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  Cameron, 
  Hynncnoptera 
  Oricntalia. 
  

  

  V 
  Methoca 
  bicolor, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  (PI. 
  4, 
  f. 
  12). 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  nitida, 
  thoracc 
  hasiquc 
  abdoiiiinis 
  rnfis. 
  2. 
  Long. 
  

   5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Barrackpore 
  {Rotlincy). 
  

  

  Antennae 
  stout, 
  the 
  four 
  basal 
  joints 
  of 
  the 
  antennas 
  

   rufous, 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  hairs, 
  becoming 
  

   slightly 
  and 
  very 
  gradually 
  thickened 
  towards 
  the 
  apex. 
  

   Head 
  shining, 
  impunctate. 
  Thorax 
  shining, 
  impunctate, 
  

   except 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  scutellar 
  region 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  

   transversely 
  striated 
  ; 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  

   scutellum 
  is 
  also 
  somewhat 
  obliquely 
  strongly 
  striated. 
  

   The 
  basal 
  segment 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  is 
  rufous, 
  except 
  at 
  

   the 
  extreme 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  other 
  segments 
  shining, 
  impunc- 
  

   tate 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  segment 
  obscure 
  rufous. 
  Legs 
  black, 
  

   the 
  tarsi 
  obscure 
  testaceous, 
  the 
  femora 
  sparsely 
  haired 
  ; 
  

   the 
  tibiae 
  covered 
  with 
  stiff 
  hairs. 
  

  

  ^j 
  Methoca 
  rugosa, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  (PI. 
  4, 
  f. 
  11). 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  basi 
  flagcUo 
  antennariun 
  late, 
  fcinoribns 
  iarsisqiie 
  

   anticis 
  rnfis; 
  alls 
  violaceis, 
  basi 
  hyalinis. 
  6. 
  Long. 
  15mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Ceylon. 
  

  

  Antenns 
  stout, 
  almost 
  bare, 
  the 
  basal 
  three 
  joints 
  

   and 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  fourth 
  rufous. 
  Head 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  

   mandibles 
  broadly 
  rufous 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  ; 
  the 
  front 
  strongly 
  

   punctured, 
  almost 
  reticulated, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  ^\ith 
  

   fuscous 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  vertex 
  more 
  shining, 
  less 
  pilose 
  ; 
  the 
  

   punctures 
  shallower 
  and 
  more 
  widely 
  separated, 
  especially 
  

   at 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  ocelli. 
  Thorax 
  black, 
  the 
  pronotum, 
  

   except 
  a 
  smooth, 
  impunctate 
  band 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  coarsely 
  

   transversely 
  striolated 
  ; 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  much 
  more 
  

   strongly 
  and 
  irregularly 
  transversely 
  striolated 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  

   strongly 
  irregularly 
  reticulated 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  towards 
  the 
  

   apex 
  impunctate 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  the 
  metanotum 
  is 
  a 
  

   pear-shaped 
  area, 
  with 
  four 
  stout 
  transverse 
  keels, 
  the 
  two 
  

   central 
  being 
  the 
  longest 
  ; 
  at 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  this 
  are 
  stout 
  

  

  