IIOLCOMTBMEX, 



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autenna>, legs and posterior node infuscate, the abdomen dark 

 brown ; head very closely and finely longitudinally striate ; thorax 

 and the nodes of the pedicel rather more coarsely transversely 

 riigose-striate ; abdomen smooth. Pilosity very sparse, soft and 

 somewhat long on the scape of the antennae and on the tibiae of 

 the legs, adjacent and oblique. Head rectangular, longer than 

 broad, the sides straight, the posterior lateral angles rounded ; 

 mandibles with a few coarse strioi at base ; head posteriorly slightly 

 emarginate and with a medial impressed line from the middle of 

 the emargination to below the vertex. Thorax : the pro-meso- 

 notum narro^^•er than the head, rounded anteriorly and above ; 

 the basal portion of the metanotum nearly as long as the pro- 

 mesonotum, the apex above medially subsnlcate with the lateral 

 angles moi'e or less carinate, the posterior face of the metanotum 

 obliquely truncate ; legs slender, moderately long. Pedicel and 

 abdomen as in the genus. 



^ min. Closely resembles the ^ maj., but is of course very 

 much smaller ; proportionately to the large pro-mesonotum, the 

 basal portion of the metanotum is shorter than in the ^ maj. 

 The colour varies, some specimens have the head fuscous. 



Fig. S-i.—Huliv,iiijr)itexscuhrictiJ!>, ^. a. Head Iroiii tVout; b. Leg. 



5 . Head deep red ; thorax, pedicel and abdomen more or less 

 dark brown or black, in places with reddish tinge. Head finely, 

 densely punctate granulate; thorax and abdomen smooth and 

 shining, some vague transverse striae on the metanotum posteriorly, 

 and the nodes of the pedicel opaque, granulate ; \a ings light fla^■o- 

 hyaline. Por the rest the characters of the genus. 



(S . Head and abdomen black ; thorax and pedicel chestnut- 

 brown, with the borders of the articulations yellowish ; antennte 

 pale yellow ; legs brown, tibite and tarsi dull yellow. Head opaque, 

 rugulose ; thorax entirely, pedicel and abdomen smooth and 

 shining. For the rest the characters of the genus. 



Length, g ^ 3-5-7 ; $ 12 ; d 7 mm. 



Hab. Distributed irregularly throughout India from the Tunjab 

 to Cochin ; not recorded from Ceylon, Assam, or Burma. 



Dr. Forel describes (Kev. Suisse Zool. x, 1902, p. 22U) a variety 

 named by him //. criaiapito-scahriceps, intermediate belween this 

 species aiid //. criaciceps, Mayr. This latter, however, occurs in 

 Burma, where I failed to procure II. scahriceps. 



