346 P. Cameron. 



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1. A. spinitarsis sp. nov. Ç. 



Black, a broad white riug ou the anteunae, the apical 

 two-thirds of tlie 2'ic^ and the followiag segments of the 

 abdomen red; the ventral segments blaek; the penultimate 

 liued with pale yellow ou the apex; the legs rafous, the coxae 

 and trochanters, the greater pai*t of the 4 front femora 

 black; the wings hyaline, the stigma and nervures black. — 

 Length 9; terebra 2 mm. 



Hab. Darjeeling. 



Face and basai half of clypeus closely punctured ; the 

 apex of the cly})eus obscnrely transversely striated ; its sides 

 and mandibles rufo-testaceous; the teeth black, palpi fuscous 

 black, palerat the apex. Pro- and mesothorax closely punctnred, 

 the mesonotnm densely covered with fulvous ])ubesceuce : the 

 scutellum more shining and more sparsely punctnred. Meta- 

 uotum shining, irregularly striated along the keels. Meta- 

 pleurae closely puuctured and irregularly striated in the middle; 

 there is a stout keel below, between the coxae. Abdomen 

 sraooth and shining. Legs covered with pale pnbesceuce; the 

 tibiae and tarsi spinose; the metatarsus thickly beueath. 



IV. Ophioninae. 



14. Cidaphurus flavoinaculatus sp. nov. cf- 



Niger, late fla vo-macnlatus ; pedibus rufis, coxis uigris, 

 flavo-raaculatis; alis hyaliuis, stigmate uervisque nigris. — 

 Long. 12 — 13 mm. 



Hab. Simla (Major C. G. Nurse). 



Anteunae black, the scape yellow, the flagellum browuish 

 beueath. Head black; the face, inner orbits, the })arts below 

 tlie ocelli and at their sides, the clyi)eus, the mandibles, 

 except at the apex, and the outer orbits. bright yellow. There is 

 a broad black liue do wu the scutellum, thespine, thepost-scutellum 

 aud the parts on eitherside of it; a broad baud ou the top of the 

 apical slope of the median segmeut, the base of the propleurae 

 narrowly, a broad mark on the base of the mesopleurae, uarrowed 

 ou the lovverside, the tubercles, a small mark under the hinder 

 wings and the metapleurae from below the oblique furrow 

 (the mark rounded above), yellow. Mesouotum closely and 

 distinctly puuctured, the scutellum less closely and less strongly 

 than it; the scutellar spiue is long, narrow and curved. 

 Median segment closely aud distinctly puuctured, exce[)t ou 

 either side of the middle at the base, where it is smooth and 

 shining. Legs rufous; the centre of the face aud a naiTOw 

 jellow liue dowu the centre of the vertex. Face closely and 



