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pes are rugose- reticulata I'm- Imuomof the coarse reticulations 

 ©n the b<>ad, thorax, and pedicle contain a small elevation, from 

 arts a tfrifid hair, 



Tlie characteristic trifid hairs arc somewhat short, yellowish-white, 



l\ m enly aiid abundantly scattered) not only over the whole body 



but ;•!- > the thighs and tibiae. The tarsi and antennae have scarcely 



r but simple, semi-recumbent hairs* 



Brown. Abdomen dark brown, somewhat blackish. Feet, antennae 

 and mandibles yellowish-brown. 



9 Length 2*7 to ■?>•{) mm. Basal area of metanotum nearly verti- 

 cal, shining, longitudinally wrinkled. Mesonotum rugose, reticulate 

 longitudinally. Striate portion of abdomen shorter than in $ » the 

 remainder of the abdomen is covered with a fine, sparse hair-bearing 

 punctuation, more distinct than in the 8 \ Thorax a little narrower 

 than the head, short. Abdomen small. Wings almost hyaline, 

 faintly tinted "with yellow, finely pubescent. Nervures and marginal 

 spot very pale. Otherwise exactly like the g . 



Poori, Bengal, by Dr. Jul. Walsh. 



Poona, Bombay, by Mr. R. C. Wroughton. 



Nests underground. Winged ? taken by Dr. Walsh in second 

 half of June. 



This species is not wanting in affinity to Tetraworinm obesum 

 (Andre), but notwithstanding the absence of mesonotal spines, it is 

 almost as closely connected with Ilerav.optus bicolor. Among the 

 evidences of this relationship must not be omitted the tendency of 

 the basal area of the metanotum to assume a sloping position, nor 

 the form of the pedicle of the abdomen. 



BOMBAY GARDENS. 



By G. Carstexsen, Superintendent of Municipal Gardens, Bombay; 

 Gr. Hort. R, D. Agr. Coll. (Copenhagen). 



(Read at the Bombay Nat urn! Jlisfor// Society's Meeting qn 

 3rd December, 1S90.) 

 The object <>f <.hc present paper is to give a general outline of 

 gardens ■ in Bombay, to point out the features by which they are 



