IIK.MII'I.MPL.V. 193 



subelevated longitudinally and discrete from the deplanate and 

 ji|)ic'ally impressed clypeus ; mandibles not very stout, with the 

 sube(|ual teeth apically infuscate and subobtuse ; cheeks distinctlv 

 shorter than the basal breadth of the mandibles ; eyes very 

 slightly emarginate next the scrobes. Antenna' black, two-thirds 

 the length of the bod\', setaceous ; scape entirely, and in c? 

 flagellum beneath, rul'escent ; joints cylindrical and not elongate. 

 Thorax briglit red throughout, glabrous and very strongly nitidu- 

 lous, witli very sparse dark pilosity on the metathorax; notauJi 

 inconspicuous ; metathoracic arete entirely wanting, punctation 

 obsolete ; spiracles small, oval and directed towards apex. Scu- 

 tellum glabrous and not convex, with a few dark hairs. Abdomen 

 fusiform-cylindrical and broadest centrally, entirely dull black, 

 strongly punctate throughout, \\ith the apical angles of the seg- 

 ments prominent ; basal segment distinctly longer than apically 

 broad in both sexes, slightly narrowed basally, centrally elevated, 

 strongly hicarinate and laterally scabrous ; the four or five fol- 

 lowing segments deeply incised transversely at their apical third, 

 the incision becoming laterally confluent with another, whicli 

 rises obliquely from the depressed base ; disc usually longi- 

 tudinally subcarinate ; basal ventral segments plicate; S valvulae 

 retracted; terebra black, slightly longer than the abdomen, with 

 the valvulae slender and pilose, spicula black. Legs short and 

 somewhat stout, red, with the hind pair alone entirely black ; 

 claws stout and strongly lobate, in 5 hardly extending beyond 

 the pulvilli ; front tibiae simple, tiieir calcaria curved. Wings not 

 broad, strongly flavesceut, with their external margin broadlv 

 infumate in both sexes ; radix, teguhe, costa and stigma testaceous; 

 areolet subpetiolate, oblique, and emitting the recurrent nervure 

 from near its apex ; lower wings with the first recurrent distinctly 

 postfnrcal and emitting the uervellus far below its centre; costa 

 ■of 6 fiavescent throughout. 



Length 14-17 millim. 



SiKKiM, V. & vi. U){)0 {Bingham) ; Assam : Khasi Hills {Rothney, 

 type), Na^a Hills {Bingham), Margherita (Ind. Mus.). 



This species is related to HemipimjjJa testacea in the coloration 

 of the wings and to JI. rugosa in that of the body and legs ; but 

 from both it is at once recognised by the distinctlv postfurcal 

 recurrent nervure of the lower wings and more tumid basal 

 segment. Unlike //. testacea, both sexes have the postpetiole 

 bicarinate and the radius equally curved above the subsessile 

 areolet; nevertheless I think no doubt can exist respectino^ the 

 correctness of the sexes of the former, as here described. 31 v 

 des<-ription is drawn from one male and seven females in the 

 British Museum. 



