crcani-colour ; iiK-sothorax and scutclluiu sliiuiiiy, base of 

 nil tathorax dull; Icfrs |)iceoiis, witli rather dilute brown 

 tarsi ; bind tibia and basitarsns with much brilliantly shining 

 silvery hair; alidonien jjieeous, hind niarjj;ins of segments 

 dorsally narrowly pallid ; last three segments granular, with 

 strong piliterous punctures. 



//alt. Karaclii, N.W. ludia {E\ Comber; one is uumbcrcd 

 31)). British Museum. 



Known from the other Asiatic species by its very small 

 size, punctured apical part of abdomen, dark mandibles, &e. 

 'I'lii' lirst r. 11. meets the first t.-c., whereas in A. pic'itarsis, 

 A. nifuf/astrUj ice. it goes considerably beyond it. 



Tetralonia kucopoda, sp. n. 



cJ . — Length about IO5 mm. ; aiitenme i)^, reaching about 

 to fourth abdominal segment. 



l)lack, with the pubescence pure white except as follows : 

 ))ale fulvous tinted on occiput, strongly fulvous on thorax 

 above, fawn-colour on sixth (except extreme sides) and last 

 abtlominal S(>graents, ferruginous on inner side of anterior 

 tarsi, dark fuscous on inner side of midiUe and hind pair; 

 liead broad ; eyes pale green ; clypeus and large spot at base 

 of mandibles liglit lemon-yellow^, the yellow of clypeus 

 lectangidarly notched on each side ; labrum yellowish white, 

 with much white hair ; clypeus closely but shallowiy 

 ])unctu)ed ; scape very short, black; fiagellum long and 

 thick, bright ferruginous, the apical part strongly dusky 

 al)ove ; mesothorax closely but not deeply punctured ; 

 teguhe light ferruginous. Wings tinged with brown, 

 nervures and stigma dark ferruginous; legs with much 

 white hair. Abdomen finely punctured, with the hind margins 

 of the segments obscure reddish ; fifth segment densely 

 covered with appressed white tomentum, fourth with same, 

 except margin (broadly in middle, but gradually narrowing, 

 the tomentum reaching margin at sides), third like fourth, 

 except that the bare area is so broad in middle as to reach 

 halfway to base, second with the white tomentum contined 

 to extreme base and very broad antero-laterid corners 

 (reaching hind margin at extreme sides); Hrst segment with 

 the usual long hair; a sharp black tooth at each side of 

 ajdeal segment ; apical plate dark ferruginous, broad, 

 squarely truncate, not notched subapically ; last ventral 

 segment with a coucave shining basin. Tarsi feiruginous 

 at apex. 



IJaL Xasik, N.W. India {l£. Comber). British Museum. 



