and species of Tcnthrcdinidce. and Siricida. 465 



Paclnj protasis versicolor. 



5 . Head black ; the lower part of face (except a 

 black band over the clypeus) and orbits of the eyes whitish- 

 yellow. Clypeus small, incised; labrum large; tips of man- 

 dibles black ; palpi and two small spots below the ocelli 

 and two basal joints of antenna? white beneath. Thorax 

 black, shining ; a line on pronotum, a spot on mesonotmn, 

 scutellum, a spot on metanotum, a spot below the tegulge, 

 on the sides of the breast and sternum, white. Sides of 

 breast opaque, punctured. Abdomen black, basal segment 

 red ; spots along the sides, a large spot over the anus and 

 belly, more or less white. Legs red, coxie and base of 

 femora white ; coxte punctured, with a large black spot 

 on posterior pair, and a white spot over them. AntenniB 

 longish, black, seventh and part of eighth joint white. 

 AVings hyaline; costa and stigma black, the latter pale at 

 the base. 



Length 8^ lines. 



Hab. — North India. 



♦^ Macropliya rotundiventris. 



$. Antennre about the length of the abdomen, thin, 

 black, two basal joints whitish-yellow. Head deep black, 

 covered with long hairs ; labrum and clypeus Avhitish- 

 yellow, mandibles piceous. Pro- and meso-thorax to the 

 cenchri and to the middle of the sides beneath reddish, 

 Avith two black spots in front of sciitellum ; metathorax 

 black. Abdomen cylindrical, sordid yellow, black at the 

 sides above and at the anal segments ; belly and sides pale 

 yellow. Feet pale yellow : a short line above middle 

 femora, posterior femora entirely above, base of coxa3, and 

 apical half of posterior tibire, black ; posterior tarsi thickish, 

 hairy. Wings hyaline; costa and stigma testaceous; apex 

 smoky. 



Length 11 lines. 



Hab. — North India. 



Tenthrcdo incerta. 



2 . Black, shining, with a bluish tinge. Head smooth, 

 shining, covered with white hairs. Pronotum, sides of 

 breast and metanotum red ; second and third abdominal 

 segments banded Avith white ; blotch very large. Terebra 

 projecting, hairy. AntenniB short, thick, pilose ; two 

 basal joints large, third much longer than fourth. Legs 

 white ; apex of coxte, greater part of femora and apical 



