37S FoiiivririD.K. 



sutures deeply impressed. Basal portion of the metaiiotum sub- 

 margined, rectangular, a little longer than broad, the apical sloping 

 portion obliquely trinicate, slightly concave, and subuiargined as 

 in C. reticnlatns. Node of pedicel very low, a ery broad, twice as 

 broad as high, its uppiu" margin obtuse, transverse ; node mode- 

 rately thick. Tarsi short. 



" Eather densely reticulate and subopaque. occiput and vertex 

 somewhat shining, feebly reticulate. Abdomen shining, rugulose. 

 Front of the head a little more deeply reticulate-punctate, some 

 large irregular fossae oii the clypeus and a very few on the 

 cheeks. 



" Pilosity erect, yellowish, very sparse, very short and a little 

 obtuse, a ro\\" of hairs betAveen the basal and apical portions of 

 the metanotum. Tibi« and scape with erect hairs or spines, with 

 a thin, very fine, recumbent pubescence, which is still more sparse 

 elsewhere on the body. 



" Reddish, abdomen black. Mandibles and the anterior margin 

 of the head dark brown. Node of the pedicel, coxae and femora 

 brownish. 



" g min. Clypeus convex, somewhat distinctly carinate, lightly 

 emarginate in the middle anteriorly, without a lobe, and much 

 broader in front than posteriorly. Head broader in front than 

 posteriorly, where it is very obtuse. Scape long, extending beyond 

 the posterior angles of the head by a quarter of its own leiigth. 

 Pronotum with distinct shoulders and a median longitudinal im- 

 pressed line. Upper portion oF the thorax more depressed than 

 in the ^ maj. Mesonotum and the basal portion of the metanotum 

 distinctly submargined. This latter more elongate than in the 

 ^ inaj. 



" Por the rest resembles the ^ inaj., but the upright hairs are 

 longer and more pointed and the colouring deeper. Head and 

 thorax of a deep brown ; scape, base of the flagellum and the legs 

 yellowish brown. Sculpture of the head not so distinct as in the 

 5 maj. Clypeus almost without the coarse punctures. Man- 

 dibles as in the ^ maj. but narrower. 



'■ $ . Resembles the ^ moj.., but the mandibles have, in addition, 

 somewhat distinct scattered punctures, and the cheeks are more 

 distinctly fossulate. Mesonotum densely reticulate-punctate, and 

 opaque. Metanotum strongly convex. The colour resembles 

 that of the ^ maj., but the front of the head and the scutellum 

 are reddish, and the abdomen a reddish brown lighter than in 

 the ^ . Wings subhyaline, slightly yellowish. Nervures and 

 stigma of a pale yellow. The rest as in the ^ . 



'•■ Len<ith, ^ maj. fi*2 ; ^ min. 4-8 ; 5 7*8 to 8 mm. 



"■Hah. Kauara, Western India (Wrotighton). 



" C. nh-vauce is close to C. varlans. Roger, but larger, M'ith the 

 sculpture quite different.'' {Ford.) 



Unknown to me. 



