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apical halt' of the niesouotum closely and finely reticuhate, the basal 

 with distinct punctation ; mesopleurae closely punctate, except 

 basally above ; metauotum more finely punctate hasaliy than 

 centrally ; lateral arese large, with distinct costulse separating tlie 

 smaller and square basal, from the longer than broad apical, areae ; 

 areola distinct, elongate, and narrower than the lateral arete ; 

 petiolar area rugulosely punctate ; metapleur.ne distinctly carinate, 

 more strouglj' and closely punctate than the meso])leur£e, becoming 

 apically substrigose above. Scutellnm strongly and closely punctate. 

 Abdomen with the oblique impressions broad and deeply impressed, 

 the four basal segments closely and somewhat strongly punctate, 

 and the first three discally longitudinally carinate ; basal segment 

 laterally carinate in the centre on either side of the disc, and 

 bearing a narrow basal testaceous line ; apices of the two follo\^ ing 

 segments similarly marked with testaceous, and a short apical 

 testaceous line on either side of the fourth ; terebra half the 

 length of the body. Legs fulvous ; anterior coxse and trochanters 

 stramineous ; front femora subfiavescent ; hind legs with the 

 coxae red, trochanters bright flavous, femora blackish and internally 

 paler, tibite testaceous and apically black, tarsi darker testaceous 

 and apically blackish. Wings hyaline, with stigma and nervures 

 black. 



Lewjth 19 millim. 



SiKKiAi (Col. Bingham). 



LTnknown to nie. 



Genus APOPHUA, gen. nov. 

 Gexotype, a. carinata, Mori. 



Head distinctly transverse and strongly constricted behind the 

 oval eyes ; frons simple, vertex very narro\\' ; clypeus strongly 

 convex and small, apically rounded, pilose and indistinctly discrete 

 from the subprouiinent epistoina ; mandibles stout, Avith equal 

 teeth. Antenna; slender and filiform, about the length of the 

 body. Thorax not very stout ; mesonotum deplanate, \\ith very 

 indistinct notauii ; metathoracic arese complete but indistinct ; 

 basal area small, areola elongate, with costulte ; petiolar area 

 entire but with the basal carina weak; spiracles small and sub- 

 circular. Scutellum convex and triangular, sometimes pale. 

 Abdomen sessile, dorsally deplanate and entirely dull, linear or 

 sublanceolate, with the apical segments becoming gradually nar- 

 rower ; central segments apically pale ; basal segment hardly 

 curved, laterally margined, with elongate and conspicuous discal 

 carinae, and spiracles close to the base ; apical ventral segmiMit 

 incised a])ically and not retracted : terebra a little shorter than 

 the abdomen ; valvulie of S incrassate and apically obtuse. Legs 

 somewhat short and slender ; hind calcaria of unequal, the inter- 

 mediate of equal, length ; front tibioc with but a single calcar, 

 which is basally sinuate, apically strongly attenuate and acuminate 

 and extends nearly to the apex of the metatarsus; iifth tarsal 



