ECnTHHUS. — TOKliDA, 61 



the apex of the pronotiini, the radical callosities, marks between 

 botli base and apex of the notauli, the mesopleurse below and 

 mesosternal marks, large curved marks on the metapleurie and a tri- 

 lobate one in the petiolar area, eitrinoiis ; mesonotum stronglv and 

 closely punctate, more closely between the notauli ; metanotum 

 very strongly punctate; pleura) closely punctate, becoming stronger 

 apically, with the pro])leur:o centrally striate. ScuteUnui not very 

 closely punctate, broadly at its sides and apex, and the post- 

 scutellum entirely citrinous. Abdomen closely pinictate, strono-lv 

 at tlie base, but more hnely towards the anus ; apices of the se<^"- 

 nients broadly citrinous and dilated laterally ; venter, except 

 basally, and the sides of the second and third segments broadly 

 l)aler ; terebra less tlian half the length of the body (5 millim.j. 

 Lecis : anterior pairs flavous, with the tarsi and, to a less extent,, 

 their tibioe infuscate above ; hind femora and tibiiB fulvous, with 

 the apices of both black, their tarsi and coxae flavous, with a lar^-e 

 black apical mark on the latter. Wiiuis hyaline, with the stigma 

 and nervures black ; areolet small, longer tlian broad, centrally 

 sinuate at the emission of tlie recurrent nervure ; nervelet dis- 

 tinct ; upper basal nervure emitted from the median behind the 

 lo\Aer ; first recurrent of the hind wings intercepted shortlv abo\e 

 the centre. 



Lenrfth 14 millim. 



SiKKi:s[ {Col. C.T. Buujham). 



Genus TORBDA, Cam. 

 Torhda, Cameron, Entomologi.st, 1902, p. 18. 

 Genotype, T. (jeniculata, Cam. 



Head cubical, bi-oadly developed behind the large and parallel 

 eyes ; occiput broadly incised and distinctly, though not sliarply, 

 margined ; cheeks elongate ; clypeus not distinctly discrete, 

 apically not produced, but transverse and often obliquelv de- 

 tiexed ; labrum elougately prominent ; mandibles stout and ap'icallv 

 bidentate. Auteunte stout and elongate, with the second and 

 third joints of equal length. Thorax with the pronotum centrally 

 tuberculate ; notaidi apically distinct; mesosternum indistinctlv 

 sulcate laterally in front ; metathorax large and posteriorlv 

 rounded, with but a single basal transverse carina; spiracles lineaV 

 and not elongate. Scutellum large, subdeplanate and apicallv 

 rounded ; its basal carinse incrassate. Petiole stout and basally 

 constricted, its spiracles nearly central; ])enultimate {i.e. 7th) 

 segment strongly developed and nearly as long as the four pre- 

 ceding united ; the apical distinctly longer laterally than the pen- 

 ultimate, with its apex deplanate and obviously discrete ; terebra 

 about half the length of the body. Legs both stout and elongate ; 

 tarsi densely spinose, with the front ones longer than their dis- 

 tinctly basally constricted tibiae; claws simple; hind coxa) laro-e 



