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355. Astata nigricans, Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) ii, 1889, 



p. 151, c?. 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen thinly pubescent, the pubescence 

 denser on the sides of the face and sides and apex of the median 

 segment ; eyes strongly convergent and meeting on the vertex ; 

 the front convex, punctured, the anterior ocellus large, twice the 

 size of the posterior ones, on the front beneath it an obscure 

 T-shaped furrow ; pro- and mesonotum, scutellum, and post- 

 scutellum rather closely punctured, the disc of the scutellum 

 smooth and shining ; median segment long, slightly narrowed and 

 sloping posteriorly ; the apex truncate, above coarsely reticulate, 

 with a medial longitudinal carina ; abdomen shining, minutely 

 punctured, the margins of the segments slightly depressed. Black, 

 the pubescence hoary white, silvery on the sides of the face ; the 

 tarsi and the posterior margins of the basal five segments bronzy 

 testaceous ; wings hyaline and iridescent, nervures pale testaceous, 

 tegulae black. 



Mab, Poona, Bombay Presidency. J. Length S-9; exp. 16 mm. 

 Type in coll. Eothney. 



356. Astata orientalis, S7nit}i, Cat. iv, p. 310 ; Cam. Mem. Manch. 



L. Ph. Soc. (4) ii, 1889, p. 150. 



S . Head above the base of the antennae coarsely rugose and 

 covered with thin long pubescence ; the cheeks and occiput smooth, 

 with soft thin pubescence ; mesonotum, scutellum, and post- 

 scutellum very minutely and closely punctured ; the mesonotum 

 anteriorly with two parallel, abbreviated, longitudinal carina?, ter- 

 minating posteriorly in minute tubercles, and two parallel, abbre- 

 viated, longitudinally impressed lines in the space between the 

 carinas ; scutelliun impunctate, smooth, and shining in the middle ; 

 median segment long, rounded at the sides, concavo-truncate 

 posteriorly, the truncation punctured, above coarsely reticulate ; 

 abdomen smooth, opaque, the basal segment at apex strongly 

 constricted. Black, the posterior margin of the 1st and 2ud 

 abdominal segments entirely ferruginous red, the remaining 

 segments more or less dark fusco-ferruginous ; wings flavo-hyaline, 

 sometimes entirely hyaline. 



Var. With the basal two and basal half of the 3rd segment red. 



Hab. Nishchindeepore, Bengal ; Tenasserira, ^ . Length 10-13 ; 

 exjt. 18-23 mm. 



357. Astata maculifrons, Cam. Mem. Mayich. L. Ph. Soc. (4) ii, 1889, 



p. 149, S. 

 S . Head — the clypeus produced in the middle at apex, deeply 

 depressed at the sides, front convex, punctured, the punctures 

 close above the ocelli ; eyes strongly obliquely convergent, meeting 

 above on the vertex; cheeks smooth, shining; mesonotum, 

 scutellum, and postscutellum shining, sparingly punctured ; median 

 segment as long as the rest of the thorax, truncate posteriorly, 

 rounded towards the sides ; above divided off by two deep furrows, 



