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yellow: head transverse, but longer than in &. ambiguus; 

 scutellum not so prominent, narrower and compressed ; meta- 

 notum with a very distinct basal portion. Pedicel flat above, 

 a little concave at the extreme base ; pygidium strongly convex, 

 entire, with no longitudinally impressed medial line. 



9. JEnictus grandis, sp. n. 



' <3 . Head jet-black, polished and shining : mandibles, antennae, 

 thorax, legs, pedicel and abdomen castaneous brown, the thorax 

 and abdomen somewhat fuscous above ; the mandibles, antennae 

 and front of the head with fairly long, erect, glistening yellow 

 hairs, the thorax and abdomen with somewhat sparse, short, 



recumbent pubescence of the 

 same colour ; wings fusco- 

 hvaline, nervures brown. 

 Head about twice as broad 

 as long ; eyes comparatively 

 small, anterior; the cheeks 

 well developed and rounded ; 

 the occiput somewhat flat ; 

 mandibles long, flat, not 

 much curved ; antennae long, 

 the scape very broad, flat 

 and foliaceous ; flagellum 

 cylindrical. Thorax massive ; 

 mesonotum with a short, 

 medial, longitudinally im- 

 pressed line in front ; scu- 

 tellum rounded posteriorly ; 

 rnetanotum with a short but 

 distinct oblique basal portion ; 

 legs with the femora spat- 

 ulate, tibiae clavate. Node 

 of pedicel from above semi- 

 circular, flat or slightly 

 longitudinally convex; the 

 apex transverse, beneath 

 carinate, the carina ending in a strong tooth posteriorly ; abdomen 

 massive, enlarged towards the apex ; the pygidium strongly convex 

 above, its posterior margin entire ; hypopygium with its posterior 

 margin truncate. 



Length, tf 12-13 mm. 



Hab. Lower Burma, Toungoo (Hauxivell). 



The largest known species of the genus. 



10. JEnictus greeni, S p. n. 



3 . Eesembles dE. grandis in colour and in the shape of the 

 pedicel, but is very much smaller and more pubescent. Dark 

 castaneous brown, the head black, the mandibles, antennae and 



Fig. 9. JEnictus grandis, 



