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middle above, lemon-yellow ; the apex of the hinder femora, the 

 base of the hinder tibise, their apical third and the metatarsus, black ; 

 the tarsi thickly spinose. Abdomen black ; an oblique mark on 

 either side of the post-scutellum, a large mark, broader than long, on 

 the sides of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4tli segments with their apices 

 narrowly in the middle, lemon-yellow. Wings hyaline, thenervures 

 and stigma black. 5 • 

 Length, 11-12 mm. 



Hal). Khasia Hills. Coll. Rothney. 



Antennae black, the 10th to 17th joints beneath white ; the 

 scape minutely punctured and covered Avith black down. Face 

 and clypeus closely and uniformly punctured, the vertex closely and 

 minutely punctured, in the centre below closely transversely striated ; 

 the front smooth and shining. In the centre of the face is a large 

 bell-shaped black mark, its lower edges uniting with the clypeal 

 fovese. Mandibles yellow, black at the apex ; the palpi pallid yellow. 

 Mesonotum opaque, granular, more distinctly punctured along the 

 sides and covered with a pale down. Scutellum with the basal half 

 indistinctly, the apical closely and distinctly punctured ; it is thickly 

 covered with pale hair ; the basal keels are stout and extend to 

 shortly beyond the middle. Basal half of post-scutellum punc- 

 tured ; the two fovese large and deep ; the depression at its sides 

 has five stout longitudinal keels. Metonotum closely and distinctly 

 punctured ; beyond the basal arese more or less transversely striated. 

 Pleurae closely punctured ; the pro- at the base closely and finely 

 striated. 



Darachosia, sp. nov. 



Mandibles with a long, curved apical tooth and a short blunt one 

 in the middle. Antennce as long as the body, dilated and compressed 

 before the apex. Labrum projecting. Scutellum flat, its sides keeled. 

 Median segment completely areolated, its spiracles linear ; the areola 

 twice longer than broad, rounded behind, its apex indented by the 

 posterior median area. Legs long, the tarsi longer than usual ; the 

 anterior and hinder twice the length of their tibias. Areolet 5-angled, 

 narrowed above. Abdomen with eight dorcal segments ; the apex 

 moderately blunt ; the last segment short, about one-half the length 

 of the penultimate ; the ventral keel is distinct on the 3rd and 4th, 

 indistinct on the 5th segment ; the petiole is long and slender ; the 

 sheaths of the ovipositor project largely. 



The occiput is transverse ; the eyes large, sharply margined on the 

 inner-side ; the pronotum at the base is broadly raised ; the petiole 

 is long and slender ; it is not abruptly dilated at the apex. 



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