498 Mr. P. Cameron on new 



Antennas black, the scape and the greater part of the 

 second and third joints rufous ; the flagellum of a duller 

 rufous colour beneath. Head rufous; the vertex, occiput, 

 the edges of the clypeus 3 and a large mark in its centre 

 black ; the apex of the clypeus pallid yellow. Mandibles 

 dull rufous, their base pallid yellow, the teeth black. Front 

 and vertex distinctly and closely punctured ; the clypeus with 

 some scattered punctures, its apical tooth sharp, distinct ; 

 below each antenna is a short, deep, oblique furrow. Thorax 

 black ; the pronotum, a large oblique mark on the meso- 

 pleuras, and the greater part of the scutellum rufous ; the base 

 of the postscutellum and the middle of the median segment 

 pale lemon-yellow. Pro- and mesonotum with the scutellum 

 closely punctured and thickly covered with pale pubescence ; 

 the postscutellum punctured at the base only ; the median 

 segment finely transversely striated. Pro- and mesopleuree 

 closely punctured, the punctures almost forming reticulations ; 

 the lower part of the metapleurse obscurely punctured. Legs 

 black, the four anterior coxas yellow below ; the femora and 

 tibias rufous, black above ; the tarsi black. Wings fuscous, 

 the front and apex smoky ; the nervures and costa black ; 

 the stigma testaceous ; the second cubital cellule is much 

 narrowed at the top; the first recurrent nervure is received 

 near the base of the apical third of the cellule. Abdomen 

 black ; the apical dilated half of the petiole, the sides of the 

 second segment narrowly at the junction between the dorsal 

 and ventral parts, and a narrow line before the apex, rufous ; 

 the apex itself is yellow. 



The male has the face and clypeus pallid yellow, this being 

 also the case with the lower part of the eye-incision ; the 

 front and vertex are entirely black ; there are two large 

 yellow maiks on the sternum between the four front legs; 

 the neck of the second segment and a streak along the sides 

 at the base are yellow ; otherwise as in $ • 



Comes near /. speciosa and ungulata; easily known from 

 them by the rufous prothorax. Instead of there being a 

 detached spot on the base of the second segment there is a 

 short yellow line laterally at the extreme base. 



Icaria nigroplagiata } sp. n. 



Ferruginea ; metathorace nigro, medio flavo ; abdominis segmento 2° 

 basi biflavo-maculato, apice flavo ; alis fere hyalinis, apice fu- 

 mato, stigmate flavo, nervis nigris. $ . 



Long. 11 mm. 



Hah. Khasia Hills. Coll, Rothney. 



