opiiiox. 369 



nervelet mid its apex, beyDiid t!ie recurrent, is distinctly lonj^er 

 than th-i submargia'il ; tlie radius, too, is apically more .sinuate, 

 the nervellus less postfureal, the head shghtly broader posteriorly 

 and the basal nervure continuous through the median. 



2()4. Ophion asiaticus, AW.-. 



Ophion asiaticus, Kokujew, Rev. Russe Entom. 1906, p. 167 ($ ). 

 Ophioii pen/iitieiisis, Camerou,* Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 

 1906, p. 27o{$,as ^). 



2 . A not very large, flavo-testaceous and nitidulous species. 

 Ifead somewhat broad posteriorly ; orbits broadly stramineous, 

 ocelli subcontiguous to the eyes, cheeks very short. Anten7ice 

 shorter tlian the body. Thorax: mesonotum smooth and 

 shining, with the notauli short and deeply impressed ; meta- 

 thorax with anterior transverse carina not very strong, the 

 posterior subobsolete, traces ot' two discal and apical longitudinal 

 carnice. ScuteUiun very smooth and nitidulous, with its base 

 alone laterally carinate. Abdomen ttavesceut, with the second to 

 sixth segments dorsally testaceous and the anus not int'uscate ; 

 ba'ial segment subparallel-sided throughout, with its petiole pale 

 stramineous; second segment basally constricted, with deeply 

 impressed thyridii, and the central spiracles but slightly pro- 

 minent. Let/s with the tibial calcaria of unequal length ; tarsi 

 finely spinulose and elongately pectinate. Wings with the 

 stigma rnfescent and basally stramineous, and the nervures 

 black ; n^rvelet short ; basal nervure not quite continuous 

 through the median, and the nervellus intercepted at its centre. 



Leiujth 15-18 millim. 



Baluchistax : Peshin, iv. 03 {CoJ. JSturse, type); Deccan 

 {Col. Syl-es). Persia. Teaxscaspia. Tkanscauoasia. 



Type of 0. pesliinenns in Col. Nurse's collection. 



This species is said to be closely allied to 0. obscurus, Fab., but 

 with the antennae shortt^r and stouter, the thorax more shining, 

 and the pale markings less pi-ofuse. The pale petiole will dis- 

 tinguish it from 0. carinatus, than which it is smaller and more 

 ochreoiis, with the intHrnal cubital nervure distinctly a little 

 sirniate before tlie shorter nervelet ; the second segment is basallv 

 more constricted and the metanotum smoother, though the con- 

 formation of the radial nervure, the nervellus and apex of the first 

 cubital C'll is the same. 



Cameron's type of 0. pesliinensis differs from Kokuje\A's 

 description in nothing but the subcontiguous ocelli, and I have 

 no hesitation in synonymising it therewith. 



iJ65. Ophion fuscomaculatus. Cam. 



Ophion fuftconiacrdatus, Cameron, blanch. Mem. 1899, p. 99 (rj). 



S $ . Ihad with face and clypcus not discrete, circnlarlv 

 prominent centrally and ferruginous, becoming subflavidous at 



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