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of the abdomen and higher than the metanotum ; abdomen more 

 massive than in B. hiteijies. 



Length, ^ 5*5-(i mm. 



Hah. ^\k\\m\ {Wroughton S,- Moller); Burma (5ijir/7t«j»-); Tenas- 

 serim {Fea). 



Genus MYOPIAS. 



Mj^opias, Rocjer, Berl. ent. Zeit. v (1861), p. 39, ^ § . 



Type, M. ambh/ops, Roger, from Ceylon. 



Range. Kecorded so far only from Ceylon. 



" ^ . Head quadrate, rounded posteriorly. Eyes very small, 

 lateral, and placed close to the anterior margin of the head. 

 Antenufe 12-jointed, originating near the mouth ; scape shorter 

 than the head; the 1st joint of the flagellum is as long as the 

 three siicceeding united, the pre-apical three are broader than 

 long, and, together with the long oval apical joint, rather shorter 

 than the three preceding, form a long slender club (i. e. the club 

 is 4-jointed). The mandibles are porrect and narrow with a tooth 

 in the middle, and a second tooth before the curved and acute 

 apex. Palpi 3-jointed. The thorax is flat above, compressed on 

 the sides with nearly parallel lateral margins, the protliorax is 

 anteriorly rounded ; the mesothorax is short and separated from 

 the pro- as well as the metathorax by a transverse suture. The 

 basal portion of the metanotum is longer than the apical portion. 



" The node is thick, roundly cubical, not attached to the abdo- 

 men by the whole of its posterior margin, furnished with a small 

 tooth anteriorly on the inner side. The abdomen is nearly cylin- 

 drical, armed with a sting ; the basal segment anteriorly abruptly 

 truncate, posterioi-ly constricted, the pedicel is attached to its 

 lower third, 



" The front and posterior tibiae with a large, the intermediate 

 tibiae with a pectinate spine. Claws simple. 



" $ . Closely resembles the g , but has larger eyes, three distinct 

 ocelli, and the thorax convex above ; the mesothorax is longer and 

 broader than the protliorax ; the metathorax is very short and 

 truncate. (The wings wanting.) '"' {Roger.) 



125. Myopias amhlyops, Roger, Berl. cut. Zeit. v (1861), p. 39, ^ § . 



" ^ . Eeddish or dark brownish red, scape of antennae and legs 

 brighter, shining ; pilosity abundant. Head broader than thorax, 

 with parallel sides, posteriorly lightly rounded and anteriorly 

 lightly convex. The frontal carinje are arched, rather small, but 

 thick, springing from the \aulted bend of the clypeus near each 

 other, and only separated by a somewhat broad middle line which 

 terminates at the ocellar area (ocelli themselves wanting). Tlie 

 scape does not reach the hinder margin of the head ; it is slender 

 at base, broader towards the apex, and like the ilagellum is sparsely 

 pilose. The mandibles are smooth, shining, pilose, the dentate 



