PBISTOMERUS. 509' 



apicall)- glabrous and nitiduloiis above. Sciif<'IJuin glabrous and 

 iiitidulous, with its apex finely and longitudinally aciculate ; 

 liostscutelluiu closely and distinctly striate. Abdomen rufeseent, 

 w ith the two basal segments apically and ventrally, and the basal 

 half of the first;, flavidous ; third basally black in the centre ; 

 apical half of Hrst segment and whole of the second except their 

 apices, as well as the base of the third centrally, finely and closely 

 aciculate ; terebra 2 millim. in length. Leys fiavidous, with the 

 hind coxa3, except apically, black ; hind femora rufeseent, their 

 tibiae subconcolorous and their tarsi dark; hind femora serrate 

 between their apices and the elongate, oblique teeth. Winr/s 

 hyaline ; teguloe flavidous, stigma and ner\ares black ; submarginal 

 nervure sliglitly more than half the length of the space bounded 

 by it and the recurrent nervure. 



Length 6-9 millim. 



c5" . I have seen a 6 , ^^■hich appears to belong almost un- 

 doubtedly to this species. From the above 5 it differs only in 

 having the inner orbits immaculate, the epistoma hardly convex, 

 mandibles and whole of the prothorax pale testaceous, sides of 

 scutelhnu narrowly but conspicuously concolorous ; apical half of 

 first abdominal segment and the whole of second, except laterally 

 at base, black ; genital valvula3 exserted and apically truncate ; 

 hind tarsi flavous, with the onychii alone dark, and the submar- 

 ginal nervure about as long as the space between it and the second 

 recurrent nervure. The last is the only feature of much note in 

 these divergences, though the locality is distant. 



Length 6 millim. 



Eajputana : Mt. Abu {Col. Nurse, S ) ; United Proyi>'Ces : 

 Mussoori, vi. {E. Brunetti — lud. Mus.) ; Sikkim (Col. Bingham) ; 

 Bengal: Calcutta (Ind. Mus.) ; Assam: Margherita (Ind.'Mus.), 

 Shillong, V. 03 {Turner) ; Texasserim. : Mergui ( W. Doherfg— hid. 

 Mus.); Ceyi.o:^ {Thimites — Oxf. Mus., c? ). 



I am not entirely satisfied that the present species is indeed 

 distinct from the well-known P. vulnerator, Grav. ; the above 

 sexes difter somewhat in coloration, and further, the d from 

 ]\It. Abu has the head mainly and the tliorax entirelv bright red, 

 with the legs nearly entirely black, yet I can trace no structural 

 distinctions, in the absence of which it is idle to consider it a new 

 species. P. vulnerator is known to range throughout nearly the 

 whole of Europe, and quite possibly extends to Asia. 



401. Pristoinerus testaceus, sp. n. 



d" $ . A pale testaceous species with only the mandibular apices, 

 the claws, apex of first and disc of second segment, and occasionally 

 the frons and occiput (except their orbits), black ; antennal llagellum 

 (except basally) and anus subinfuscate. Head with face nitidulous 

 and distinctly punctate, epistoma tuberculiforinly prominent ; 

 scrobes large and extending nearly to ocelli, separated by a carina. 

 Antenme extending to apex of postpetiole. Thorax iiitidulous. 



