LIMXERIUM. 481 



will prove to some extent reliable iu the elucidation of these small 

 and inconspicuous insects, though specimens should by no means 

 be forced to represent descriptions with which they do not entirely 

 agree, for we as yet know but a small percentage of the indi- 

 genous kinds. 



Table of Species. 



1 (2) Abdomen red ; 1st segment, base of 



2nd and centre of 3rd, black bjtuldha, Cam., p. 482. 



"2 (1) Abdomen not so coloured. 



.'> (22) Metanotum not strongly impressed; 

 areola laterally entire. 



4 (17) Areola not longer than broad, con- 

 fluent with petiolar area. 



o (6) Hind tibiae centrally, and tarsi basally [p. 482. 



pure white fuscicwpus, Thorns., 



J (5) Hind legs with no pure white mark- 

 ings. 



7 (10) Areolet distinctly and elongately 



petiolate. 



8 (9) Metanotum short, convex and cen- [p. 483. 



trally rugulose forticaiinatum, Cam., 



'!) (8) Metanotum elongate, deplanate and [p. 483. 



centrally glabrous quettaense, Cam., 



10 (7) Areolet sessile or indistinctly petiolate. 



11 (14) Scape immaculate; terebra longer 



than basal segment. [p. 485. 



a 2 (13) Abdomen black ; antennae filiform .. crassifemur, Thorns., 



].'> (12) Abdomen broadly red; antennae 



slightly thickened apically volens, Cam., p. 485. 



J4 (11) Scape pale beneath; terebra hardly 

 exserted. 



L5 (16) Anterior coxae entirely pale ; abdomen [p. 486. 



black renovatum, nom. n., 



1(> ( 15) Anterior coxse basally black ; abdo- 

 men mainly ferruginous indicum, Cam., p. 487. 



17 (4) Areola longer than broad, apically 



discrete ; scape entirely black. 



18 (21) Areolet triangular, emitting recurrent 



nervure beyond its centre. 



19 (20) Speculum finely punctate; abdomen [p. 488. 



entirely black himalayense, Cam., 



20 (19) Speculum glabrous ; abdomen in part 



red affrctense, Cam., p. 488. 



21 (18) Areolet quadrate, emitting recurrent [p. 489. 



from its centre taprobanicum, Cam., 



22 (3) Metanotum strongly impressed ; areola 



obsolete. [P- 490. 



23 (24) Abdomen black; scape pale beneath. . parmcannatum, Cam., 



24 (23) Abdomen broadly red ; scape entirely 



black. 

 2o (26) Thorax sparsely pubescent; stigma 



testaceous ; length 5 millim morosum, Cam., p. 491. 



.26 (25) Thorax densely pubescent; stigma [p. 491. 



black ; length" 7 millim ceylomcum, Cam., 



