64 Miss G. Ricartlo on 



Tulmerus angularis^ cJ ? , sp. n. 



Tv|)c (male), type (fciuale), from IMussooric, India, Oct. 

 liK)7 { hums Coll.), and two other females from same locality 

 and collection. 



A species distinguished by the very sharp curve in the 

 posterior branch of the third vein of wiug ; a l)lack species 

 with reddish-yellow pnbesceuce on the abdomen and the 

 legs. Moustache in the male black with reddish-yellow 

 bristles intermixed below, in the female chiefly black. 

 Abdomen with distinct grey tomentose segmentations. 



Length, (^ 15, ? 15-16 mm. 



Male. — Face bronze-green, covered with yellowish tomen- 

 tum, the tubercle large, no hairs beyond the moustache 

 towards the antennae. Palpi black-haired. Moustuclie 

 reddish yellow. Antennce black, the first two joints with 

 black bristly hairs. Forehead with many long, black, rather 

 bristly hairs. Thorax bronze-green, with a row of black 

 hairs down the centre and on posterior lialf, elsewhere the 

 pubescence is short, black, the ashy-grey tomentum forms 

 two indistinct stripes and is present on the sides. Scutellum 

 witli fine, rather long, black hairs, a few reddish-yellow ones 

 intermixed, no bristles on posterior border. Abdomen 

 blackish, with short black pubescence, and with long reddish- 

 yellow hairs on sides and below, and the same-coloured 

 bristles at the segmentations on sides. Genitalia small, 

 covered with black hairs above and reddish-yellow ones 

 below. Leys black; the fore femora and fore tibiaj with 

 long thick yellow hairs below, the other femora with the 

 same, not so thick; the tibi* all with long yellow bristles 

 intermixed with black ones ; the hind femora armed with 

 many short yellow bristles below ; all tarsi with black 

 bristles only. Wings clear with grey shading, leaving the 

 centre clear, the small transverse vein situated beyond the 

 middle of the discal cell. 



Female identical, with fewer, though longer, yellow 

 bristles on the underside of the hind femora. Scutellum 

 with only black hairs. Ovipositor compressed, black, shining, 

 short, about as long as the last two segments. 



Tolmerus parvus, J ? , sp. n. 



Type (male) from Nuwara Eiiya^ Ceylon (Yerbury Coll.), 

 type (female) from Nuwara Eliya, Ceyhui [E. E. Green), 

 and a series of males and females from the same and other 

 localities in Ceylon. 



A small blackish species, the abdomen appearing dusky 



