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alutaceniis, and with a keel in the middle ; the apical slope is thickly 

 covered with silvery pubescence, is obscurely transversely striated, 

 and has a narrow furrow in the middle which extends to near the 

 apex. Pleurse alntaceons. Sternal pi'ocess large, keeled down the 

 middle, the keel much stronger on the base ; the apex in the middle 

 incised. Legs thickly pruinose, the spines black. Wings hyaline, 

 slightly infuscated at the base ; the first cubital cellule is half the 

 length of the second ; the first transverse culjital nervure is roundly 

 curved, the second recurrent nervure is received shortly behind the 

 middle of the cellule. Alidomen pruinose. 



Xofoffonia 'pygm;va, n. s. 



Nigra, dense ai'genteo pilosa, alis hyaliuis, apice nervisque fuscis, 

 cellula cubitali 1™'^ duplo longiore quam 2'"^ 9 • 

 Long. 5 mm. 



Hall. Barrackpore (BolJmct/). 



Scape of antenna) bare, lirownish in the middle lieneath. The 

 face and the lower part of the front thickly covered with silvery 

 pubescence ; the ocellus round ; tlie furrow lielow it wide and not 

 very deep ; the transverse furrow liehind it is wide, shallow, its sides 

 slightly oblique ; in its middle is a shining longitudinal furrow ; 

 mandibles broadly rufous at the apex ; the base thickly covered with 

 silvery jnibescence. Palpi dark testaceous. Pro- and mesonotum 

 thickly covered with sericeous pubescence ; that on the former l)eiug 

 brighter in tint than on the latter, which is alutaceous, and has a 

 l)road shallow furrow down the middle. The basal part of the 

 median segment is alutaceoi;s, neitlier striated nor reticulated ; the 

 apex is deeply, but not widely, fiirrowed down the middle. Pleura- 

 alutaceous, without any striations. The metasternal process is wide, 

 is slightly incised in the middle at the apex, and has an obscure keel 

 down the middle. Tlie first cubital cellule at the top is one-half the 

 length of the second, the first transverse cubital nervure has a 

 gradually rounded slope to near the top ; tlie second recurrent 

 nervure is received shortlj'' behind the middle of the cellule, and is 

 sharply angled in the middle ; the two are separated by slightly 

 more than the lengtli of the top oC the first cubital cellule ; the apical 

 abscissa of the radius is straight, not oblique, and forms an acute 

 angle with the lower part. Abdomen pruinose, especially on the 

 apices of the segments. Legs thickly pruinose ; the spines and 

 calcaria black ; the apices of the anterior tarsi testaceous. Tegular 

 rufo-testaceous. 



