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51. ALLANTUS SIMILLIMUS. 



Femina. A. niger, abdominis cingulo basaliflavo, tibiis tarsisque pallide ferrugineis, 

 alis flavo-hyalinis, antice fuscis. 



The scape of the antennae, the following joint, the labrum, mandibles, and palpi pale 

 yellow. Thorax ; the posterior margin of the prothorax slightly interrupted in the middle, 

 pale yellow ; the wings pale fulvo-hyaline, a slight fuscous cloud occupying the marginal 

 cell and extending a little beyond into the submarginal cells ; the costa and stigma fulvous, 

 the nervures ferruginous ; the coxae black, the legs pale ferruginous, with the femora black 

 above. Abdomen with a whitish fascia at the base ; the fourth and fifth segments with 

 their apical margins narrowly whitish ; the two apical segments with their margins more 

 broadly yellowish white. Female, length 4f lines. 



Sab. Murree, Punjab hills. 



The species resembles Allantns trochanterinus of Cameron, described in the " Transac- 

 tions of the Entomological Society" for 1876, but it differs from it in having the scape pale, 

 independently of other differences. 



52. ALLANTUS TERMINALIS. 



Mas. A. capite thoraceque nigris, abdomine ptirpureo nitido. 



Head emarginate behind, covered with confluent punctures and subopaque ; the man- 

 dibles, labrum, and clypeus, also a triangular space above it, and a narrow line round the 

 lower margins of the eyes, white; the antennae fulvous beneath. Thorax black above and at 

 the sides ; beneath, the anterior and intermediate legs beneath and also the posterior coxse 

 beneath, white ; wings hyaline, their nervures black. Abdomen purple above ; the margins 

 of the segments beneath white laterally. Male, length 4 lines. 



Sab. Sind valley, Kashmir. Taken in August. 



53. MACROPHYA OPPOSITA. 



Femina. M. nigra, capite thoraceque opacis, abdomine nitido, pedibus anticis pallidis. 



Black ; the head wider than the thorax, covered with confluent punctures and opaque ; 

 the clypeus, mandibles, and labrum white; the palpi testaceous ; the antennae fulvous beneath. 

 Thorax opaque and punctured, the same as the head ; wings fuscous, with a violet iridescence, 

 the nervures and stigma black ; the anterior and intermediate tibiae rufo-testaceous beneath. 

 Abdomen shining black. Female, length 5 lines. 



Sab. Sind valley, Kashmir. Taken in August. 



54. TENTHREDO SIMTJLATA. 



Femina. T. nigra, abdominis media, et tibiis tarsisque pallide ferrugineis ; alishyalinis, 

 nervuris stigmatibusque nigris. 



Black ; the clypeus, labrum, and mandibles pale reddish-yellow ; the teeth of the 

 latter black; the antennas obscurely fulvous beneath. Thorax; the wings hyaline and 



