â40 i*- Caihei'On. 



white piibescence, the coxae, the apical half of the hinder 

 tibiae and the hiuder tarsi, black; the hiuder trochauters 

 infuscated. Autennae rufous, darker towards the base ; the 

 scape thickly covered with white hair. Wings hyaline, the 

 stigma rufo-testaceous. -- Leugth 13 mm. 



Hab. Darjeeliug. 



Scape of anteuuae aud head thickly covered with long 

 white hair. Face aud clypeus strongly aud closely puuctured, 

 the Vertex as closely, bnt not quite as strongly, puuctured, 

 the frout smooth aud shiuing. Lower half of the inner 

 Orbits broadly obscure white, Maudibles rufous in the centre 

 and thickly covered with white hair. Palpi pale testaceous. 

 Thorax thickly covered with white hair, shiuing, the meso- 

 notum closely puuctured, the scutellum sparsely puuctured. 

 Areola furrowed aloug the iuner edge, its centre obscurely 

 shagreeued, the lateral areae closely puuctured, the posterior 

 median transversely striated; the posterior iutermediau large, 

 clearly defîned aud bulgiug out triangularly ou the outer- 

 side; the spiracular area aud pleurae closely puuctured 

 ail over. Abdomeu : the pétiole smooth and shiuing, the 

 middle of the post-petiole obscure brownish , linely aud 

 closely longitudinally striated ; the 2id and 3id segments 

 closely punctured ; the gastrocoeli wide, deep aud smooth. 



9. Alystria gen. nov. 



Scutellum rouudly couvex, its sides stoutly keeled. Median 

 Segment short, rounded behiud ; areolated ; the areoia broadly 

 rounded behiud, its apex obliquely turned iuwardly, the basai 

 keel smooth, very flat; petiolar area absent. Maudibles with 

 a long upper and a short lower tooth, which is turned 

 iuwardly. Clypeus not separated, its apex broadly trausverse; 

 labrum projecting. Malar space small. Temples very uarrow 

 above. Areolet 5-augled ; nervellus post-furcal; disco-cubitus 

 with stump of a nervure. Abdomeu with 7 segments, the 

 last large, yellow ; post-petiole large, dilated ; the segments 

 are closely puuctured; the gastrocoeli deep, the space betweeu 

 striated. Tarsi long, spinose; the apex of bind femora 

 reaching to the S^'i segmeut, the claws large. The ventral 

 keel reaches to the apex of the 4tli segmeut. The keels 

 betweeu the 4 hind coxae are stont and form a complète area. 

 Metathoracic spiracles large, oblique, slightly curved. Eyes 

 large, parallel. 



May be referred to the Joppini from the form of the 

 mediau segment. 



