48 p. CAMEKOX, ON SÒJIK ASIATIC' SI'KCIES 0¥ THE Simi'AMll.TES 



front coxse black, the middle tarsi fuscous, white at the base, 

 the hind tibiti» blackish, tinged with rnfous at the base ; the 

 basal three-fourths of the hinder metatarsus white, its apex 

 and the 2"'^ joint black ; the 3 apical joints rufous ; all the 

 spurs are white. Wings hyaline, the nervures and stigma 

 black. Palpi white. 9. 



Length 15 m.m. : terebra 15 m.m. 



Ceylon. (Nietner). 



Head and thorax covered with white pubescence, which is 

 dense and long on the face. The palpi reach beyond the middle 

 of the mesosternum ; they are covered sparsely with long fus- 

 cous hair. Face closely punctured, the front and vertex smooth. 

 The centre of the propleurœ is stoutly striated, the striœ 

 clearly separated, the rest smooth ; the furrow on the lower 

 part and on the apex of mesopleurœ are crenulated : the base 

 of the metapleurœ is punctured, the apex is stoutly irregularly 

 striated. Pronotum stoutly transversely striated, furrowed down 

 the middle. There is a crenulated furrow down the centre of 

 the middle lobe of mesonotum ; the furrows bordering it are 

 more stoutly crenulated and the space at its apex is trans- 

 versely striated. The centre of the metanotum at the base is 

 transversely striated, the striae being roundly curved, the sides 

 almost entirely smooth ; the apex beyond the keel stoutly 

 irregularly striated, the strife stouter and roundly curved on 

 the outerside. First abdominal segment finely, closely trans- 

 versely striated ; the area on 2"'^ segment finely closely striated, 

 the stria? longitudinal and intertwining ; beyond the area the 

 segment is more strongly longitudinally striated. From the 

 abdomen becoming distinctly widened towards the apex, it has 

 a davate appearance. The antennœ are absent from the only 

 specimen in the collection. 



