268 Mr. J. O. Westwood on the 



basal joints yellow beneath. Prothorax yellow, slender, elongated, 

 almost smooth, with scarcely any transverse wrinkles, the fore 

 margin and three longitudinal lines black, the middle one extending 

 from the front margin nearly to the hind one, dilated in front and 

 behind ; the two side ones not extending to the fore margin. 

 Mesothorax yellow, with a transverse black mark in front, den- 

 tated on its hinder edge, but not extending so far back as the 

 scutellum ; metathorax yellow. Abdomen yellow, with the base 

 black above, the terminal segments dark at the sides, and with a 

 triangular black patch on the hinder margin of each, on the upper 

 side. Fore legs yellow ; coxae very slender ; femora on the outside 

 yellow, on the inside the terminal half is black ; spines brown ; 

 tibiae yellow, with the inside black ; four hind legs entirely yellow. 

 Wings very slightly stained with yellow, submarginal and radial 

 veins and the elongated stigma black ; all the wings with only six 

 oblique discoidal cells dependent on the ordinary radial sectors. 



44. M. Indica (Westw.) Fulva, facie linea fusca, media longi- 

 tudinali, verticeque striga transversa brunnea ; prothorace 

 flavo, antice lineis duabus lunatis lateralibus, lateribusque 

 posticis fuscis, femoribus anticis intus nigricantibus ; alis hya- 

 linis, stigmate sanguineo. Tab. 18, fig. 5. 



Long. corp. lin. 5 — 6 ; expans. alar, antic, lin. 12. 



Habitat in India orientali, Calcutta, Nepalia. (D. Hardwicke, 

 &c.) In Mus. Britann., Westwood. 



Head fulvous yellow ; labrum blackish brown, a line of brown 

 between the antennae, extending nearly to the labrum, dilated 

 behind the base of the antennae ; a red brown bar extends across 

 the crown of the head ; antennae black, yellow at the base. 

 Prothorax elongated and rather slender, yellow, anterior part 

 dilated, with the anterior margin (except in the middle) and a 

 curved line on each side of blackish brown, leaving the middle 

 clear ; the two ordinary tubercles rather more prominent than 

 usual ; hinder cylindrical part only slightly transversely wrinkled, 

 with a more distinct impression on each side, at about one-third 

 from the hind margin ; sides of this part brownish black ; re- 

 mainder of the thorax fulvous yellow, with slender dark lines 

 separating the several portions. Abdomen varied with fulvous 

 yellow and black. Fore legs fulvous on the outside, femora with 

 a small black spot at the tip; on the inside the femora are 

 blackish brown ; inferior edge fulvous ; spines fulvous. Four 

 hind legs fulvous, with black ungues, terminated by three or four 

 minute teeth. Wings very slightly stained with brown ; veins 

 slender and black ; postcostal and radial veins yellow, stigma 



