128 Mr. P. Cameron on 



anteniial joint. Me^ouotuni clo.-^ely and dislinctly punctured and 

 thickly covered with a short pale down. Scutelluni shining, only 

 very minutely punctured. Median segment closely reticulated ; the 

 apex strongly and closely transversely striated ; tlie furrow is wide 

 and deep and does not reach the miildle. Propleurte smooth ; meso- 

 pleur;e closely punctured ; the metapleunv, closely, obliquely striated. 

 Prosternum furrowed rather widely in the middle. Metasternal pro- 

 cess not defined. Legs pruinose, the tibial and tarsal spines are 

 white. Wings clear hyaline, the nervures fuscous, the first cubital 

 cellule is shortly, but distinctly, longer than the second ; the upper 

 (and larger) part of the first transverse cubital nerAurc has a distinct, 

 oblic[ue slope ; the second recurrent nervure isrecei\"ed in the middle 

 of the cellule. The basal three segments of the abdomen are fringed 

 with siherv pubescence. 



Tachys])hcx varihirta, u. s. 



Nigra, dense argenteo pilo.-a, basi metanoti rugoso, apice striolata ; 

 alls hyaliuis, cellula cubitali 1="^ duplo longiore quam 2^ ; nervis 

 stigmateque nigris ^ . 



Long, fere 6 mm. 



Hob. Barrackpore {Rothney). 



Front and vertex closely punctured, the front more strongly than 

 tlie vertex ; the lower part of the front closely covered with silvery 

 pubescence, tlie inner orbits in the middle with pale golden pubes- 

 cence : the face and clypeus thickly covered with sihery pubes- 

 cence ; its middle with a slight rounded incision ; thelalirum smooth 

 and shining. Base of maudibles thickly covered with silvery pubes- 

 cence, the middle rufous. Palpi dark testaceoixs. The hinder part of the 

 head is tliickly covered with silvery pubescence. Pro- and mesonotum 

 covered with silvery pubescence which is very thick and long near the 

 tegula? ; mesonotum closely and distinctly punctured ; the scutelhun 

 has the punctures more widely separated. Median segment closely 

 TUgosely longitudinally rugose ; in the middle, at the base, are some 

 irregularly waved stria^ and it is thickly covered with white pubes- 

 cence ; the apical slojse is closely transversely striated. Propleune 

 strongly punctured above, below smooth and shining ; mesopleune 

 closely, but not very strongly, punctured ; the lower part thickly 

 covered with silvery pubescence ; raetapleura? closely striated, the 

 stria3 more widely separated at the base. Mesosternum closely punc- 

 tured, shining ; the ruetasternal area closely punctured, the apex in- 

 cised in the middle ; the raised sides stout, the middle indistinctly 

 keeled. Legs thickly covered with silvery pubescence ; the four 



