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  Mr. 
  Cameron 
  on 
  

  

  band 
  on 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  segment, 
  the 
  third 
  entirely 
  

   on 
  the 
  others, 
  except 
  a 
  band 
  on 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  fourth, 
  the 
  apex 
  

   of 
  the 
  femora 
  broadly, 
  the 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  and 
  the 
  antennae 
  

   dull 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  bearing 
  long 
  white 
  

   hairs. 
  Head 
  a 
  little 
  wider 
  than 
  the 
  thorax 
  ; 
  the 
  eyes 
  arcuate 
  

   above, 
  the 
  rest 
  parallel 
  ; 
  ocelli 
  in 
  a 
  triangle, 
  separated 
  from 
  

   each 
  other 
  by 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  distance 
  they 
  are 
  from 
  the 
  

   eyes. 
  Clypeus 
  short, 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  apex. 
  Prothorax 
  a 
  

   little 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  head, 
  narrowed 
  gradually 
  towards 
  

   the 
  base. 
  Median 
  segment 
  about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  prothorax, 
  

   gradually 
  rounded 
  to 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  half 
  bea,ring 
  

   a 
  dense 
  covering 
  of 
  white 
  hair. 
  Abdomen 
  semisessile, 
  

   a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  united 
  ; 
  its 
  apex 
  

   moderately 
  acute; 
  the 
  apical 
  segment 
  aciculate. 
  Legs 
  

   densely 
  pruinose, 
  stout 
  ; 
  the 
  tibiae 
  with 
  reddish 
  spines, 
  widely 
  

   separated 
  ; 
  the 
  three 
  middle 
  being 
  the 
  longest 
  ; 
  the 
  long 
  

   white 
  spur 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  reaches 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  

   the 
  metatarsus. 
  Claws 
  with 
  a 
  thick 
  basal 
  tooth. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  

   apparent 
  sculpture 
  on 
  the 
  body 
  ; 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  narrow 
  furrow 
  in 
  

   the 
  centre 
  of 
  the 
  front; 
  the 
  occiput 
  convex. 
  The 
  stigma 
  is 
  

   obscure 
  testaceous 
  ; 
  the 
  hind 
  wings 
  are 
  only 
  infuscated 
  at 
  

   the 
  apex. 
  

  

  Length, 
  lo 
  — 
  ii 
  mm, 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Shillong. 
  

  

  -l^OMPILUS 
  PARENTHOPE, 
  Sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Black 
  ; 
  the 
  wings 
  fusco-violaceous. 
  Eyes 
  almost 
  parallel. 
  

   Ocelli 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  eyes 
  by 
  a 
  distinctly 
  greater 
  

   distance 
  than 
  they 
  are 
  from 
  each 
  other. 
  Clypeus 
  with 
  the 
  

   sides 
  rounded 
  ; 
  the 
  middle 
  slightly 
  waved 
  and 
  margined. 
  

   Head 
  moderately 
  well 
  developed 
  behind 
  the 
  eyes 
  ; 
  the 
  

   occiput 
  a 
  little 
  concave. 
  Pronotum 
  hardly 
  so 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  

   head 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  rounded. 
  Median 
  segments 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  

   than 
  the 
  prothorax, 
  having 
  a 
  gradually 
  rounded 
  slope 
  to 
  

   the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  middle 
  with 
  a 
  wide 
  shallow 
  furrow 
  ; 
  aluta- 
  

  

  