TIPHIA, 59 



gnseous pubescence on the head, thorax in front, and apical half 

 of the abdomen ; the extreme apex of the anal segment ferru- 

 ginous. 



Hah. Tenasserim ; Borneo. 2. L<?«^f7t 16-18 ; eAy. 24-28 mm. 



129. Tiphia compressa, Smith, Cat. iii, p. 82, 5 ; Cam. Mem. Manch 



L. Ph. Soc. (4) V, 1892, p. llo. 



5 . Head, pronotum in front, sides of the median segment, legs, 

 and abdomen thinlj pubescent ; the head, pro- and mesonotum 

 closely and rather coarsely punctured ; abdomen above and below 

 finely punctured ; on the basal two segments the punctures are 

 somewhat sparser and finer ; median segment above convex sub- 

 quadrate, the sides obliquely and the apex vertically truncate, the 

 sides longitudinally striate ; the truncation at apex smooth and 

 shining, slightly concave above ; the median segment has three 

 central, longitudinal, parallel carinse, running from the base to the 

 transverse carina on the verge of the truncation at apex, the 

 space between the carinas very slightly rugose ; abdomen with the 

 basal segment campanulate, slightly constricted at the apical 

 margin. Black and shining; the pubescence whitish; the inter- 

 mediate and posterior femora beneath castaneous ; wings — fore 

 wing fusco-hyaline, clearer at base ; hind wing hyaline ; nervures 

 testaceous, tegulae black. 



c5' similar. 



Hah. Sikhim ; Burma ; Tenasserim ; China ; Philippines. 

 5 . Length 13 ; exp. 24 mm. <S slightly smaller. 



130. Tiphia cassiope, Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. xli (1897). 



5 . Closely resembles T. rufo-femorata. Smith, but is very much 

 smaller, the head is more globular, and, as well as the pronotum, 

 not so coarsely punctured ; the median segment is comparatively 

 longer and narrower towards the apex, which is more obliquely 

 truncate ; the three median carinas are not so well-marked and 

 raised, and the central one does not nearly reach the verge of 

 the truncation ; the abdomen is much more sparsely and finely 

 punctured, and the wings are hyaline, not fuscous. Like T. rufo- 

 femorata, T. cassiope has the intermediate and posterior femora red. 

 Hah. Mussooree. $ . Length 7 ; e^ip. 13 mm. Type in coll. 

 Rothney. 



131. Tiphia flavipennis, Smith, Jour. Linn. Soc. 1858, p. 91, $. 



2 , Head, pronotum anteriorly, mesonotum in the middle, and 

 the 2nd and succeeding segments of the abdomen finely punc- 

 tured ; the posterior margin of the pronotum, the sides of the 

 mesonotum, and the basal segment of the abdomen impunctate ; 

 the scutellum and postscutellum with a few scattered punctures ; 

 the whole insect polished and shining ; the clypeus with two blunt 

 projecting teeth at the apex ; median segment with the usual three 

 central longitudinal carinas from the base of the segment to the 



