8C lilr. "R. E. Turner on 



in length, ])ioatlenecl from tlie hase, the fiftli about half as 

 broad apain at the a])ex as the fourth, the sixth joint shorter 

 bj' one-third and half as broad again at the a|)cx as the tilth, 

 seventh joint very stout, nearly as long as the sixth. Vertex 

 \\\\]\ a deep, broad, longitudinal depression reaching to the 

 ocellar region ; eyes separated on the vertex by a distance 

 equal to about two-thirds of the length of the third joint 

 of the flagcUum. Mesonotum closely and finely punctured ; 

 mesopleurpe convex, rather more sparsely punctured; scu- 

 telluni obliquely sloped anteriorly, closely punctured. Ab- 

 domen robust, very closely punctured, the three basal seg- 

 ments with a shallow longitudinal impressed line in the 

 middle; all the segments strongly depressed at the base. 

 Tarsal ungues shallowly bifid at the apex. 



IJah. Xieng Khouang, March 18. Described from three 

 females. 



The fuscous cloud at the apex of the fore wing is very 

 variable in extent, and in one specimen is wholly absent. 

 Tlie species bears a strong superficial resembhmce to the 

 CMiinese species Athenuantus imperialism Sm., which belongs 

 to the Arn-ina:'. 



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Subfamily Ajioix^. 



Pampsilota euterpe, sp. n. 



5 . Nigro-ptirpurea ; antennis iiigris ; abdoniine ochracoo, pro- 

 podeo tergitisque secundo tertioque transverse nigrn niaculntis ; 

 sternito apicali extrerao apice nigro ; alia fusco-violaceis, apico 

 dilutioribus ; venis nigris. 



Long. 12 mm. 



? . Clypeus shallowl}' emarginate at the apex, minutely 

 punctured and spars(dy clothed with black hairs; frontal 

 sulcus deep and broad, with strong lateral carin.Tp. Antennaj 

 a little longer than the thorax, clothed with very short black 

 liairs, the third joint thickened to the apex, below with two 

 longitudinal carina?, above rounded and without distinct 

 carina;. Vertical area very short and broad, not distinctly 

 defined laterally. Head and thorax sliining, almost smooth, 

 the punctures microscopic ; the dorsal surtace ofc" the thorax 

 clothed with extremely short l)lack hairs; the thorax mi;ch 

 broader than the very small bead. Abdomen broad, smooth, 

 the vagina short and stout. Wings ample ; the third 

 abscissa of the )adius about equal t,o the first and second 

 combined ; third transverse cubital nervure rather feebly 



