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darker above ; the face thickly covered with silvery pubes- 

 cence; the antennal tubercles longish, extending equally 

 below and above the antennae, and sharply keeled down the 

 middle ; the front and vertex closely punctured, closely trans- 

 versely above the antenna? ; the sides narrowly and the apex 

 of the clypeus broadly pale yellow ; the apex of the clypeus 

 broadly rounded, not projecting- in the middle. Mandibles 

 pale yellow, thickly covered with silvery pubescence; the 

 teeth black ; the palpi pale yellow. Thorax dark ferruginous ; 

 a narrow line on the base of the postscutellnm and two large 

 marks (longer than broad and oblique at the base and apex) 

 on the apex of the median segment lemon-yellow. The 

 scutellum is darker coloured than the mesonotum and is 

 widely furrowed down the centre on the apical half; the post- 

 scutellum is finely longitudinally striated in the centre. The 

 median segment is narrowly furrowed at the base, the rest 

 with the furrow much wider ; the segment is thickly covered 

 with short fuscous hair and is obscurely transversely striated ; 

 the furrow is blackish on the apical two thirds. The pro- 

 pleuiae below, the mesopleura? above, and the base and apex 

 of the metapleurai more or less blackish. Legs dark rufous; 

 the four hinder femora infuscated above; the tibia? black, 

 except in front, the tarsi for the greater part black. Wings 

 hyaline, with a fuscous tinge ; the radial cellule and the apex 

 of the costal cellule smoky. Petiole dark rufous, blackish at 

 the base and apex ; the rest black ; there is a broad yellow 

 band on either side of the second segment at the base ; two 

 smaller ones on the base of the third ; a mark on the sides of 

 the tilth near the middle; the last segment is broadly obscure 

 yellow on the base. The apex of the petiole is yellowish 

 and sharply bordered laterally ; the basal three fourths of 

 the second and third segments, the basal half of the fourth, 

 the base of the fifth narrowly, and a longer semicircular mark 

 on the base of the sixth, yellow. 



A very distinct species, intermediate between Bingham's 

 sections " A. Reddish or ferruginous brown, with yellow 

 markings," and " B. Black, with red or yellow markings." 



Icaria Wroughtoni, sp. n. 

 Long. 15 mm. 



Hab. Poona {Wroughton). 



Comes into Bingham's section u A. Reddish or ferruginous 

 brown, with yellow markings," and " a. Second abdominal 

 segment with no transverse yellow Dand on its apical margin " 

 which now stands: — 



