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the sides of clypeus, a uarrow liue ou the pronotuin, tegulae, 

 tubercles, scntellums, 2 small marks ou the apex of the basai 

 slope of the metauotum aud the apices of the abdomiual 

 segments broadly, rufous, tinged with yellow; legs black, the 

 kuees, the frout of the fore femora, of the middle, of the 

 4 frout tibiae aud the oalciria rnfo-testaceous, the wings 

 hyaliue, the uervures and stigma tcstaceous. Auteuuae for 

 the greater part rufo-testaceous. — Leugth 14 mm. 

 Hab. Darjeeliug. 



Face aud clypeus ratlier strougly puuctured, the face 

 rouudly projectiug iu the middle; the clypeal foveae large 

 aud deep ; the vertex aud upper part of the front rngose, 

 the iur.er eye orbits shar})ly margiued. Thorax closely, but 

 not very strougly, rugosely punctured aud thickly covered 

 with white pubesceuce; the posterior median area closely 

 transversely striated, the outer apical areae coarsely reticulated, 

 the spiracnlar coarsely, sparsely obliqnely striated. The raised 

 ceutral part of the post-petiole is depressed in the middle, its 

 apex smooth, the rest finely, irregularly striated ; the 2'id 

 aud followiiig segments miuutely puuctured ; the gastrocoeli 

 uarrow, trausverse, the basai slope with a few stout striae. 



III. Cryptiiii. 



13. Aconias gen. nov. 



Head cubital, the temples longer than t])o eyes. Malar 

 space large, louger thau the scape of the auteuuae; the fla- 

 gellum ringed with white; the l^t joiut of the flagellum louger 

 thau the 2^^K Median segment stoutly toothed, the teeth 

 United by a keel ; the basai transverse keel absent; at the 

 base are 2 short keels, formiug an area opeu at the apex; 

 there is a longitudinal keel on either side of the spiracles ; 

 the up})er exteuds below the spiue to the apex of the segment; 

 the outer exteuds to the coxae; from the spine a keel mus 

 obli(]uely to it, formiug au area on the lateral apex of the 

 segment. Spiracles oval, of moderate size. Areolet 5-aug!ed, 

 slightly longer thau broad ; the apical nervure faiuter than 

 the basai; the disco-cubital nervure not broken by the stump 

 of a nervure ; the transverse median nervure iu bind wiugs 

 broken below the middle. Post-petiole becomiug gradually 

 wider towards the apex; the pétiole is louger thau the 2iid 

 segment aud is gradually curved. Abdomen stout, red, 

 the apex uot spotted; ovipositor projectiug, stout, shorter 

 than the abdomen. 



In AsImeacTs arrangement (Proc. Ü. S, Nat. Mus. XyiII, 

 43) this geuus would corne iu uear Cliaeretlnjinma, 



