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  Memoirs, 
  I'a/. 
  x!i. 
  (1897), 
  No. 
  4, 
  43 
  

  

  stigma 
  h}aline 
  : 
  there 
  is 
  then 
  a 
  narrow 
  fuscous 
  stripe, 
  

   followed 
  by 
  a 
  hyaline 
  one 
  extending 
  a 
  little 
  beyond 
  the 
  

   cubitus 
  : 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  smoky, 
  lighter 
  at 
  the 
  apex. 
  

  

  PROCTOTRUPID.E. 
  

  

  V 
  Epyris 
  amatorius, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  (PL 
  3, 
  f. 
  8). 
  

  

  Long. 
  7 
  mm. 
  d". 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Barrackpore 
  {Rothncy). 
  

  

  Head 
  strongly 
  punctured, 
  more 
  widely 
  separated 
  

   behind 
  the 
  ocelli, 
  the 
  clypeus 
  stoutly 
  keeled 
  down 
  the 
  

   middle, 
  and 
  a 
  curved 
  keel 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  this 
  united 
  to 
  

   the 
  central 
  at 
  the 
  base; 
  the 
  mandibles 
  with 
  large 
  punc- 
  

   tures; 
  the 
  four 
  basal 
  teeth 
  brownish. 
  Antennae 
  entirely 
  

   black 
  : 
  the 
  scape 
  sparsely 
  ; 
  the 
  flagellum 
  more 
  closely 
  

   covered 
  with 
  pale 
  fuscous 
  hair, 
  nearly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  

   thickness 
  of 
  the 
  joints. 
  Pro- 
  and 
  meso-notum 
  thickl}- 
  

   covered 
  with 
  long 
  fuscous 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   notum 
  closely 
  transversely 
  striolated 
  ; 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  it 
  

   coarsely 
  irregularly 
  rugosely 
  punctured, 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  

   apex, 
  the 
  smooth 
  apical 
  part 
  being 
  separated 
  b}' 
  a 
  dis- 
  

   tinct 
  keel 
  from 
  the 
  rest 
  ; 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  with 
  scattered 
  

   punctures 
  : 
  the 
  parapsidal 
  furrows 
  reaching 
  not 
  quite 
  to 
  

   the 
  apex 
  : 
  the 
  scutellum 
  almost 
  impunctate. 
  The 
  median 
  

   segment 
  transversel}-, 
  more 
  widely 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  where 
  

   there 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  a 
  somew^hat 
  triangular 
  area 
  ; 
  the 
  

   apex 
  is 
  more 
  strongly 
  and 
  closely 
  transversely 
  striolated. 
  

   Propleurse 
  shining, 
  smooth; 
  the 
  mesopleurse 
  covered 
  with 
  

   large, 
  distinctly 
  separated 
  punctures, 
  except 
  a 
  smooth, 
  

   elongated, 
  slightly 
  raised 
  space 
  under 
  the 
  wings 
  ; 
  the 
  

   metapleuras 
  punctured 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  and 
  round 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  

   the 
  top 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  with 
  two 
  longitudinal 
  keels, 
  between 
  

   which 
  are 
  two 
  perpendicular 
  ones. 
  Legs 
  black, 
  the 
  joints 
  

   testaceous; 
  the 
  femora 
  and 
  tibicC 
  sparsely, 
  the 
  tarsi 
  more 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  shorter 
  white 
  hair. 
  Wings 
  hyaline, 
  

   with 
  a 
  very 
  faint 
  fulvous 
  tinge 
  ; 
  the 
  stigma 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  

  

  