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Genus AxECToriA Kirk. 



.1. niandane Kirk. 



Mestiis jiiorio Melichar not ]\[otscb. i 



Thanks to the kindness of Dr. Melichar, I have a male 

 specimen of the species described and figured l)y hini^'" under 

 this name. I have not seen Motschoulskj's original description 

 and figure, only Distant's translation. It is with great diffi- 

 dence that I question the correctness of our leading Homop- 

 terist's identification of this insect ; it does not agree with 

 Motschoulsky's generic characters of Mestus but it is the same 

 as A. mandane Kirk. Only an examination of Motschoulsky's 

 type can decide this identification ; should Dr. Melichar be cor- 

 rect then Anectopia Kirk, must fall to Mestus Motsch. In 

 Kirkaldy's figuresf the carinae of vertex and thorax are too 

 distinct and the lateral pronotal carinae should not distinctly 

 reach the hind nuirgin. The habitat of this species will now 

 be Queensliuid and Ceylon. That it will be found in other 

 parts of the Austro-lVIalayan region I feel quite sure. 



.4. atrafa sp. nov. PI. V, figs. 22, 22a, 22b. 



(5 Bachypterous. Vertex as long as broad, not quite so wide as 

 tlie thorax; antennae reacliing to near tlie middle of clypeus, second 

 joint nearly twice the length of first; carinae not distinct; medio- 

 frontal carina simple; lateral carinae of pronotum divergingly curved, 

 not reaching to hind margin; tegmina reaching to base of pygophor; 

 hind tarsi short, first joint not quite so long as the other two 

 together, spur as long as first joint, laminate, hind margin without 

 teeth. 



Black or blackish brown, legs lighter brown; tegmina shiny black 

 or blackish brown, veins with minute granules bearing black hairs. 



Length 2 mm.; tegmen 1.5 mm. 



Macropterous ; one male similar in color to the above but having 

 the tegmina colorless hyaline, with the veins light brown with minute 

 granules. 



Length 2 mm.; tegmen 2.7 mm. 

 5 Similar to the male. 



Length 2.6 mm.; tegmen 1.8 mm. 



llab. Luzon, P. 1., Paguio (15aker coll.). The genitalia 

 have an affinitv witli J. mandunc. but the sides of the face 



* Hom. Faun. Ceylon, Melichar 1903, p. 105, PI. II, fig. Ic 

 tH. S. P. A. Ent. Bull. Ill, PI. XI, figs. 11, 17 (1907). 



