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apical half of the mesonotum closely and finely reticulate, the basal 

 with distinct punctation ; mesopleurae closely punctate, except 

 basaliy above ; metanotutn more finely punctate basaliy than 

 centrally ; lateral arese large, with distinct costulae separating the 

 smaller and square basal, from the longer than broad apical, areae ; 

 areola distinct, elongate, and narrower than the lateral areae ; 

 petiolar area rugulosely punctate ; metapleurae distinctly carinate, 

 more strongly and closely punctate than the mesopleurae, becoming 

 apically substrigose above. Scutellum strongly and closely punctate. 

 Abdomen with the oblique impressions broad and deeply impressed, 

 the four basal segments closely and somewhat strongly punctate, 

 and the first three discally longitudinally carinate ; basal segment 

 laterally carinate in the centre on either side of the disc, and 

 bearing a narrow basal testaceous line ; apices of the two following 

 segments similarly marked with testaceous, and a short apical 

 testaceous line on either side of the fourth ; terebra half the 

 length of the body. Legs fulvous ; anterior coxae and trochanters 

 stramineous ; front femora subflavescent ; hind legs with the 

 coxae red, trochanters bright flavous, femora blackish and internally 

 paler, tibiae testaceous and apically black, tarsi darker testaceous 

 and apically blackish. Wings hyaline, with stigma and nervures 

 black. 



Length 19 millim. 



SIKKTAI (Col. Biiujham). 



Unknown to me. 



Genus APOPHUA, gen. nov. 



GENOTYPE, A. carinata, Mori. 



Head distinctly transverse and strongly constricted behind the 

 oval eyes ; frons simple, vertex very narrow ; clypeus strongly 

 convex and small, apically rounded, pilose and indistinctly discrete 

 from the subprominent epistoma ; mandibles stout, with equal 

 teeth. Antennae slender and filiform, about the length of the 

 body. Thorax not very stout ; mesonotum deplanate, with very 

 indistinct notauli ; metathoracic areae complete but indistinct ; 

 basal area small, areola elongate, with costulae ; petiolar area 

 entire but with the basal carina weak ; spiracles small and sub- 

 circular. Scutellum convex and triangular, sometimes pale. 

 Abdomen sessile, dorsally deplanate and entirely dull, linear or 

 snblanceolate, with the apical segments becoming gradually nar- 

 rower ; central segments apically pale ; basal segment hardly 

 curved, laterally margined, with elongate and conspicuous discal 

 carinae, and spiracles close to the base ; apical ventral segment 

 incised apically and not retracted ; terebra a little shorter than 

 the abdomen ; valvulae of c? incrassate and apically obtuse. Legs 

 somewhat short and slender ; hind calcaria of unequal, the inter- 

 mediate of equal, length ; front tibiae with but a single calcar, 

 which is basaliy sinuate, apically strongly attenuate and acuminate 

 and extends nearly to the apex of the metatarsus; fifth tarsal 



