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THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



subgenus, and in no way distinctive. The rugosity of the head 

 appears more characteristic. 



The majority of the siiecies of this subgenus appear to have 

 the hind femora bidentate ; the present species may be at once 

 distinguished from all others by the colour of the femoral teeth. 



Foenatoptis iridipennis, sp. n. 



9 . Frons arcuate rugose, vertex and occiput finely and dis- 

 tinctly trans-striate, temples smooth and shining ; two short carinse 

 between the posterior ocelli ; posterior margin of head bordered. 

 Scape as long as cheeks, second flagellar joint twice as long as first, 

 third as long as first and second together. Neck of pronotum 

 smooth, rest trans-striate with narrow smooth posterior margin. 

 Mesonotum with large, well separated punctures. Propleurge finely 

 striate, mesopleurte finely alutaceous, metapleurae and median 

 segment cribrate punctate, separated by a carina. Petiole trans- 

 striate, extreme apex smooth, as long as rest of abdomen ; base of 

 second segment trans-striate, remainder smooth. Terebra half as 

 long again as body, white sub-apical band 2 mm. broad. Hind coxae 

 finely trans-striate, their femora tridentate, and tibiae constricted 

 in the basal two-thirds. Wings hyaline, strongly iridescent 

 throughout, nervures black. 



Black ; head red, vertex black ; the anterior tubercle has its front 

 half red, the posterior half black. Anterior legs and hind tarsi 

 rufescent, base of middle tibias and their metatarsus testaceous. 



Length 15 mm., abdomen 10 mm., petiole 5 mm., terebra 22 mm. 



Dehra Dun, India, November, 1907 (Lt.-Col. F. W. Thomson, 

 I.M.S.). 



A male, tentatively placed with this 9 , differs in the finer 

 sculpture of the head, and in the striate metapleuraB. The base of 

 the antennae and the head are testaceous, with the vertex and 

 occiput black. A very slender insect. Length 11 mm., abdomen 

 7 mm., petiole 4 mm. 



Kangra Valley, 4000 ft., July, 1889 (Dudgeon). 



The sharply defined red colour on the frons, including just 

 one luilf of the anterior tubercle, is unusual. Ma}' be dis- 

 tinguished from F. hmgicauda, Elliott, by the striate occiput, 

 smooth neck of ])rothorax, and by the posterior margin of the 

 he;id being simple, not bordered. 



Foinatopusi longicnuda, sp. n. 



$ . Frons trans-rugose, vertex finely trans-striate, occiput and 

 temples smooth and shii:iing ; frontal tubercles short and blunt ; 

 three stout carina3 between the posterior ocelli. Posterior margin 

 of head simple. Scape as long as cheeks ; second flagellar joint 

 twice as long as first, third as long as first and second together. 

 Prothorax finely trans-striate ; mesonotum cribrate punctate ; meso- 

 pleurae smooth, with a few large punctures in the middle; metapleurte 

 coarsely punctate above, smooth below, separated by a crenulated 

 furrow from the cribrate punctate median segment. Petiole trans- 

 striate, a little longer than rest of abdomen, which is smooth and 



