ISO • Mr. Cameron on 



2. ASTATA AGILIS. 



Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc, 1875. 39. 



Nigra, facie pleiwisque longe argenteo pilosis ; abdominis 

 segmentis i — 3 rufis ; inetathorace reticulato ; alis hyalinis, 

 apice fumatis ; tegiilis piceis. 9. Long. 9 mm. 



Antennae with a close glistening pile ; the third joint a 

 little longer than the fourth. Head shining, the front 

 closely but not strongly punctured ; the occiput, cheeks, 

 face, and clypeus covered with long silvery hair ; there is a 

 short furrow below the front ocellus ; the clypeus is rounded 

 at the apex ; the mandibles black, reddish in the middle 

 and on the lower side. Thorax shining ; the pro- and base 

 of mesonotum closely punctured, the rest of the latter and 

 the scutellum with scattered punctures ; the pleurje coarsely 

 punctured ; metanotum longitudinally reticulated ; the 

 metapleurse strongly obliquely striolated ; the apex coarsely 

 rugose. Abdomen aciculate ; the pygidial area finely ru- 

 gose ; margined at the sides, sharply pointed at the apex. 

 Second cubital cellule half the length of the third and of 

 the space bounded by the recurrent nervures ; the first 

 recurrent nervure is received a little before the middle, the 

 second at a somewhat greater distance beyond the middle 

 of the cellule. Tibise thickly spined, the apices of the tarsi 

 fuscous. 



Hab. Tirhoot, Nischindepore {Rotkney), Poona ( IVrough- 

 ton). 

 3. AsTATA ORIENTALIS. Smith, Cat. Hyin.Ins. IV. p. 310, 

 14. 



" India." 



This species appears to be closely allied to the preceding, 

 but it differs in having four carinae on the mesothorax, the 

 wings are flavo-hyaline, clear at the apex, and with ferru- 

 ginous nervures. 



Hab. Nischindipore (^Rothney). 



