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  Camekcjx, 
  Hyuicnoptcva 
  Oricntalia. 
  

  

  Prosopis 
  ahsoluta, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Lonjj^. 
  5 
  mm. 
  ?. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Barrackpore 
  {l\othjuy). 
  

  

  Resembles 
  P. 
  strcnua; 
  but 
  may 
  be 
  known 
  by 
  the 
  base 
  

   of 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  wanting 
  the 
  smooth 
  space 
  and 
  the 
  

   curved 
  keels. 
  

  

  Head 
  scarcely 
  so 
  wide 
  as 
  the 
  thorax, 
  strongly 
  punc- 
  

   tured, 
  almost 
  rugose 
  ; 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  short 
  white 
  

   hairs 
  ; 
  a 
  mark 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  broader 
  than 
  

   long 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  clypeus; 
  an 
  elongate 
  somewhat 
  

   triangular 
  spot, 
  extending 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  cl3'peus 
  

   to 
  near 
  the 
  front 
  ocellus, 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  its 
  dilated 
  part 
  being 
  

   at 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  clypeus, 
  and 
  the 
  lines 
  are 
  united 
  there 
  by 
  

   a 
  yellow 
  mark, 
  which 
  is 
  truncated 
  at 
  the 
  bottom, 
  rounded 
  

   at 
  the 
  top. 
  Flagellum 
  brownish 
  beneath, 
  covered 
  with 
  

   a 
  microscopic 
  down. 
  Thorax 
  black, 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  

   covered 
  with 
  short 
  white 
  pubescence; 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  

   broadly 
  and 
  coarsely 
  rugose 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  the 
  rugose 
  

   part 
  triangular, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  bearing 
  stout 
  transverse 
  

   irregular 
  keels 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  and 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  

   alutaceous, 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  pale 
  microscopic 
  down. 
  Meso- 
  

   pleurai 
  rather 
  strongly 
  punctured, 
  the 
  punctures 
  all 
  

   distinctly 
  separated 
  ; 
  the 
  metapleuras 
  coarsely 
  alutaceous. 
  

   Legs 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  fore 
  tibiae 
  and 
  the 
  hinder 
  four 
  broadly 
  white 
  at 
  the 
  

   base 
  ; 
  the 
  front 
  pair 
  piceous 
  behind 
  ; 
  the 
  calcaria 
  white 
  ; 
  

   the 
  tips 
  of 
  the 
  tarsi 
  testaceous. 
  Wings 
  hyaline, 
  the 
  

   stigma 
  and 
  nervures 
  dark 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  recurrent 
  

   nervure 
  received 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  transverse 
  cubital 
  ; 
  the 
  

   second 
  interstitial. 
  Abdomen 
  entirely 
  black 
  : 
  a 
  spot 
  of 
  

   white 
  pubescence 
  on 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  segment. 
  

   Prosopis 
  i;ellicosa, 
  .s/). 
  nov. 
  

  

  Long. 
  6 
  nnn. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Barrackpore 
  (Rothncy). 
  

  

  May 
  be 
  known 
  from 
  the 
  other 
  species 
  by 
  the 
  central 
  

  

  