lili.ss G. Ricar.l.) on the A.sili<la', 03 



shading at apex and on liiiul border not very distinct, hut 

 exteiidiii}; down the lore border a.s far as the junction of the 

 second and third veins ; the snwill transverse vein is just 

 beyonil the nii(hlie of the diseal cell or at the michlle. 



Ftnuik' identical. 'I'hc hind i'cniora appear to have only 

 two or tliree yellow bristles on their u[)pcrsides. The 

 ovipositor consists of the last three segments and is black 

 with ciiiifiy bhu k pubescence. 



Neoita/tius inumatus, J $ , sj). n. 



Tvpe (male) and type (female), from ^russoree, U.P., 

 India (J. E. Middlelou), lUll, 11-8. 



One female from Pnnjanl) (Dudgton Coll.), 1904, 232. 



A small inconspicuous-looking species. Abdomen blackish 

 with segmentations and sides griv. Legs blackish; tibiie 

 and tarsi largely yellowish. IJeard black and white. Fore 

 femora with some bristK s. 



Length, ^ 14, ? 1(5 mm. 



Male. — Face blackish with grey tomentum ; the tubercle 

 large shining black, carrying a thick, tuft-like, white mous- 

 tache surrounded by black bristles. Palpi black with black 

 bristli's. 15eard white. Antennoi broken olT, in the other 

 fennde they are blackish, the base of the third joint reddish 

 yellow. Furehead with black bristly hairs, the hairs round 

 l;ead white, with strong black bristles at vertex on each 

 side of the frontal incision. Thorax covered with greyish 

 tomentum, having a very distinct median black stripe divided 

 in the middle and with three blackish spots forming side- 

 stripes ; the pubescence is short and black. Pnesutural 

 bristles are four, three being yellow; three supra-alar bristles, 

 four postalar bristles ; the dorso-central biistks are numerous 

 but weak, many being yellowish, weak, bristle-like hairs. 

 SctUcHain coveied with grey tomentum and with some long 

 white pubescence, and three or four black bristles on its 

 posterior border. Abdomen covei'cd with greyish tomentum, 

 leaving a large blackish-brown spot on each segment, 

 rounded at their posterior border; on the side of each seg- 

 ment are two or more strong yellow bristles an<l long white; 

 h;irs; on the dorsum the ])ubesccuce consists of very short 

 yellowish hairs, more numerous and longer and paler on the 

 first segment. Leys blackish ; the femora at their apices 

 yellow; tibi'.e yellow with apices black; tarsi yellowish with 

 black apices ; fore femora inerassate, with three short vellow 

 bristles at base below and a few black small bristles round 

 the a[)ex ; piibesceuce blackish with some white hairs, all 



