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VIII. Descriptions of new genera and species of Tentlire- 

 dinida3 and Siricida?, chiejiy from the East Indies, 

 in the Collection of the British Museum. By 

 Peter Cameron. 



[Read 5th July, 1876.] 



TENTHREDINIDiE. 



Hylotoma alhocincta. 



9 . Dark blue, pilose, the 3rd abdominal segment banded 

 •\vitli white all round. Clypeus roundly emarginated; an- 

 tennaj longer than head and thorax. Wings hyaline, the 

 marginal and submarginal cellules (except at the lower 

 part) smoky; costa dirty white; stigma sordid luteous, 

 darker at the base ; tegulas dirty white. Feet white, 

 four anterior tibias entirely and posterior at the apical half 

 dai'k blue ; posterior tarsi fuscescent. 



Length 11 lines. 



Hah. — Nepaul. 



Ob s.~ Hylotoma janthina, Klug, is in the collection 

 from Java, Nepaul, North India and Sumatra. 



Hylotoma xanthogasier. 



$ . Deep bluish-black, shining, pubescent ; belly, abdo- 

 men at the sides, and anus, yellow; palpi black; blotch 

 large ; cencluri large, white ; anus hairy, terebra projecting. 

 Feet slightly darker than thorax. Anterior Avings more 

 or less smoky; posterior pair almost hyaline, 2ud submar- 

 ginal cellule with a distinct horny point. 



Length 61 lines. 



Hah. — Nepaid. 



Hylotoma lute a. 



2. Dark luteous, pubescent; antennte and abdomen 

 paler, the latter marked with black transverse dorsal lines 

 separated in the middle ; metanotum marked with black. 

 Head deep blue-black. Feet blue-black, darker than the 

 colour of the head ; posterior femora more or less sordid 

 luteous above and beneath. Wings dark smoky; costa 

 and stigma black. 



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