412 



COLLET ID.?:. 



d" similar, more slender ; the eyes somewhat large in propor- 

 tion and more strongly coiivergeut beneath, the autennie longer, 

 the flagellum dull castaneous brown beneath. 



Var. AVith the yellow markings on the head and legs sometimes 

 more, sometimes less de\eloped. 



Ifah. Upper and Lower Burma ; Tenaeserim ; Sikhim. $ . 

 Lentjth 5-7 ; ex^t. 14-15 mm. S • Length G-5 ; exp. 13 mm. 



*713. Prosopis fervida. Smith, 2??r7 Yark. Miss., Hym. p. 1, $ . 



" § . Black : the head closely and finely punctured ; a yellow 

 line on each side of the face along the margin of the eyes ; the 

 flagellum of the antenuag fulvous, slightly fuscous above. Thorax 

 punctured above and shining; the metathorax rugose in the 

 middle of its base ; the collar, tubercles, tegulse, the anterior tibiae 

 and tarsi, the intermediate and posterior tibiae at their base and 

 their tarsi yellow ; the wings hyaline and iridescent ; their nervures 

 towards their base pale testaceous, beyond fuscous. Abdomen 

 shining, very finely and closely punctured ; the apical margins of the 

 segments rufo-testaceous. Pemale, length, 2| lines (= about 

 6 mm.). 



''Hah. Sind Valley, Kashmir." 



714. Prosopis SCUtula, Vachal, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2A xiv, 1894, 



p. 446, $. 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen finely and closely punctured, the 

 last shining, the punctures very minute and shallow ; head very little 

 produced autei'iorly, scarcely triangular, the eyes strongly convergent 

 below ; median segment truncate posteriorly, the sides somewhat 

 rounded, the posterior face of the truncation bearing a Y-shaped 

 furrow, the space between the base of the segment and the lateral 

 branches of the furrow coarsely reticulate ; abdomen broadly oval. 

 Black ; an oblong mark on the clypeus, an elongate triangular mark 

 on each side of the latter, the pronotum, the tubercles, the knees, 

 the base broadly of the tibiae and the tarsi, yellow ; wings hyaline, 

 nervures pale testaceous yellow ; tegulse black, sometimes bordered 

 anteriorly with yellow. 



Hah. Shwegu, Upper Burma ; Thaungyin Valley, Tenasserim. 

 5 . Lemjtli 5*5 ; exp. 10 mm. 



715. Prosopis absoluta, Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Th. Soc. xli, 1897. 



$ . Head and mesonotum closely and somewhat coarsely punc- 

 tured, the punctures running into indistinct striae ; the scutellum 

 and postscutellum sparsely, the sides of the median segment 

 closely and finely punctured ; a large triangular space at base 

 coarsely transversely rugose, the apex of the segment truncate, ^^ ith 

 a broad smooth furrow running fi'om the apex of the enclosed 

 space to the apex of the segment ; abdomen with the basal seg- 

 ment smooth and shining, the 2ud and apical segments finely 

 punctured. Black ; a spot at the apex and a lunate spot at the 



