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  Mr. 
  Cameron 
  on 
  

  

  2. 
  ASTATA 
  AGILIS. 
  

  

  Smith, 
  Trans. 
  Ent. 
  Soc, 
  1875. 
  39- 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  facie 
  pleurisqice 
  longe 
  argenteo 
  pilosis 
  ; 
  abdominis 
  

   segmentis 
  i 
  — 
  3 
  riifis 
  ; 
  vietathorace 
  reticulato 
  ; 
  alis 
  Jiyalinis, 
  

   apice 
  fuuiatis 
  ; 
  tcgnlis 
  piceis. 
  9- 
  Long. 
  9 
  mm. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  with 
  a 
  close 
  glistening 
  pile 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  joint 
  a 
  

   little 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  fourth. 
  Head 
  shining, 
  the 
  front 
  

   closely 
  but 
  not 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  occiput, 
  cheeks, 
  

   face, 
  and 
  clypeus 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  silvery 
  hair 
  ; 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  

   short 
  furrow 
  below 
  the 
  front 
  ocellus 
  ; 
  the 
  clypeus 
  is 
  rounded 
  

   at 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  mandibles 
  black, 
  reddish 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  

   and 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  side. 
  Thorax 
  shining 
  ; 
  the 
  pro- 
  and 
  base 
  

   of 
  mesonotum 
  closely 
  punctured, 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  and 
  

   the 
  scutellum 
  with 
  scattered 
  punctures 
  ; 
  the 
  pleurse 
  coarsely 
  

   punctured 
  ; 
  metanotum 
  longitudinally 
  reticulated 
  ; 
  the 
  

   metapleurae 
  strongly 
  obliquely 
  striolated 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  coarsely 
  

   rugose. 
  Abdomen 
  aciculate 
  ; 
  the 
  pygidial 
  area 
  finely 
  ru- 
  

   gose 
  ; 
  margined 
  at 
  the 
  sides, 
  sharply 
  pointed 
  at 
  the 
  apex. 
  

   Second 
  cubital 
  cellule 
  half 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  and 
  of 
  

   the 
  space 
  bounded 
  by 
  the 
  recurrent 
  nervures 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  

   recurrent 
  nervure 
  is 
  received 
  a 
  little 
  before 
  the 
  middle, 
  the 
  

   second 
  at 
  a 
  somewhat 
  greater 
  distance 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle 
  

   of 
  the 
  cellule. 
  Tibiae 
  thickly 
  spined, 
  the 
  apices 
  of 
  the 
  tarsi 
  

   fuscous. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Tirhoot, 
  Nischindepore 
  {Rothney), 
  Poona 
  ( 
  Wrough- 
  

  

  i07l). 
  

  

  3. 
  ASTATA 
  ORIENTALIS. 
  Smith, 
  Cat. 
  Hyui. 
  Ins. 
  IV. 
  p. 
  310, 
  

   14. 
  

   " 
  India." 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  the 
  preceding, 
  

   but 
  it 
  differs 
  in 
  having 
  four 
  carina; 
  on 
  the 
  mesothorax, 
  the 
  

   wings 
  are 
  flavo-hyaline, 
  clear 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  and 
  with 
  ferru- 
  

   ginous 
  nervures. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Nischindipore 
  {Rothtiey). 
  

  

  