.EN ICTUS. 



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short, pale pubescence, somewhat longer and recumbent on the 

 sides of the apical half of the abdomen ; wings hyaline, nervures 

 yellowish brown. Head posteriorly wider than in -£". shadcardi ; 

 the cheeks behind the eyes well developed and 

 broad ; head in front slightlj concave, vertex 

 ]iot much arched ; ocelli rather distant from 

 each other ; mandibles narrower than in 

 _ ^S. sJiuckardi, short and much curved. Thorax 



-^ iK^^ \ with the mesonotum very convex in front ; 

 scutellum broad, prominent, rounded, posteriorly 

 not overhanging the metanotum, which has a 

 distinct horizontal basal portion, the apical 

 portion vertical and truncate ; legs with the 

 Pi„ i2_ femora and tibise attenuate at base, strongly 



Quietus clavatus, J. clavate towards the apex. Pedicel very slightly 

 concave above, \ery thick, semicircular in shape ; 

 the apex transverse, laterally slightly compressed, the sides Hat 

 and vertical : abdomen comparatively short, cylindrical, the 

 pygidium entire. 

 Length, (^ 5 mm. 



Hah. Western India, Guzerat, Kanara {Wrowjhton)-, Sikhim 

 {Bbigliani). 



A variety with the pubescence somewhat more dense has been 

 named var. Icanareasis bv Dr. Forel. 



d 



13. JEnictus longi, Forel, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. xiii (1901), pp. 407 

 & 470, c? . 



Mandibles long and somewhat obtuse at apex, the joints 

 -*-9 of the flagellum of the antennae 

 thicker than long ; eyes not reaching the 

 posterior margin of the head, the latter 

 feebly convex and distinct from the 

 ai'ticulation with the thorax ; ocelli large, 

 not placed on an eminence ; head without 

 the eyes about as long as bi'oad. Pedicel 

 concave above with the sides raised, 

 broader than long, broader posteriorly 

 than in front, beneath tuberculate ; wings 

 shoi't, basal portion of the metanotum 

 indistinct, almost obsolete. Front sub- 

 opaque, densely punctured; thorax and 

 abdomen more distantly punctured. Head, 

 thorax and abdomen densely pubescent. 

 Pvgidium smooth and shining, with a longitudnial impression, and 

 its posterior border medially emarginate. Scape of the antenuce 

 and femora only moderately thickened from base to apex. 

 Length, d 7 mm. 



Hab. The Garo Hills, Assam (Long) ; Burma, Pegu {Bingham). 

 Sufficiently distinguished by its emarginate pygidium. 



Fig. 12. 

 Mmctiis longi, <^ . 



