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  Cameron, 
  Hynncnoptcni 
  Ovientalia. 
  

  

  narrower 
  at 
  the 
  bottom 
  than 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  through 
  the 
  iirst 
  

   transverse 
  cubital 
  nervure 
  being 
  sharply, 
  the 
  second 
  

   slightly, 
  oblique; 
  the 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  is 
  received 
  in 
  the 
  

   basal 
  third 
  of 
  the 
  cellule. 
  Petiole 
  shining, 
  the 
  apex 
  

   finely 
  punctured, 
  and 
  with 
  an 
  elongated 
  depression; 
  the 
  

   base 
  broadly 
  black; 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  shagreened. 
  

   Mesostenus 
  himalayensis, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Niger, 
  albo-inaciilatiis 
  ; 
  pcdibiis 
  fulvh 
  ; 
  coxis 
  antcrioribus 
  

   albis, 
  basi 
  tibiarum 
  iarsorumque 
  posticoriim 
  late 
  nigris 
  ; 
  

   alls 
  hyalinis 
  ; 
  nervis 
  fuscis. 
  6 
  . 
  Long, 
  g 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Himalayas. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  body 
  ; 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  scape 
  

   beneath 
  and 
  a 
  broad 
  band 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle, 
  white. 
  

   Head 
  shining 
  ; 
  the 
  face 
  closely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  front 
  

   ■obscurely 
  striolated 
  ; 
  below 
  the 
  antennae, 
  the 
  oral 
  region 
  

   except 
  the 
  apices 
  of 
  the 
  mandibles, 
  the 
  orbits 
  except 
  

   near 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  eyes, 
  white. 
  Thorax 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  

   mesonotum 
  closely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  a 
  broad 
  line 
  on 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   notum, 
  tegulae, 
  tubercles, 
  a 
  mark 
  on 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  the 
  

   mesonotum, 
  scutellum, 
  post-scutellum, 
  three 
  marks 
  on 
  

   the 
  median 
  segment 
  in 
  a 
  triangle, 
  a 
  mark 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  

   of 
  the 
  mesopleura, 
  a 
  smaller 
  one 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  nearer 
  

   the 
  breast, 
  a 
  somewhat 
  triangular 
  mark 
  below 
  the 
  hind 
  

   wings, 
  a 
  large 
  pear-shaped 
  mark 
  on 
  the 
  metapleura 
  and 
  

   the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  mesosternum, 
  white. 
  Median 
  

   segment 
  with 
  a 
  gradually 
  rounded 
  slope, 
  coarsely 
  punc- 
  

   tured 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  white 
  mark 
  is 
  longer 
  and 
  narrower 
  

   than 
  the 
  apical. 
  The 
  four 
  front 
  coxae 
  and 
  trochanters 
  

   white; 
  the 
  hinder 
  red 
  like 
  the 
  femora; 
  the 
  basal 
  joint 
  of 
  

   the 
  trochanters 
  blackish 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  second, 
  the 
  

   third, 
  and 
  the 
  fourth 
  tarsal 
  joints 
  are 
  white. 
  Wings 
  

   hyaline, 
  the 
  areolet 
  quadrangular 
  ; 
  the 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  

   received 
  at 
  its 
  apex. 
  Abdomen 
  black, 
  shining, 
  impunc- 
  

   tate 
  ; 
  all 
  the 
  segments 
  broadly 
  white 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  above 
  

   and 
  beneath. 
  

  

  