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iridescent, the nervures and stigma black or fuscous black. The 

 hind tibiae are darker coloured, the hind tarsi fuscous, ?. 



Length 9-12 mm.; terebra 3-4 mm. 



MaskeUya, April ; Peradeniya, August. 



Antennae longer than the body, slender ; the 8-12 joints of flagel- 

 lum white. Labrum and clypeus closely and rather strongly punc- 

 tured. Face depressed, stoutly keeled in the centre, the sides of the 

 depression roundly curved. Prothorax and mesothorax smooth, 

 shining ; the pleural sutures closely striated. Metanotum, except in 

 the centre at the base, closely transversely, the upper part of the 

 metapleurae obhquely, striated. Areolet, as in the typical species of 

 the genus, obHque, the nervures uniting above. Femoral tooth 

 small, but distinct. 



The occurrence of Lissopimpla in Ceylon is of great interest, the 

 genus hitherto having been regarded as Australian. 



Tanera, gen. no v. 



Abdominal petiole long and slender, narrowed at the base, as long 

 as the following two segments united; the segments smooth and 

 shining, longer than wide ; there is a projecting ovipositor. Median 

 segment uniformly coriaceous, without a transverse keel ; there is 

 a stout metapleural keel. Legs slender ; the claws not pectinated ; 

 hind coxae three times longer than wide. Areolet with a long pedicle, 

 the cubital nervures roundly curved ; the recurrent nervure is 

 received at its apex ; transverse median nervure received 

 behind the transverse basal. Clj^peus roundly convex, separated 

 from the face ; its apex broadly rounded. Occiput transverse ; the 

 ocelli placed close to the edge. Temples very short, almost obsolete 

 behind the eyes. Antennae nearly as long as the body ; the last 

 joint longer than the penultimate, but not so long as the preceding 

 two united. 



The eyes are large, converging shghtly above ; there is a distinct 

 malar space ; the ocelh are on the outer edge of the vertex. The 

 keel on the edge of the metastemum projects at the apex into a 

 distinct tooth. Metathoracic spiracles small, oval. The abdominal 

 petiole is longer, more slender and narrower at the base than it is in 

 Lissonota. If it is to be called "sessile," in Ashmead's table (U. S. 

 Nat. Mus. XXIIL, 49) it would fit in near Trevoria, with which it 

 cannot be confounded ; if " petiolate " then it would come in near 

 Atropha. 



57. — Tanera annulipes, sp. no v. 



Plate B, fig. 1 1. 

 Black, smooth, and shining, except the pleurae and metanotum, 

 which are closely and strongly punctured ; the latter more coarsely 



