from the Oriental Zoological Region. 177 



upper eye-orbits below, ami the uiidersiile of the antennal 

 scape yt'How ; the Hai^elluin of anteiiniu l)ro\viii.sh below; tho 

 underside of the four anterior tibiae and tarsi, the hind 

 femora, a mark on the sides of the first abdominal segment, 

 a broader continuous band on the apices of the second and 

 third, and one on the lateral fourth of the fourth dark red ; 

 the genital armature larfj^e, rufo-testaceous. Wings hyaline, 

 very iridescent, the radial cellule and the apical half of tho 

 third cellule smoky. ^J . 



Length 14. mm. 



Takvar, Darjiling, ^000 feet; April (G. T. Bingham). 



Head somewhat strongly but not very closely punctured; 

 the lower part of the face, outside the shield, and the clypeu3 

 fully more strongly and more closely punctured; the occiput 

 and temples smooth, densely covered with white pube.^cence. 

 Pro- and mesothorax strongly closely punctured, the pleurae 

 more strongly than the top; thescutellum still more strongly 

 punctured, its basal depression wide, deep, with five stout 

 keels ; the end of the apical slope striated. Postscutellum 

 densely covered with long white hair. Areola 6-angled, 

 clearly longer than it is wide at the base, the apical half 

 narrowed, the apex half the width of the base : it has a 

 raised smooth line in the centre ; the rest irregularly wrinkled ; 

 there is a large lateral area, wider than long, its apex broadly 

 rounded, the centre with some large punctures, tiie apex 

 with a few striae, the apical slope closely rugosely punc- 

 tured. Metapleurae more strongly punctured than the rest, 

 the punctures larger and more widely separated than on the 

 mesopleurge. Abdomen closely strongly punctured ; the first 

 pegment raised in the middle, the raised part bordered by 

 keels, which are higher and rounded at the base and depressed 

 in the middle ; the second and fifth segments are indistinctly 

 keeled in the middle, the third and fourth have a more 

 distinctly defined central keel which projects on the apex of 

 the third; the apical two segments are densely covered with 

 short black hair. .Mesopleural furrow wide, deep. Areolet 

 large, the nervures not uniting in front; the recurrent nervure 

 received in the middle. Scutellum uniformly punctured ; 

 the lateral teeth large, triangular. Fore calcaria testaceous, 

 the others white. 



Cultrarius areolatus^ sp. n. 



Length 10 mm. cJ . 

 Sikkim. 



'I'his species resembles closely C. purpureotinctus in colora- 

 Ann. A,- Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 7. Vol. xix. 12 



