with a double row of spines, all the tarsi spinose.
Abdomen shining black, with the extreme apex slightly ferruginous.

_Hab._ Aru.

Gen. MACROMERIS, _St.-Farg._

1. MACROMERIS IRIDIPENNIS. _M._ caeruleo-nigra; abdomine iridescente,
alis caeruleo-violaceoque splendide micantibus; pedibus mutieis,
simplicibus.

_Female._ Length 12 lines. Blue-black; abdomen with a changeable
iridescent pile; head and thorax with a black velvety pubescence; the
metathorax very finely rugose and opak