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nervelet and its apex, beyond the recurrent, is distinctly longer 

 than the subnaargiual; the radius, too, is apically more sinuate, 

 the nervellus less postfurcal, the head slightly broader posteriorly 

 and the basal nervure continuous through the median. 



204. Ophion asiaticus, Kok. 



Ophion asiaticus, Kokujew, Rev. Russe Entom. 1906, p. 167 ($ ). 

 Ophion petshinensis, Cameron,* Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 

 1906, p. 275 (?,as tf). 



$ . A not very large, flavo-testaceous and nitidulous species. 

 Head somewhat broad posteriorly ; orbits broadly stramineous, 

 ocelli subcontiguous to the eyes, cheeks very short. Antennce 

 shorter than the body. Thorax : mesonotum smooth and 

 shining, with the notauli short and deeply impressed ; meta- 

 thorax with anterior transverse carina not very strong, the 

 posterior subobsolete, traces of two discal and apical longitudinal 

 cariiiJB. Scutellum very smooth and nitidulous, with its base 

 alone laterally carinate. Abdomen flavescent, with the second to 

 sixth segments dorsally testaceous and the anus not infuscate ; 

 basal segment subparallel-sided throughout, with its petiole pale 

 stramineous ; second segment basally constricted, with deeply 

 impressed thyridii, and the central spiracles but slightly pro- 

 minent. Leffs with the tibial calcaria of unequal length ; tarsi 

 finely spinulose and elongately pectinate. Wings with the 

 stigma rufescent and basally stramineous, and the nervures 

 black ; nervelet short ; basal nervure not quite continuous 

 through the median, and the uervellus intercepted at its centre. 



Length 15-18 millim. 



BALUCHISTAN: Peshin, iv. 03 (Col. Nurse, type); DECCAN 

 (Col. Sykes}. PERSIA. TBATTSCASPIA. TKANSCAUCASIA. 



Type of 0. peshinensis in Col. Nurse's collection. 



This species is said to be closely aUied to 0. obscurus^ Fab., but 

 with the antenn shorter and stouter, the thorax more shining, 

 and the pale markings less profuse. The pale petiole will dis- 

 tinguish it from 0. carinatus, than which it is smaller and more 

 ochreous, with the internal cubital nervure distinctly a little 

 sinuate before the shorter nervelet ; the second segment is basally 

 more constricted and the metanotum smoother, though the con- 

 formation of the radial nervure, the nervellus and apex of the first 

 cubital ct41 is the same. 



Cameron's type of 0. pesMnensis differs from Kokujew's 

 description in nothing but the subcontiguous ocelli, and I have 

 no hesitation in synonymising it therewith. 



265. Ophion fuscomacnlatus, Cam. 



Ophion fuscomactilatus, Cameron, Manch. Mem. 1899, p. 99 (?c?). 



J $ . Head with face and clypeus not discrete, circularly 

 prominent centrally and ferruginous, becoming subflavidous at 



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