IV. SOME ORIENTAL SAWEFLIES IN THE 
INDIAN MUSEUM. 
By §. A. Rouwer, Bureau of Entomology, United States 
Depariment of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 
In the fall of 1912 the writer received, on his request, the 
unnamed sawflies of the Indian Museum for study. This collection 
contained some new species and genera and certain species previ- 
ously described. A report of the named species and descriptions 
of the new species and genera will be found on the following pages. 
With permission of the authorities of the Indian Museum certain 
duplicates were retained; these have been placed in the collections 
of the United States National Museum. ‘Thanks are due the 
authorities of the Indian Museum for the privilege of studying this 
collection, for their generosity in giving duplicates, and for the 
extending of the original time limit. 
Superfamily STRICOIDEA. 
Genus Sirex, Linnaeus. 
Sirex imperialis, Kirby. 
One male from Shillong, Assam (La Touche). 
This male has the apical margins of the tergites rufous and 
the wings more yellowish than the description of the female indi- 
cates. 
Genus Xiphydria, Latreille. 
Xiphydria orientalis, Westwood. 
One female from Kurseong, East Himalayas, collected May 
21-29, 1906, at an altitude of 5,000 feet (NV. A.). 
This specimen differs from the original description in the 
antefurcal second recurrent vein, but is no doubt Westwood’s spe- 
cies. The mandibles are quadridentate ; the head around the 
ocelli is striato-punctate. 
Superfamily TENTHREDINOIDEA. 
Family CIMBICIDAE. 
Genus Abia, Leach. 
Abia melanoceros, Cameron. 
One male from Khasi Hills, Assam. 
