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current nervure before its centre ; basal nervure subcontinuous 

 through the median ; nervellus opposite, geniculate and interrupted 

 slightly below its centre. 



Length 9 millim. 



BURMA : Karen Hills, 3000-3700 ft. (. Fea). 



Type in the Genoa Museum. 



This species appears to constitute a connecting link between 

 Metopius and Cultrarius, having the antenna) not altogether 

 filiform, the thorax subsphaerical and the abdomen fusiform ; nor 

 is the facial shield by any means distinct. Described from a 

 single female. 



189. Metopius rufus, Cam. 



Metopius rufus, Cameron,* Zeits. Hym.-Dip. 1905, p. 281 ( $ ). 



$ . A rufescent species, with the abdomen black and yellow. 

 Head with white pilosity ; the closely punctate and circumcarinate 

 face and the palpi flavescent ; clypeus and labrum rufescent, 

 more strongly punctate than the face and with close white pilosity, 

 mandibles unideutate and rufescent, with a pale basal mark ; frons 

 and vertex closely punctate, ocellar region black, frontal orbits 

 flavous and frons carinate. An- 

 tennce rufescent. Thorax with 

 white hairs ; pro- and mesonotum 

 closely and distinctly punctate, 

 more coarsely at the base ; pleurae 

 closely punctate, inesopleurae with 

 a broad and superficial sulcus ; 

 metanotum with theareola laterally 

 indicated but apically wanting, its 

 carina? convergent ; metapleurae 

 nitidulous and sparsely punctate. 

 Scutelhim laterally straight ; its 

 Fig. 68. Metopius rufus, Cam. smooth apical half, and the post- 

 scutellum, flavous; basal depression 



black and strongly tricarinate. Abdomen subcylindrical, with the 

 fifth segment broadest, piceous black ; four basal segments coarsely 

 and longitudinally punctate, with at least their apical half 

 flavous; basal segment subtransverse and nitidulous, with spiracles 

 at its black base ; anus entirely piceous ; terebra small, acumi- 

 nate and extending to apex. Legs unicolorous red, with dense 

 but obsolete white pubescence. Wings hyaline, with the tegulae, 

 costa and stigma red ; areoiet strongly transverse, distinctly 

 petiolate and minutely fenestrate above its apex : apex of wing 

 with a large and subdeterminate infurnate spot. 

 Length 12 millim. 

 RAJPUTANA: Mt. Abu (Col. Nurse); BOMBAY: Poona (E. C. 



