I'l'-l iciixi:uMOMD.i:. 



and sternum closely aud distinclly punctate. Scutclluiii and 

 ((iidomen inuiiaculate ; basal segment closely and distinctly 

 punctate, with long but not dense pilosity, becoming stronger 

 basally ; central segn)ents finely transversely aciculate, anus 

 glabrous and nitidulous ; terebra stout and black, with the spicula 

 red, a little longer than half the abdomen. Lei/s red, with the 

 coxtc, trochantei's, the hind tarsi and apices of their femora, and 

 the base and apex of their tibit^, black; coxie and trochanters with 

 t'longate white pubescence ; hind calcaria unequal. Wim/s clear 

 hvaliue. with the nervures and stigma black: radix aud tegulaj 

 infuscate, with the latter basally fulvous. 



Len<jih iJ millim. 



PtJXJAB : Simla, iv. 97 {Col. Nurse). 



Type in Col. Nurse's collection. 



This species very strongly resembles .1. i>l ant arias, Grav., but 

 is a little smaller, with the metathoracic costa more distinct and 

 the petiole not canaliculate, the front marks of the mesonotum 

 and the pale markings both of the tibia? and hind tarsi are wanting, 

 aud the abdomen is immaculate, though easily subfusiform. 



Genus LISSONOTA, Grav, 

 Lisxonota, Gravenhorst, Icbn. Eur. iii, \&19, j). 30. 



Genotype, L. sidpharifera, Grav. 



Head transverse and neither buccate nor elougately pilose; 

 clypeus discrete, somewhat convex and apically rounded. Au- 

 teiuue filiform or apically subattenuate, with the tiagellum normal ; 

 apical joints not moniliform or discrete. Thorax subcylindrical, 

 lono'er than high; mesonotum often striped; metathorax ])unctate 

 or scabriculous, witli areola incomplete or often entirely wanting ; 

 basal costa of petiolar area usually distinct and strong ; spiracles 

 ■small and circular. Scutellum normal, often pale-marked. Ab- 

 domen narrow and deplanate, somewhat smooth, not tuberculate 

 or obliquely incised, usually closely and finely punctate or aluta- 

 ceous ; segments not apically elevated, the basal elongate, sessile, 

 rarely subquadrate ; liypopygium always covering base of terebra 

 and sometimes nearly reaching the anus ; terebra sleuder aud 

 usually as h)ng as, or longer than, the abdomen. Legs somewhat 

 slender, with the tarsal claws not pectinate, though son)etimes 

 setiferous. AVings with a more or less distinct, and often sub- 

 petiolate, triangular areolet. 



2ianr/e. Both hemispheres. 



Unfortunately, I am compelled to leave this genus in a somewliat 

 unsatisfactory condition ; such species described by Cameron as I 

 have not seen must remain here, since he makes no mention of 

 their metathoracic spiracles ; but in every case in which I have had 

 the opportunity of examining the types I have found his insects 

 to belong to the genus Si/zeitctiis. The representatives of the 



