Fossorial Ilymenoplera from the Khasia Uills. 87 



punctured and thickly covered with white hair ; the base of 

 the metaplcurse is aciculatcd, the rest closely obliquely 

 striated. The basal half of the mesosternum is punctured ; 

 on tbe apex in the middle is a A-sbaped depression with a 

 furrow down its middle. Wings hyaline^ with a distinct 

 fuscous tinge ; the stip:ma is black ; the nervurcs are fulvo- 

 testaccous. Legs black; the four hinder femora are bright 

 red; the oiiter side of the tibite thickly covered with silvery 

 hair; the spines are rufous. Abdomen shining, the middle 

 and basal segments with two rows of punctures ; the apical 

 segments are almost entirely punctured and thickly covered 

 with long white hair ; the apical half of the pygidium is 

 rufous and smooth, the basal strongly punctured and covered 

 with long white hair. The upper part of the second trans- 

 verse cubital nervure is roundly curved, the lower straight. 



Comes nearest to T. cassiopc, Cam,, Avhicli may be known 

 from it by the apex of the clypeus being transverse. 



T'tphia canalicuJ-ata, sp. n. 



Black, thickly covered with white pubescence, which on 

 the a])ical abdominal segments has a more fulvous hue ; the 

 wings fuscous hyaline, highly iridescent ; the stigma and 

 nervurcs black ; the median segment with three longitudinal 

 keels, the apex of the segment depressed and stoutly longi- 

 tudinally striated. ^ . 



Long. 12 inm. 



Anteunaj black, stout; the scape thickly covered with long 

 glistening white hair ; the base of the fiagellum with a white 

 pile. Head opaque, closely rugosely punctured, more shining, 

 less closely and more strongly punctured on the ocellar region. 

 Clypeus shining, closely and somewhat strongly punctured ; 

 the apex roundly transverse. Mandibles black, their base 

 covered with long white glistening hair. Pronotum closely 

 and distinctly punctured, except on the hinder edge, which is 

 smooth and shining. Mesonotum rugosely, rather closely 

 punctured, except on the sides, which are raised, clearly 

 separated, and become wider gradually towards the apex. 

 Scutellum strongly and deeply punctured, except on the apex 

 and in the middle. Postscutcllum closely and strongly 

 punctured, except in the middle at the apex. Median 

 segment coarsely aciculatcd, Avith three parallel keels ; the 

 outer do not reach to the apex, only to the base of the 

 furrow, which is wide and deep ; it is longitudinally striated ; 

 the apical slope is coarsely shagreencd and bears some indis- 

 tinct striai ; the ocelli are placed in an oval depression on the 



