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shining. Hind coxae trans-striate, hind femora very finely alutaceous 

 and rather shining, tridentate ; hind tibias compressed to a httle 

 beyond middle. Terebra half as long again as body, with a sharply- 

 defined subapical band, 2 mm. broad, and 1| mm. at the apex black. 

 Wings basally infuscate, nervures black. 



Black ; mandibles except apex and face pale testaceous ; anterior 

 legs rufescent, tibias paler ; hind tarsi rufescent. 



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



Nilgiri Hills, India, 3000 ft., April 14th, 1888 (Sir George 

 Hanipson). 



Type in British Museum. 



Very like F. indipenma, Elliott, but easily known by the 

 infuscate wings and the smooth occiput with simple posterior 

 margin. 



Fceitatopii.^ daripennis, sp. n. 



9 . Frons arcuate trans-rugose, vertex subarcuate trans-striate, 

 with distinct central longitudinal furrow, occiput more finely striate. 

 Posterior margin of head bordered. A long, stout carina just in 

 front of the posterior ocelli, and two shorter ones between them. 

 Scape as long as the cheeks, second flagellar joint one and a half 

 times as long as first, third nearly as long as first and second 

 together. Neck of prothorax coarsely, obliquely striate, the 

 remainder alutaceous ; metanotum moderately punctate. Meso- 

 pleurae- alutaceous, basal half diffusely punctate ; metapleurae nearly 

 smooth, with large, diffuse punctures, separated by a line of 

 punctures from the similarly sculptured median segment. Petiole 

 trans-striate, apex smooth, as long as rest of abdomen. Terebra 

 shorter than body, black. Hind legs with the coxaa trans-striate, 

 femora tridentate and very finely alutaceous, tibiaB constricted to 

 middle. Wings very clear hyaline, apical half iridescent. 



Black ; head rufescent, vertex darker ; tegulse, basal half of petiole 

 and its apex broadly, second and third segments basally red. Anterior 

 legs rufescent, femora centrally and tibiae partly darker, middle 

 metatarsus yellowish, hind legs black, apex of femora, the tibiae 

 and tarsi rufescent. 



Length 15 mm., abdomen 9 mm., petiole 4^ mm., terebra 13 mm. 



Nyassaland, Chiromo, Ruo River (R. C. "Wood), 1916. 



Tyi3e in British Museum. 



The long red carina in front of the posterior ocelli and 

 the sculpture of the prothorax distinguish this species from 

 all others. 



Ihastephanua elegans, sp. n. 



? . Frons finely arcuate striate, vertex trans-striate and occiput 

 nearly smooth. Space between the posterior ocelli trans-striate. 

 Posterior margin of head bordered. Second flagellar joint twice as 

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

 very finely trans-striate and rather shining, basal margin smooth ; 

 mesonotum almost smooth. Central lobe of scutellum finely 



