132 Mr. James Waterstoji's Notes on Fig Insects. 



margiiiate. Apical spur simple, straight, more than half as long 

 as the tibia. On the 1st tarsal joint j)osteriorly are 4-5 short 

 stout bristles in a subventral row with as many more above. At 

 the apex of the hind tibia ventrally on outer aspect are three 

 connected curved teeth, the most ventral largest and covering the. 

 short peg-like spur. 1st hind tarsal joint ventrally gently excised 

 and thinned on basal f . In the fore and hind tarsi the 2nd and 

 3rd joints are equal; in the mid tarsus the 3rd exceeds the 2nd 

 by J-. In the fore tarsus the 1st joint is | longer than the 2nd; 

 in the mid tarsus the first joint slightly exceeds the second and 

 equals the third; in the hind tarsus the first joint is 2| the 

 second. 



Abdomen. Tergites 1-4 and again 5 a;nd 6 are sub-equal, the 

 latter distinctly shorter than the former. The receptaculum is 

 globular and strongly chitinised. Spiracle small circular (fig. 1/), 

 7th tergite chitinised not membranous, stylet short broader than 

 long, apically rounded with two long apical bristles and one at the 

 side. Ovipositor about :' the abdomen, sheath with 8 bristles on 

 ajjical half. Apex of saw with one rather strong tooth. 5th 

 sternite not cultriform but rounded, truncated distally, with narrow 

 central jirocess. 



Length, over 1-5 mm. 



Alar expanse, about 2-75 nun. 



Type $ in Brit. Mus. 



Ceylon, Peradeniya. " On laboratory table," l.viii. 

 1913. (A. Rutherford.) 



Named in honour of its collector the late (jlovernment 

 Entomologist at Peradeniya. 



Altliougli the following species is well marked, I feel a 

 little d(nibt as to its generic position, owing to the incom- 

 plete state of the material available. All the specimens 

 are dealated, and in none is an antenna complete beyond 

 the 6th joint. While this does not prevent the drawing 

 up of a reliable diagnosis a study of the wings and last 

 segments of the antenna might have given additional 

 clues to the generic placing of this form. From typical 

 Agaon the new species differs only in having but one major 

 tooth on the mandible. The head is also somewhat short. 

 On the other hand, the antenna (fig. 26) so far as it goes 

 is exactly that of Agaon and of no other Blastophagine 

 genus. Another slight but important character is the 

 presence of a row of bristles (4) along the stipes and the 

 absence of a palp-hke splint. A. scobiniferum, sp. n., may 



