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abdomen more finely but not quite so densely punctured, non-pubes- 

 cent and slightly shining ; all the abdominal segments with their 

 apical margins very narrowly smooth and polished. Black, the 

 clypeus, the sides of the face, a transverse line on the occiput broad- 

 ened at each end, the m.argins of the tegulse, the posterior margins 

 very narrowly of the scutellum, the tibiffi anteriorly, and the tarsi of 

 the legs, and elongate spots on each side at the base of all the 

 abdominal segments above yellow, the pubescence fuscous, the pollen- 

 brush yellowish-white ; wings hyaline, broadly fuscous along their 

 apical margins. 



9 . Length 10 ; exp. 21 mm. 



Hab. Deesa. 



23. Ceratlna incognita^ ?p. nov. 



$ . Head and thorax finely and closely, abdomen more coarsely, 

 punctured, shining ; the clypeus, the disc of the mesonotum and of the 

 scutellum nearly impunotate, polished ; median segment rounded pos- 

 teriorly ; the lunate space :it base concave, coarsely punctured and 

 rugose. Black, the clypeus, the tubercles, the knees and the tibiae 

 anteriorly of all the legs ; elongate lateral spots on abdominal 

 segments 2 — 4, smaller lateral spots on segments 1 and 5, and two spots 

 medially above on the apical margin of the 1st segment above, 

 reddish-yellow or orange ; tarsi testaceous-yellow ; wings hyaline ; 

 uervures and tegulte dark brown. 



$ . Length 8 ; exp, 16 mm. 



Hah. Simla. 



24. Ardhophtrra l/riope^ sp. nov. 



^. Head, thorax, and abdomen covered with dense long pubescence, 

 forming on the last broad transverse bands on the apical margins 

 of segments 1 — 5 ; clypeus sub-porrect, with a deep square emargina- 

 tion anteriorly, the v-ertex of the head and the base of all the segments 

 of the abdomen densely punctured. Black, the base of the mandibles, 

 the labrum, and the clypeus whitish-yellow ; the margins of the labrum 

 and of the clyjieus, and the apex of the mandibles, testaceous-brown, 

 the sides of the clypeus tov/ards the base black, the antenna) 

 castaneous, the pubescence on the vertex, on the thorax above, and 

 on tlie posterior lateral angles above, of the median segment, 

 ochiaceous, that on the clypeus, cheeks, thorax beneatb, on the 



