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unci coar.sely punctui-ed, the scutellum and postscutelluin above, 

 the side.s of the tliorax and tlie median segment very rugose, the 

 middle of the mesoiiotum anteriorly, the 1st abdominal segment 

 at baM', and the middle of the 2nd abdominal segment more dis- 

 tantly punctured, with smooth shining intervals between the 

 pinictures ; on the basal and apical margins of the 2nd and on the 

 base of the 3rd segment the punctures are very much liner and 

 closer to"'ether. Head from the front with the mandibles sub- 

 triangular ; the frontal hollow shallow, not margined, densely 

 pubescent, the pubescence whitish ; mandibles narrow, bidentate ; 

 clypeus short, convex; antennic black, short and thick, the scape 

 wreen above, the vertex broad and slightly flat ; the ocelli a little 

 depressed, level with the surface of the head. Thorax : the pro- 

 notum transversely rectangular, with a slight medial longitudinal 



iMg. 101. -Pariiujws vlr/d;.s; $. a. Head from front, showing elongate 

 niouth-jm-ts; />. Thorax ; r. Third Jibdominal segment. 



depression on the anterior margin; mesonotum slightly convex, 

 the medial area broad and ill-defined, the mesopleur^e triangularly 

 produced beneath, the apex rounded ; scutellum trapezoidal, 

 postscutellum above with a triangularly produced lamina at base, 

 directed posteriorly and overhanging the median segment, this 

 latter vertically truncate posteriorly, the posterior lateral angles 

 produced, divergent, more or less flat abo^e, acute at apex ; wings 

 fusco- hyaline, nervures brownish ; legs punctured, the coxae, 

 trochanters, femora and outer side of the tibife of the anterior, and 

 the coxa), trochanters, femora and tibia? of the intermediate and 

 posterior legs green ; the front of the anterior tibise, the apex of 

 all the femora, the base and apex of all the tibiae, and all the tarsi 

 reddish. Abdomen broad and massive, the anterior lateral angles 

 of the 1st segment prominent ; the 3rd segment with a strong- 

 medial longitudinal short carina towards the apex, and a pinching 

 in or preapical depression on each side of it, the apical margin of 

 the segment crenulate or denticulate. 



S . Similar, but with 4 abdominal segments. 



Length, $ 13, exp. 22 ; S 12, exp. 23 mm. 



Hah. Pondicherry ; Calcutta {du Bin/sson) ; Sikhim {Binr/Jiam) ; 

 Northern Gujerat, Deesa (Narse). 



