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slender from their base and widely separated one from the other, 

 very shining ; sculpture resembling that of the $ , but with deep 

 instead of shallow dimple-like punctures. Abdomen sparsely 

 punctured. Pilosity similar to that of the . Wings rather 

 short, hyaline, with the nervures brown, a large deeper brown 

 marginal spot, and one cubital cell. Generative organs hidden. 

 Entirely black ; tlagellum of the antennae, mandibles and tarsi 

 brownish. Basal joint of the flagellum and posterior margins 

 of the abdominal segments reddish." (Forel.) 



Length, g 4-5 ; <$ 4'6-5 mm. 



Hob. Western India, Kanara ( Wroughtori). 



Genus SYSCIA. 

 Syscia, Roger, Berl ent. Zeit. v (1861), p. 19. 



Type, 8. typlila, Eoger, from Ceylon. 



Nab. Ceylon, Australia. 



. Head rectangular, longer than broad, destitute of eyes or 

 ocelli, transverse posteriorly; mandibles narrow, subtriangular, 

 the apical tooth on the masticatory margin long, acute and 

 curved ; clypeus narrow, transverse, almost obsolete ; antennal 

 cariuae short, prominent, not close together ; antennae 9-jointed, 

 short, stout, flagellum clavate, apical joint very massive, long and 

 oval. Thorax a little broader anteriorly than posteriorly, slightly 

 laterally compressed, truncate, slightly concave posteriorly ; legs 

 comparatively robust, the femora and tibiae cylindrical ; claws 

 bifurcate. Pedicel one-jointed ; node cubical, toothed beneath, 

 inserted in the middle of the basal abdominal segment, which 

 anteriorly is truncate and subemarginate ; rest of the abdomen 

 ovate, the constriction between the basal two segments very broad 

 and deep. 



36. Syscia typhla, Royer, Berl ent. Zeit. v 

 (1861), p. 20, ; Forel, Jour. Bomb. N. 

 H. Soc. xiii (1900), p. 329. 



. Brownish red ; mandibles, antennae 

 and legs testaceous red. Head, thorax 

 and abdomen shining, fairly closely but 

 very finely punctured,, covered with fairly 

 abundant, short, erect, reddish hair. For 

 the rest, the characters of the genus. 



Length, 2'75 mm. 

 Fig. 23. Hub. Ceylon. 



Syscia typhla, $ . 



Genus OOCEKJEA. 

 Ooceraaa, Roger, Berl ent. Zeit. vi (1862), p. 248. 



Type, 0. fragosa, Roger, from Ceylon. 

 Range. Recorded so far from Ceylon only. 



