METOPIUS. 



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current nervure before its centre; basal nervure subcontinuous 

 through the median ; nervellus opposite, geiiicnlate and interrupted 

 sh'ghtly below its centre. 



Lemith 9 millim. 



Burma : Karen Hills, 3000-3700 ft. {L. Fca). 



Type in the Genoa Museum. 



This species appears to constitute a connecting link between 

 Metopius and Cidtrarius, having tlie antenna? not altogether 

 filiform, the thorax subspha?rical and the abdomen fusiform ; nor 

 is the facial shield by any means distinct. Described from a 

 sino-le female. 



189. Metopius rufus, Cam. 



Metopius rnfus, Cameron,* Zeits. Hym.-Dip. 1905, p. :?81 ( 5 ). 



5 . A rufescent species, wdth the abdomen black and yellow. 

 Head with white pilosity ; the closely pnnctate and circunicarinate 

 face and the palpi Havescent ; clyjjeus and labrum rufescent, 

 more strongly punctate than the face and \\ith close white pilosity, 

 mandibles unidentate and rufescent, with a pale basal mark ; frons 

 and vertex closely punctate, ocellar region black, frontal orbits 



riavous and frons carinate. An- 

 tenna', rufescent. Thoraa' with 

 wliite hairs ; pro- and mesonotum 

 closely and distinctly punctate, 

 more coarsely at the base ; plenrsB 

 closely pnnctate, mesopleurae with. 

 a broad and superficial sulcus ; 

 metanotuni with tlie areola laterally 

 indicated but apically wanting, its 

 carinae convergent ; meta pleurae 

 nitidulous and sparsely punctate, 

 SmteUum laterally straight ; its 

 smooth apical half, and the post- 

 scutelium, flavous; basal depression 

 black and strongly tricarinate. Abdomen subcylindrical, with the 

 fifth segment broadest, piceous black ; four basal segments coarsely 

 and longitudinally punctate, with at least their apical half 

 flavous; basal segment subtransverse and nitidulous, with spiracles 

 at its black base ; anus entirely piceous ; terebra small, acumi- 

 nate and extending to apex. Le(js unicolorous red, with dense 

 but obsolete ^\•hite pubescence. Wings hyaline, with the tegulae, 

 costa and stigma red ; areoiet strongly transverse, distinctly 

 petiolate and minutely fenestrate above its apex : apex of ■\\ing 

 with a large and subdetenninate infumate spot. 

 Length 12 millira. 

 Rajputana: Mt. Abu {Col. Nurse); Bombay: Poona (i^. C. 



Fig. 68. — Metojohix rufus, Cam. 



