220 Mr. P. Cameron on new 



Metauotal area closely and distinctly punctured ; the sides 

 obliquely striated ; on the apex of the segment are three 

 furrows, the central being the larger ; the hair on it is long 

 and fuscous. Lower orbits and sides of clypcus covered with 

 pale golden pubescence. Front and vertex closely and some- 

 what strongly punctured and covered with long fuscous 

 hair; the face and clypeus less strongly punctured. j\leso- 

 notura and scutellums closely and strongly punctured. 

 Propleurje aciculated, the middle of the mesopleurje reticu- 

 lated, the perpendicular stride more distinct than the 

 longitudinal ; the mctapleurre aciculated. Pygidium only 

 slightly narrowed at the extreme apex, being of almost equal 

 ■width throughout ; it is irregularly rugosely punctured, 

 except at the apex. 



Belongs to Bingham's section B : C. himalayensis difPei^s 

 from it in the apex of the clypcus broadly projecting and 

 transverse, whereas in the present species it is broadly 

 rounded ; this species wants the yellow marks behind the 

 eyes and the central furrow on the apex of the median 

 segment is clearly defined. 



Cerceria himalayensis, sp. n. 



Black ; the face, inner orbits widely, the antennal keel, 

 clypeus (except at the apex), and a small spot behind the eyes 

 near the top, rufous; a broad line on the pronotum, scu- 

 tellums, a broad band on the base of the second abdominal 

 segment, a narrower one on tlie apex of the third, a narrow 

 one on the apex of the fourth, and a narrow interrupted line 

 on the apex of the fifth, yellow. The four anterior tibiae 

 yellowish in front. Wings hyaline, the basal half of the 

 anterior and the radial and cubital cellules smoky ; stigma 

 fulvous, nervures black. ? . 



Length 10 mm. 



Front and vertex strongly and closely punctured, the front 

 more coarsely than the vertex ; the clypeus sparsely, the 

 cheeks closely and coarsely punctured. Apex of clyj^cus 

 with a slight broad incision. J\Iesonotum closely, tiic scu- 

 tellum, if anything, more strongly punctured; the metauotal 

 area closely rugosely punctured. Pro- and metaplcurai 

 coarsely aciculated ; the mesoplcnroc coarsely punctured, above 

 the middle, on the basal half, is a wide longitudinal furroAV. 

 Median segment above thickly covered with long fuscous 

 liair. Pygidium closely I'ugosely punctured ; the apex of 

 the hypopygium almost transverse. 



