from the Oriental ZoAogical Region. 31 



has a ikuikUmI cutvl'. Abtlomeii pruiiiose, loii^^er tlian tlio 

 lieatl and thorax united; the apex of the pygidiuni is rufous, 

 the aptx of the hypoj)y^iuin has the sides thiekly oveie I 

 with pale fulvous pubescence. 



Leptolarra longitarsis, sp. n. 



Nigra ; alis fascis, fore violacois ; metanoto striolato. 2 • 

 Long. 8-i> ram. 



Hfif). Barrackporo [Rot/meg). C)ll. Rothnoy. 



Scape of antenui^ aciculate 1, covered with a pale d )\vn ; 

 the underside with a smooth, s'linin^;, ^^labrous keel in the 

 middle. Front and vertex shining", aciculate I j the depre-jsions 

 deep, there are three! on the front; below the ocelli is a 

 deep furrtnv. Face aciculated ; the clypeus smooth and 

 shining. Tiie base of the mandible-? aciculated, opaque ; 

 the apical part smooth and shining ; palpi densely covered 

 with white pubescence. Pronotum and mosonotum strongly 

 aciculated, almost punctured, and covered with a minute pale 

 down ; the scutellum is closely punctured, but not quite so 

 much so as the mesonotum ; the postscutellum almost im- 

 punctate. Median segment strongly and closely transversely 

 striated all over; down the middle is a narrow but distinct 

 furrow; the oblique apex is more closely and finely punctured, 

 except above ; in the middle is a wide furrow, narrowed 

 below. The base of the proplcurfe is strongly aciculated 

 and obscurely stiiated below ; aljove near the apex is a curved 

 furrow, thickly covered with wliite pubescence. Mesopleur^e 

 strongly aciculated ; in the middle on the basal half is a deep 

 longitudinal furrow. Metapleurse closely and finely longi- 

 tudinally striated. Mesosternum furrowed down the middle, 

 and with a transverse furrow behind the middle coxai. 

 Metasternum hollowed ; the sides raised ; in the middle at 

 the base is a short, stout, keel ; its apex is incised, the sides 

 rounded. Legs pruinose; most of the tarsal spines are 

 rufous. Wings hyaline, strongly iridescent, slightly fuscous; 

 the nervures are black. Abdomen shining, pruinose ; the 

 apices of the segments with pale bands; pygidium acicu- 

 lated, less strongly at the base; the penultimate ventral 

 segment is strongly, but not very closely punctured; the 

 hypopygium is more closely and finely punctured, except 

 at the base. 



Leptolarra reticulata^ sp. n. 



Nigra ; alis flavo-hyalinis, nervis fuscis ; metanoto reticulate. $ . 

 Long. 8 mm. 



J/ab. Barrackpore {Rothney). Coll. Rothncy. 



