LIMNEEIUM. 



the second and third segments pale testaceous beneath, and 

 apically dull red above ; postpetiole with an elongate basal area ;. 

 terebra 3 millim. in length. Legs rufescent, with the base of the 



.Fig. 142. Limnerium agracnsc, Cam, 



front ones flavous ; the pubescent hind tarsi and apices of their 

 tibiae black ; calcaria stramineous. Wings clear hyaline ; stigma 

 and nervures dark testaceous ; tegulae flavous. 



Length 7-8 millim. 



UNITED PROVINCES ; Agra (Botlmeij}. 



Type in the Oxford Museum. 



383. Limnerium taprobanicum, Cam. 



Limnerium taprobanicum, Cameron, Spolia Zeylanica, 1905 



$ . A dull, black species with the legs mainly red. Bead dull, 

 finely and closely punctate, and with white pubescence ; mandibles 

 and palpi pale testaceous. Antennae immaculate. Thorax dull r 

 finely and closely punctate, with white pubescence ; in the centre 

 of the base of the metanotum is a clearly defined area about three 

 times as long as wide and of equal width throughout ; " from 

 the apex of this run two keels ; they are at the base roundly 

 curved outwardly, then run obliquely to the outer side of the 

 apical slope, uniting with the pleural keel above the middle of 

 the coxa3 " ; propleura closely, obliquely and somewhat strongly 

 striate. Abdomen entirely black. Legs : anterior pair dark 

 rufescent, with the coxa3 basally black and the trochanters pale 



