200 lOllMFCIDK. 



<;urved outwards; anteniiiu 12-joiiited, stout, planted immediately 

 behind the posterior mar<];in of the dvpe\is ; eyes pliiced laterally 

 and a little forward in the middle line of the h(^ad ; ocelli (in the 

 Indian species) wantin<:^. Thorax : the pro-meso- and nn'so-raeta- 

 notal sutures well-marked, but in ))rolil(> tlie line of the thorax 

 nowhere emari:inate,the ])ro-, meso-and UKitanotuin forming a sliglil^ 

 curve to the apex of the last, which is oblique but not truncate ; 

 legs rather long and slender, the calcaria pectinate, claws simple. 

 Node of the ])edicel oval, not inclined, erect ; abdomen broadly 

 oval, not gibbous in front. 



$ . Head somewhat broader than the thorax ; the mandibles, 

 clypeus, antonnoc, and calcaria as in the ^ ; the frontal area in 

 form of an (Mpiilateral triangle, more distinct. Thorax depressed, 

 slightly flat. Front wing with two closed cubital cells. 



ci' . Head much narrower than the thorax ; mandibles and 

 clypeus as in the ^ ; antenniie l.'3-jointed, the first three Joints of 

 the tiagellum longer than the scape ; the frontal area not distinct, 

 I'he thorax massive ; the mesonotum flat, not overhanging the 

 pronotum. Node of the pedicel erect, rounded above. External 

 genitalia large and prominent. 



Only a single species of this genus has so far been recorded from 

 within our limits. 



'42H. Liometopum lindgreeni, Ford. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xhi (1902), 

 p. 293, ?. 



^ , Head, thorax, legs, nodes of pedicel and base of abdomen 

 reddish brown ; rest of the abdomen dark brown, the margins of 

 the segments pale. Pilosity rather sparse, short and soft, pale 

 yellowish in colour, somewhat more abundant on the abdomen 

 1 ban on the head and thorax; pubescence pale, very dense and 

 decumbent, giving with the flne, close, minute reticulate punctate 

 sculpture an ojmque appearance to the whole insect. For the 

 form of the head, thorax, &c. see the characters of the genus. 



Lewjtli, ^ 4 '5-5 mm. 



Hah. Assam, Dibrugarh {Lhid<jrecn) ; ihn-ma, Bhamo {Bingham). 



Genus ANEURETUS. 

 Aneurctus, Emery, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. Ixii (1893), p. 241. 



Type, A. stmoni, Emery, from Ceylon. 



Range. Recorded so far only from Ceylon. 

 ^ . Head cordate. Clypeus large, subtriangular, anteriorly 

 medially emarginate, posteriorly produced between the bases 

 of the antenna;, and with clypeal hollows. Antennal carinoc wide 

 apart, low, slightly divergent, neai'ly straight. Eyes depressed, 

 ocelli wanting. Mandibles triangular, the masticatory margin 

 denticulate. Antenna? 12-jointed, slender, with an elongate scapes 

 and filiform flagellum, gradually thickening towards the apex, 

 but without a distinct club, the apical joint subequal to the two 

 preceding joints. Thoracic sutures distinct, metanotum bispinous. 



