322 TENTHREDINID^. 



a deep violaceous blotch on the costa, throwing off a smoky streak 

 towards the inner margin. 



Hah. China : North India. 



185. Tenthredo xanthoptera. 



(Plate XL fig. 13.) 



Tenthredo xanthoptera, Cameron, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lund. 1876, 

 p. 4<i7. 



Exp. al. 1 poll. 4 lin. to 1 poll. <> lin.. long. corp. 6 lin. 



Rufo -testaceous ; antennae, except at the base, tips of man- 

 dibles, ocelli, hind tibiae and tarsi, and the claws and pulvelli of the 

 intermediate tarsi black. Wings deep yellowish hyaline, with yel- 

 lowish nervures ; tips uniform brown, with a violet iridescence, 

 most distinct on the under surface. 



This species appears to be scarcely distinct from T. melanotarsis, 

 Cam. (ante, p. 321). 



Hah. North India. 



a. 2- (Type.) Nepal. <i en. Hardwicke. 



b. 2 • Bootan. Dr. Pemberton. 



180. Tenthredo siinulans. 

 Tentbredu shnulans, Cameron, Trans. Ent. Soc. Load. 1*77, p. 87. 

 Hah. India. 



1 87. Tenthredo siniulata. 

 Tenthredo siniulata, Smith, Second Yarhand Miss, p. 10 (1878). 

 Hah. Kashmir. 



L88. Tenthredo nigromaculata. 



Tenthredo nigromaculatus, Smith. Second Yarkand Miss. p. 20 (1878 l. 

 Hah. Kashmir. 



L89. Tenthredo clypeata. 

 (Plate XTI. fig. 5.) 

 Tenthredo clypeata, Cameron, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1876, p. 466. 

 Exp. al. 1 poll. 2 liu. to 1 poll. 3 lin., long. corp. 0-7 lin. 

 Dark green, more or less shining ; thorax coppery, head rugose, 



