200 ichnetjjmoxid.t::. 



ai*e obsolete ami the dejtiaiiate iiiandibles iiiaiiily whitisli ; the 

 metathoracic spiracles are circular and somewhat lart;e, the iiieta- 

 iiotum is evenly convex, Avith large punctures and no carinae ; the 

 abdomen is strongly punctate throughout, with conspicuous 

 tubercles ; the basal segment is liardly longer than broad, with 

 the sides margined but the disc not carinate : the four basal seg- 

 ments, except the apices of the a])ical three, are entirely bright 

 castaneous, with no flavous tinge ; the sixth and seventh segments 

 alone are apically broadly, and the anterior legs entirely, pale 

 stramineous ; the tarsal claws are strongly lobate ; the second 

 recurrent nervure emitted from the apex of the strongly 

 oblique areolet, and the basal is subcontinuous through the 

 median. 



137. Exeristes nigroscutis, Cam. 



Charitopimphi nn/roscutis, Cameron, Tijds. Ent. 1907, p. 98 ($ ). 



A black species, with immaculate scutellum. Head smooth and 

 shining ; face except a broad line attenuated above on its apical 

 two-thirds, base of the mandibles, and the palpi, pale flavous. 

 Antenna' : flagellum with short, stiff, dense pubescence. Thorax 

 smooth and shining, with a short line on apex of the prouotum 

 p-A\e flavous ; metathorax less closely punctate laterally. Scutellum 

 distinctly, but not closely, punctate, black. Abdomen closely and 

 strongly punctate, with tlie anus subglabrous ; the four basal seg- 

 ments rufo-testaceous, with the apices of the second to fourth and 

 the anus black, and the apices of the sixth and seventh narrowly 

 flavous ; terebra shorter than abdomen and about half the length 

 of the body (5 millim.). Lec/s : anterior pairs pale flavous, with a 

 fulvescent tinge ; hind pair rufo-fulvous throughout. Wings 

 hyahne, with the nervures and stigma black ; tegulas pale 

 flavous ; areolet small, triangular, oblique and shortly petiolate, 

 emitting the recurrent nervure from its apex. 



Length ] millim. 



SiKKiM (Bingham). 



Unknown to me. 



138. Exeristes flavipalpis, Cam. 



Pimplafavipalpis, Cameron,* Manch. Mem. 1899, p. 174 {6 2)- 



(5" 5 . A black, white-marked species, ^^■ith the legs mainly red, 

 coxae variegated and wings hyaline. Head nitidulous ; the frons 

 excavate, centrally glabrous, with short white lateral pubescence ; 

 the lower ocellus bordered with an irregularly crenulated furrow 

 from which a narrow smooth one extends to the aerobes ; face 

 strongly and closely ]ninctate, densely white-pilose, with the 

 epistoma glabrous, nitidulous and subprominent: mandibles closely 

 rugose basall\% palpi flavous. Antenna', slender and black, with 



