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and coarsely punctured, the scutellum and postscutellum above, 

 the sides of' the thorax and the median segment very rugose, the 

 middle of the mesonotum anteriorly, the 1st abdominal segment 

 at ba*e, and the middle of the 2nd abdominal segment more dis- 

 tantly punctured, with smooth shining intervals between the 

 punctures ; on the basal and apical margins of the 2nd and on the 

 base of the 3rd segment the punctures are very much finer and 

 closer together. Head from the front with the mandibles sub- 

 triangular ; the frontal hollow shallow, not margined, densely 

 pubescent, the pubescence whitish ; mandibles narrow, bidentate ; 

 clypeus short, convex ; antenna? black, short and thick, the scape 

 green above, the vertex broad and slightly flat ; the ocelli a little 

 depressed, level with the surface of the head. Thorax : the pro- 

 notum transversely rectangular, with a slight medial longitudinal 



Fig. 101. Parnvpex viridis, $ . a. Head from front, showing elongate 

 mouth-parts; b. Thorax ; c. Third abdominal segment. 



depression on the anterior margin; mesonotum slightly convex t 

 the medial area broad and ill-defined, the mesopleura? triangularly 

 produced beneath, the apex rounded ; scutellum trapezoidal, 

 postscutellum above with a triangularly produced lamina at base, 

 directed posteriorly and overhanging the median segment, this 

 latter vertically truncate posteriorly, the posterior lateral angles 

 produced, divergent, more or less flat above, acute at apex ; wings 

 fusco- hyaline, nervures brownish ; legs punctured, the coxae, 

 trochanters, femora and outer side of the tibia? of the anterior, and 

 the coxa), trochanters, femora and tibia? of the intermediate and 

 posterior legs green ; the front of the anterior tibiae, the apex of 

 all the femora, the base and apex of all the tibia?, and all the tarsi 

 reddish. Abdomen broad and massive, the anterior lateral angles 

 of the 1st segment prominent ; the 3rd segment with a strong 

 medial longitudinal short carina towards the apex, and a pinching 

 in or preapical depression on each side of it, the apical margin of 

 the segment crenulate or denticulate. 



c? . Similar, but with 4 abdominal segments. 



Length, $ 13, eaop. 22 ; rf 12. exp. 23 mm. 



Hob. Pondicherry ; Calcutta (du Buysson) ; Sikhim (Binr/Jiam) ; 

 Northern Gujerat, Deesa (Nttrse). 



