78 Mr. P. Cameron on neio 



Salius khasianus, sp. n. 



Black; the antennae, the head, except round the ocelli, 

 the apical half of the pronotum, and the legs ferruginous; 

 the coxae, trochanters, and the base of the fcmorS narrowly 

 black ; the apical three segments of the abdomen rufous, the 

 last thickly covered with rufous hair ; the wings uniformly 

 dark fuscous-violaceous, the nervures and stigma black. ? . 



Long. 23 mm. 



Antennae ferruginous, the scape covered with a pale pile, 

 bare. The greater part of the occiput and the ocellar region 

 are black ; the vertex is sparsely covered with long black 

 hair; the front has a shallow but distinct furrow in the 

 centre. Apical region of the clypeus sparsely covered with 

 long black hair ; the apex of the labrum is incised. The 

 mandibles are of a paler colour than the head ; their apex 

 deep black. Thorax black, except the apical half of the 

 j)ronotum, which is rufous ; the naesonotum has a brownish 

 pile ; the scutellums are flat ; the median segment is irregu- 

 larly transversely striated. The coxae and trochanters are 

 thickly covered with a dull golden pile on the lower side ; 

 the claws have one basal tooth. Abdomen black ; the apical 

 three or four segments rufous ; the last thickly covered with 

 rufous pubescence. 



Looks at first sight like one of the varieties of S. bipar- 

 titus, but, apart from the differences in coloration, it may 

 be known from it by the minute — not large stout — tooth on the 

 claws. It wants the golden pile found on the head and thorax 

 of S. consavyuineus, which has also the prothorax entirely, 

 and the mesonotum and the scutellum also, reddish yellow, 

 and the front immaculate ; its ocelli are more widely sepa- 

 rated, especially the posterior, which are separated from 

 each other by a distinctly greater distance than they are 

 from the anterior, which is not the case with the present 

 species. 



Salius assamensis, sp. n. 



Long. 17 mm. ? . 



This species looks like a small example of S. DeNiceviUii, 

 but, apart from its smaller size (DeNicevi/lii is from 20-30 mm. 

 in length), its body is much less pilose, it having hardly any 

 hair ; the postscutellum is more prominent, and has the 

 sides and apex more obliquely sloped ; the median segment 

 has a more oblique straight slope from the base to the apex, 

 the latter not being depressed, and the third transverse 

 cubital ncrvure is broadly rounded, while with the larger 



