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yellow ; the face closely punctured, the clypeus covered with 

 a pale pubescence; the vertex closely punctured and thickly 

 covered Avith short blackish pubescence. Mandibles pale 

 yellow, the teeth black. Mesonotum dark rufous, a m^rk 

 on the base, a line along the l)ase from the middle of the 

 pronotum to the end of the tegulse, and the depression at 

 the base of the scutellura, black. Scutellum paler, of a more 

 yellowish tint than the mesonotum ; it is mor-e distinctly 

 and less closely punctured, and is covered all over with 

 longish black hair ; its apex, on the top, has a shallow de- 

 pression ; its sides are not keeled. Metanoturn strongly and 

 closely punctured ; its sides, base, and apex bordered with 

 black ; the apical half of the posterior median area black : 

 the areola is about as broad as long, its base is rounded, its 

 apex transverse ; inside it is a stout central keel, not reaching 

 to the base, and there is an oblique one on either side, the 

 base is hollowed. The upper half of the propleurse is closely 

 punctured and striated obliquely on the lower side. Meso- 

 pleurse closely and distinctly punctured; the metapleurfe more 

 strongly punctured, behind the keel stoutly striated ; the 

 hair is long, close, and fuscous in colour. Legs coloured like 

 the body ; the four anterior paler, more yellowish at the 

 base. The wing-areolet is triangular, the nervures touching 

 at the top ; the second transverse cubital nervure is widely 

 bullated. The petiole is smoother and more shining than 

 the rest of the body ; the gastrocoeli narrow, smooth, and 

 deep at the base. 



Acanthojoppa lutea, sp. n. 



Luteous, the apical half of the antennaj black, the basal 

 pale yellow ; the wings fuscous hyaline, the apex violaceous, 

 the stigma luteous, the nervures black. ? . 



Length 17-18 mm. 



Hab. Khasia Hills. Coll. Rothney. 



The basal seventeen joints of the antennae are yellowish, 

 darker coloured at the base. The inner eye-orbits and the 

 sides of the clypeus broadly pale yellow. Face punctured, 

 more strongly and closely in the middle than on the sides; 

 the base of the clypeus sparsely punctured. Mandibles pale 

 yellow, their teeth black. Mesonotum darker coloured than 

 the rest of the thorax, coarsely and closely shagreened and 

 covered with a short, close, dark pile. Scutellura more dis- 

 tinctly and strongly punctured than the mesonotum ; its 

 apex transverse in the middle, its sides projecting into blunt 

 teeth. The base of the median segment irregularly rugose. 



