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closely and coarsely punctured ; vertex and the region o£ the ocelli 

 inipunctate ; pronotuni in front, mesonotum, scuteiluni and post- 

 scutellum closely punctured, the posterior margin of the pronotum 

 smooth; the mesonotum with a deeply marked V-shaped groove; 

 median segment rugose, rounded posteriorly ; abdomen smooth, 

 shining, with only a few very tine punctures above. Jet-black, the 

 abdomen with blue and violet tints ; the mandibles at base, the 

 apex of the clypeus, the fore tibite in front, and the fore tarsi pale 

 yellow ; wings hyaline for about a third of their length from base, 

 beyond fuscous suifused with blue and violet. 



Hah. Bombay ; Bengal. S . Length 15 ; exj). 24 mm. 



153. Myzine pallida, Sinith, Neiv Sp. Hym. B. M. p. 179 ; Cam. Mem. 



Munch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) v, 1892, p. 115. 



S . Head shining, with a few scattered punctures : thorax and 

 abdomen smooth, opaque ; median segment short, posteriorly 

 obliquely truncate, an obscure short central longitudinal groove at 

 base ; abodmen long, longer than the head and thorax together, 

 segments 2-(5 above with their posterior margins u idely and deeply 

 emarginate. Pale whitish yellow, the head black ; the mandibles, 

 clypeus, and scape of the antennae whitish yellow ; the flagellura of 

 the untenuie, a stripe over the tegulas, and broad transverse bands 

 at the base of the abdominal segments above dark testaceous brown ; 

 wings hyaline and iridescent, nervures testaceous brown, tegulte 

 yellow. 



Hah. North- West Provinces, India. S . Length 7-9 ; e.rp. 

 13 mm. 



154. Myzine orientalis. Smith, Neiv Sj). JHym. B. M. p. 179, ^; Cam. 



Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) v, 1892, p. 115. 



c? . Head, thorax, and abdomen punctured, the punctures light 

 and inconspicuous. Head in front, the median segment posteriorly, 

 and the base of the 1st abdominal segment with long hairs ; clypeus 

 with its anterior margin arched, much broader than high, the sides 

 turned up ; antennae very long and filiform ; median segment short, 

 concavo-truncate postei'iorly ; abdomen tapering gradually to the 

 apex from the 2nd segment ; basal segment slightly constricted 

 along the apical margin. Variegated with pale yellow and black ; 

 the mandibles, clypeus, scape, pronotum in front, postscutellum, 

 the femora, tibiae, and tai'si of the legs, and broad median transverse 

 bands on segments 1-6 of the abdomen pale whitish yellow ; the 

 mesonotum with a large square macula at apex, and the centre of 

 the scutellum orange-yellow, the rest of the parts black ; wings 

 hyaline and iridescent, faintly yellowish at the apex of the fore 

 wing, nervures dark testaceous, tegulae yellow. 



I/ah. Baluchistan. (S . Length 12; e.vp. 22 mm. Type in 

 the British Museum. 



