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coarsely punctate, the punctures deeply striate at apex, "which is 

 broadly rounded with smooth margin; foveae of metanotum lon- 

 gitudinally ridged with punctures between the ridges, hind margin 

 polished laterally, apex bluntly rounded; propodeum rugoso-punc- 

 tate, only slightly longer than metanotum, median keel low, lateral 

 >3arinae prominent, apex emarginate. Hind coxa closely punctate 

 above, without spur on upper margin ; hind femur 1.7 times as long 

 as wide, with a row of ten teeth on lower margin, the basal tooth 

 broad and rather blunt, the second smaller, the next four increas- 

 ing in size, the remaining four decreasing and becoming semifused. 

 Wings uniformly fuscous with purplish iridescence, veins dark brown. 



Abdomen a little longer than head and thorax together; seen from 

 above slightly constricted in fourth segment, swollen near middle of 

 sixth, compressed toward apex; seen from side view broadest behind, 

 dorsal lines straight, apex broadly rounded ; second tergite 1.1 longer 

 than wide and about one-third the length of whole abdomen. Ovi- 

 positor reflexed over dorsum reaches beyond apex of second segment 

 nearlv one-fourth length of same, while its groove extends almost 

 to base of abdomen. 



Described from two females. 



Type.— C^t. No. 24390, U.S.N.M. Type and paratype. 



liaUtat.—Tyye locality, India : Bengal (June 1, 1906, T. V. E. A. 

 Pusa Coll. 27) ; paratype from Behar (September, 1907, G. R. Dutt. 

 Pusa Coll. 28). 



32. LEUCOSPIS GUZERATENSIS Westwood. 



The United States National Museum contains one female from 

 South India: Coimbatore (Aug. 6, 1912, T. V. P.). (Pronotum 

 shown in text fig. Ic). 



33. LEUCOSPIS KREIGERI Enderlein. 



Leiicospis kreigeri Enderlein, Arcliiv. f. Nat., vol. 1, Heft 3, 1901, pp. 

 215-216. 



There is one female of this species in the United States National 

 Museum which was received from B. P. Clark, New Guinea. 



34. LEUCOSPIS ROBUSTA, new species. 



In Schletterer's key this species runs near guzeratensis Westwood. 

 but differs in larger size, shape and depth of oviposital groove, color 

 markings and in a more swollen abdomen. It is related also to 

 krei(,eri Enderlein, from which it differs in shape of vertex, position 

 of lateral ocelli, and in presence of yellow markings on scutellum and 

 hind femora. 



Female. — Length 12.5 mm. A large Mack species lolth daa^h 

 purplish iridescent ivings, abdomen rufous totvard base., pronotum 

 strongly carinate, and ovipositor nearly as long as abdomen. 



