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nally below. Metapleur»' more strongly, obliquely punctured 

 and more or less striated. 



Comes near to the Ceylonese .'^. a/felosiœ Cam. which may 

 be known from it by the mesopleural mark not being united 

 to the sternal, by the hind coxae having 2 large black marks, 

 and by the raetanotal area being large, its lateral keels not 

 being much shorter than the apical. 



Pimplinae. 



Xanthoplmpla macidiceps sp. nov. 



Luteous, the orbits and occiput of a brighter, paler lemon- 

 yellow ; a large spot on the front and vertex extending from 

 the end of the vertex to the antennae, longer than broad, 

 narrowed and rounded below, 3 almost continuous marks on 

 the base of mesonotum, the central the larger and wider than 

 long, the lateral longer than wide, narrowed at the apex, 2 

 small spots on the l^^ abdominal segment, 2 larger ones on 

 the 3'"'^, 2 small ones on the 5*'^ and 2 large ones on the 

 penultimate (these are the largest of all), black. Legs coloured 

 like the body ; a black mark on the base of the hind tibia;. 

 Wings hyaline, the nervures and stigma black, o. 



Length 8 mm. 



Passuruan (Kobus leg.). 



Parapsidal furrows short, indistinct, indicated on basal slope 

 only. Areola large, wider than long, slightly narrowed towards 

 the base, 4-angled, receiving the keels close to the a])ex ; 

 tooth-bearing area triangular, the outer keel slightly rounded, 

 the inner straiglit, moro oblique. Antennae reddish brown. 

 Temples short, distinctly, roundly narrowed. Front and vertex 

 more shining and less pilose than the face. 8cutellum convex, 

 roundly sloped at the base ; the keels moderately large ; the 

 sides more strongly keeled than the apex. The mesonotum 



