64 scoLiiD;?;. 



short, and whitish in colour, the anterior and intermediate tibiae 

 and tarsi testaceous ; wings hyaline, fore wing slightly fuscesceut 

 on the apical half ; nervures and tegulae testaceous. 



Hab. North India; Bengal. 6 . Lenyth 10; e^vp. 17 mm. 



143. Tiphia auripennis, n. sp. 



5 . Head in front, above the base of the antennas, pronotum 

 anteriorly, niesonotum, scutellum, and pDstscutellum coarsely 

 punctured; median segment large, subquadrate, slightly convex 

 above, concavo-truncate posteriorly, with the usual three central 

 longitudinal carinse, the middle one not reaching the transverse 

 carina on the verge of the truncation ; abdomen with the basal 

 and 2nd segments coarsely punctured at base and on the sides ; 

 3rd. 4th, and 5th segments above with a broad subapical band of 

 finer punctures, apical segment densely punctured and studded 

 with stiff hairs. Jet-black and shining, with thin long whitish 

 pubescence, tinged with ferruginous on the apical segment ; wings 

 hyaline, with a rich golden-yellow tinge, the hind wings lighter 

 than the fore wings. 



Hab. Sylhet, Assam. $ . Length 16 ; exp. 26 mm. 



Genus MYZINE. 



Scolia, pt., Fahr. Ent. Syst. ii, p. 236 (1793). 



Tiphia, pt., Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii, p. 225 (1793). 



Elis, pt., Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 248 (1804). 



Myziue, Latr. Hist. Nat. Ins. xiii, p. 2G9 (1805). 



Sa'pyga, pt., Panz. Krit. Revis. Faun. Deutschl. p. 87 (1806). 



Plesia, Jiirme, Hym. p. 150 (1807). 



Fig. 11. Fig. 12. 



Mydnedimidiatkornis, (S- \. Myzine madraspatana, 2 ■ \. 



Type, 31. sexfasclata, Eossi. 



jRawje. Both hemispheres. 



Characters those of the family. Fore wing with one radial and 

 three cubital cells always present; the radial cell always closed, 

 never open as in Tiphia $ . The neuration of the fore wing in 

 S and $ very different. Eyes in J subemarginate within; 

 intermediate tibiJB in 5 with two apical spurs. Apex of abdomen 

 in S with a strong recurved spine. 



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