PAJ!fISCT7S. 



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Fig. 99. — PaniscHS testaceus, Grav. 



or testaceous, dark only at tlieir apices. Thorax ferruginous, 

 subflavidous laterally ; uiesonotum basally deplaiiate, with a con- 

 spicuous central lobe ; meta- 

 thorax coarsely trans-acicu- 

 late and apically flavidous 

 with curved lateral carinte 

 at its apical third ; its basal 

 depression entire, centrally 

 broad and laterally con- 

 stricted ; petiolar area basal- 

 ly carinate. Scutdluiii close- 

 ly and very finely punctate, 

 stoutly margined laterally 

 and more narrowly at its 

 depressed apex; postscutel- 

 lum broadly impressed 

 basally, elevated and sharply 

 carinate centrally, with the 

 apical margin depressed. 

 Abdomen ferruginous, not 

 or hardly darker apically ; terebra as long as basal segment. 

 Le(/s concolorous with the thorax ; hind tibiae and tarsi paler, 

 with dense white pubescence ; hind tarsi longer than usual, 

 compared with the tibial length. Winc/s clear hyaline ; stigma 

 fulvous ; nervures blackish ; areolet oblique, narrow and sharply 

 triangular above. 



Leiif/th 16-22 millim. 



PuxjAB : Matiana, 8000 ft., Simla Hills, iv. 07 (3'. Amiandale); 

 United Peovixces : Sahelwa, Bahraich district, iii. 09 (Ind. 

 Mus.) ; SiKKiM {Knyvett — Ind. Mus.) ; Assam : Khasi Hills (type 

 of P. longitarsis, Cam.), Shillong {Rowland Turner), Sibsagar 

 {S. E. Peal—lnA. Mus.), Margherita (Ind. Mus.); Bexgal : 

 Dacca, Pusa, and Patna (Pusa coll.), Katihar, Purneah district 

 (C. A. Paiva—lnA. Mus.) ; Bombay : Bombay, vii, 72 (Z>. Serra) ; 

 Madras: Bangalore (Ind. Mus.); Burma: Karen Hills, 3000- 

 3700 ft. {L. Fea). Malay States: Penang {Dr. Cantor). 

 Europe; North Africa. 



Differs from P. interstitial is in the sessile areolet and from both 

 that species and P. ferrugineus in the strongly trans-strigose reti- 

 culate metanotum. I have no hesitation in synonymising these 

 species, since I have had the opportunity of examining fifty 

 examples captured in India, which agree entirely with the 

 common European form ; the only discrepancy is in Cameron's 

 description, given above, and relates to the length of the scutellar 

 lateral carina?, but in the long series I have seen this is a verv 

 variable feature: the base alone or the whole of the side margins 

 may be carinate. One very remarkable female in the Pusa 

 collection has the areolet aborted, and it is obvious that the chitin 

 that normally goes to make the subiuarginal nervures has run riot 



