ELLAMPUS. HOLOPYGA. 421 



the middle ; antennae long, filiform, the 2nd joint of the nagellum 

 the longest, the 1st joint very short ; clypeus broad, slightly 

 raised in the middle anteriorly. Thorax: the pronotum very 

 convex, subcyliudrical, the sides nearly parallel ; propleurae slightly 

 hollow ; mesonotum and scutellum strongly convex ; meso- 

 pleuras oblique, convex, strongly but not rugosely punctured, 

 the apex slightly excavate ; postscutellum with a large elongate 

 triangular rnucro at base ; posterior lateral angles of the median 

 segment produced, comparatively broad at base, suddenly attenuate 

 towards apex; wings hyaline, nervures aud tegulae brown, the 

 latter shining, slightly aeneous. Abdomen convex, transverse at 

 base, suboval, the sides strongly convergent posteriorly, the apical 

 margin truncate. 



Length, $ tf 4-5 ; exp. 8-9 mm. 



Hub. So far recorded only from Kashmir, 5000 ft. (Nurse). 



Genus HOLOPYGA. 

 Holopyga, Dahlb. Hym. Eur. 1854, p. 47. 



Type, H. ventralis, Say, from America. 



Range. Both hemispheres. 



$ <S . Head transverse, shorter than the pronotum or equal to 

 it ; facial hollow moderately deep ; mandibles bi- or tridentate ; 

 antennae filiform, moderately long. Thorax short and very stoutly 

 built, strongly convex above ; pronotum long, massive, as long as 

 the mesonotum or longer ; mesonotum and scutellum transverse ; 

 mesopleurse lightly convex, subtriangular, acute beneath ; post- 

 scutellum rounded, convex, sometimes a little gibbous, never 

 mucronate; median segment truncate posteriorly, the posterior 

 lateral angles produced. Wings : fore wing with complete medial 

 and 1st discoidal cells, the outer nervures of the latter cell some- 

 what more faintly outlined ; the other cells entirely or partially 

 incomplete ; the basal nervure bent inwards towards the base of the 

 wing, distinctly angular, not curved. Legs with the femora and 

 tibiae normal, the claws of the tarsi with from 2 to 5 teeth. 

 Abdomen pseudosessile, short, stoutly built, broad and very convex 

 above, the apical margin regularly completely rounded, never 

 truncate, incised or dentate. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Abdomen green or bluish green, not broader 



than pronotum. 

 a'. Head as broad as pronotmu ; pronptnm 



transverse, not rounded nor declivous 



anteriorly //. indtca, p. 422. 



b' . Head narrower than pronotnui : pronotum 



not transverse, rounded aud declivous 



anteriorly -W- ""**<, p. 423. 



b. Abdomen cupreous golden, broader than pro- 



notum H- cupreata, p. 42.'1. 



