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  Cameron, 
  Hyuicnopicra 
  Oricntalia. 
  

  

  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  last 
  segment 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  piceous 
  ; 
  the 
  ventral 
  

   segments 
  shining, 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hairs. 
  

  

  This 
  can 
  hardly 
  be 
  Tiphia 
  rufofcmorata 
  Sm., 
  for 
  the 
  

   head 
  with 
  " 
  numerous 
  fine 
  punctures," 
  " 
  the 
  apical 
  half 
  

   of 
  the 
  mandibles 
  ferruginous," 
  the 
  scutellum 
  "' 
  strongly 
  

   punctured 
  " 
  cannot 
  apply 
  to 
  our 
  species 
  ; 
  nor 
  is 
  there 
  any 
  

   mention 
  of 
  the 
  metasternum 
  being 
  striolated. 
  It 
  is 
  very 
  

   like 
  the 
  well-known 
  European 
  species 
  Tipliia 
  fcinorata; 
  

   but 
  differs 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  hinder 
  tibiae 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  

   the 
  clypeus 
  more 
  sharply 
  projecting 
  and 
  more 
  deeply 
  

   incised, 
  and 
  the 
  second 
  abdominal 
  segment 
  not 
  depressed 
  

   and 
  crenulated 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  

  

  Tiphia 
  femorata 
  is 
  recorded 
  by 
  Magretti 
  from 
  Burmah. 
  

   {Ann. 
  Mus. 
  Civ. 
  Gcnova, 
  XII. 
  p. 
  52.) 
  

  

  ^'Tiphia 
  cassiope, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  2. 
  Long. 
  7 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Mussouri 
  {KntJuuy). 
  

  

  Resembles 
  T. 
  Magrcttii 
  in 
  coloration, 
  but 
  is 
  smaller 
  

   and 
  the 
  clypeus 
  is 
  not 
  distinctly 
  projecting 
  and 
  incised 
  

   in 
  the 
  middle 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  in 
  T. 
  Magrcttii. 
  

  

  Head 
  shining, 
  sparsely 
  punctured, 
  and 
  bearing 
  some 
  

   long 
  white 
  hairs 
  behind 
  ; 
  the 
  clypeus 
  punctured, 
  transverse, 
  

   the 
  apex 
  smooth; 
  the 
  apical 
  three-fourths 
  of 
  the 
  mandibles 
  

   rufous, 
  the 
  extreme 
  apex 
  black. 
  Antennae 
  black; 
  the 
  apex 
  

   of 
  the 
  scape 
  piceous; 
  bearing 
  a 
  few 
  large 
  punctures 
  and 
  

   some 
  longish 
  pale 
  golden 
  hairs. 
  Pro- 
  and 
  meso-notum 
  

   shining 
  ; 
  the 
  former 
  with 
  the 
  basal 
  three-fourths 
  punc- 
  

   tured, 
  the 
  punctures 
  being 
  closer 
  together 
  at 
  the 
  base; 
  

   the 
  sides 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  and 
  the 
  apex, 
  impunctate 
  ; 
  the 
  

   mesonotum 
  with 
  moderately 
  large 
  punctures 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  

   the 
  sides 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  widely 
  separated 
  punctures 
  ; 
  the 
  

   scutellum 
  punctured 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  and 
  sides. 
  Median 
  

   segment 
  shining, 
  slightly 
  shagreened 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  the 
  

   three 
  longitudinal 
  keels 
  complete. 
  The 
  lower 
  half 
  of 
  

  

  