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Table for Species from India, Burmah, and Cochin China, 



1. Leg3 black ^ 2. 



Legs bright yellow or reddish, sometimes partly- 

 black 6. 



Lc}j:8 blackish with reddish tibi?e 8. 



2. Abdomen with yellow or redditjh-yellow tufts 



of hairs on the first segments 3. 



Abdomen with no such tufts of hairs 5. 



3. Pubescence on abdomen bright reddish yellow. 



Genitalia club-shaped. Ovipositor short . . duvaucelii, Macq. 

 Pubescence on abdomen yellowish 4. 



4. Genitalia large, upper forceps truncate, notched. 



Legs with black and white bristles marcii, Macq. 



Genitalia small. Ovipositor long. Legs with 

 long yellow pubescence binghamevsis, pp.n. 



5. First posterior cell closed heteropterm, Macq. 



First posterior not closed 6. 



G. Abdomen black with white hairs, extra- 

 ordinarily short calantis, Wlk. 



L Abdomen black with whitish-yellowish or 



greyish bands 8. 



8. Small species. Legs wholly reddish yellow. 



Wings pale contractus, \Ylk. 



Abdomen conical, stout, with whitish bands, 



Femora black at the apices, tarsi black .... ajnvorus, Wlk. 

 Abdomen long with greyish yellow-haired 



bands. Legs entirely red maculatus, Fabr. 



Femora with a black stripe, tarsi black pseudomaculatus, 



9. Abdomen with long bright orange-red pubes- [sp. n. 



cence leoninus, Schiner. 



Abdomen with greyish bands. Tibiae reddish 

 yellow, ovipostor long yerburiensis, sp. n. 



The following species have also been described from this 

 region : — 



Promachus nicobarensis, Schiner, a species with a yellow- 

 haired abdomen and a white tuft on the gcntalia. 



Promachus westermanni, Macq., the abdomen black with 

 whitish segmentations. Legs black. 



Promachus varipes, Macq., also supposed to be found in 

 Manila, with a short yellow-haired abdomen. Femora above 

 and the tibire red. Genitalia with a tuft of white hairs. 



Promachus apicalis, Macq., with a black grey-banded 

 abdomen, the anterior and immediate femora and tibia} 

 testaceous on the outside. 



Promachus rufipes, Macq., with a black abdomen, red 

 segmentations, and yellow-haired th(;rax with red pubes- 

 cence. 



Promachus ceylonicus, INIacq., is probably an Alcemus or 



