METITOCA. 53 



long, very slender. The abdonien elongate, subdepressed and flat- 

 tened above, the margins of the segments strongly constricted ; 

 anal segment with an up-curved spine. 



80 far the female of only one species has been recorded from 

 India. A key to the males of the three known Indian species is 

 given. 



Ketj to the Species. 



a. Antennae and legs black. 



«'. Anterior tibias with a yellow stripe in front. . M. on'entalis, p. 53. 

 b'. Anterior tibi;B entirely black JH. smithii, p. 53. 



b. Autennpe red ; legs black variegated with red . . M. ruyosa, p. 54. 



121. Methoca bicolor, Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. xli (1897). 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen smooth and shining ; the face, the 

 sides of the thorax, the legs, and abdomen thinly pubescent, the base 

 of the sciitellum transversely and the sides obliquely striate ; the 

 antennae are stout, the base of the joints constricted, the apical 

 joints very gradually getting thicker. Red, the head black, the 

 basal joints of the antennae red ; the legs dark castaneous, almost 

 black ; the 2nd and following segments of the abdomen black, the 

 extreme apex rut'escent. 



Hah. Barrackpore, Bengal. $ . Length 7 mm. Type in coll. 

 Rothuey. 



*122. Methoca orientalis, Smith, Cat. iii, p. 66, s . 



" c?. Length 7 lines. Black; head coarsely punctured ; the base 

 of the mandibles yellow ; the clypeus and mandibles covered with 

 long cinereous pubescence; the entire insect is thinly covered with 

 similar pubescence, which is most dense on the sides of the meta- 

 thorax ; the thorax strongly punctured, closely so on the metathorax, 

 which has a central abbreviated impressed line at the base ; the 

 anterior tibiae have a yellow stripe in front ; the calcaria pale tes- 

 taceous, the claws ferruginous ; wings fusco-hyaliue, the uervures 

 black. Abdomen black, with a slight metallic lustre, finely and 

 distantly punctured, the margins of the segments constricted, the 

 extreme lateral margins rufo-piceous." 



Hah. Northern India {Smith). Unknown to me. 



123. Methoca smithii, Mayr. Ann. 3Ius. Civ. Gen. (2") xii, 1892, 

 p. 259. 

 Methoca orientalis, Smith, Trans. Etit. Soc. 1875, p. 35, c? {nee 

 Smith, Cat. iii. p. 06, J ). 



c? . Head, mesouotum, scutellum, and postsculellum tinely and 

 closely punctured ; pronotum and abdomen smooth, the latter 

 polished and shining ; clypeus with its anterior margin waved, ami 

 with a small tubercle at base; mesonotum with two parallel 

 impressed lines on the disc and transversely striate posteriorly ; 



