olG i\Jr. P, Caineron on ncio 



the propleurse^ the tubercles, the lower third of the meso- 

 pleurse, the scutellum, postscutelhim, the outer arese on the 

 apex of the metauotum, the yellow extending on to the 

 metapleuroe on the lower edge, lemon -yellow. Legs rufous ; 

 the four front coxse and trochanters pale yellow; the hinder 

 coxje black, marked with obscure rufous on the inner side ; 

 the apex of the hinder femora black ; the hinder tarsi white, 

 the basal joint black. Wings hyaline, the nervures and 

 stigma black. The antennae longer than the body ; black, 

 the scape yellowish ; the flagellum with a broad white 

 ring. S ■ 



Length 7 mm. 



Hab. Khasia Hills. Coll. Rothuey. 



Head closely punctured, the clypeus almost smooth ; there 

 is a short wide furrow below the ocelli. Thorax closely 

 ])uncturcd ; the base of the metanotum and the areola 

 .--mopth ; the rest of the metanotum and the spiracular area 

 closely transAcrsely punctured. Abdomen black: the apex 

 of the first segment yelloAv ; the apex of the second broadly 

 rufous, and with a narrow yellowish line on the end; the apex 

 of the third is narrowly rufous, and there is a large rufous 

 mark on the apical half of the segment on the sides ; the 

 last segment is white, as is the case with all the species of 

 this genus. The second and third segments are closely 

 punctured ; the second in the centre is closely, irregularly, 

 and finely reticulated. The areola is wider than long, and is 

 broadly rounded backwards at the base and apex. 



Myermo * fumipennis, sp. n. 



Black, shining ; the sides of the face broadly to the base 

 of the mandibles, the sides of the clypeus broadly, the mark 

 extending upwards to the outer side and above the fovese, the 

 malar space, the upper inner orbits (more broadly above than 

 below), a line on the upper edge of the prouotum, a narrower 

 one on the lower edge of the propleurse, the tegulse, tubercles, 

 a large, oblique mark (narrowed and rounded at the apex) 

 below the middle of the mesopleurpe, the scutellum, post- 

 scutelhmi, a large mark (obliquely narrowed beliind) on the 

 sides of the median segment and enclosing the spiracles, the 

 apical half of the postpetiole, and a mark more or less 

 narrowed inwardly on the sides of the abdominal segments, 

 pale yellow. Wings fuscous violaceous, iridescent, the stigma 

 and nervures black. Legs black, the greater part of the 



* Mi/c))no, Cam. Ann. & Mag. >"at. Hist. .-er. 7, \u. p. o2o. 



