from the Oriental Zoological Region. 23 



of the face, two large marks, almost united above, in the 

 centre of the cljpeus, the apex of tlie labrum, an irregular 

 line on the base of the prouotumj tegulge, tubercles, scutcl- 

 lums, scutellar keels, metanotal spines, and the apices of the 

 abdominal segments, yellow ; the four front legs yellow, the 

 femora tinged with fulvous, their tarsi fuscous; the hind 

 coxaj and basal two thirds of the femora fulvous, the tro- 

 chanters, apex of femora, and almost the apical half of the 

 tibiie, black ; the basal part of the tibite testaceous, the tarsi 

 white. Antennse broadly ringed with white. Wings hyaline, 

 the stigma and nervures black, the areolet square ; the 

 transverse median nervure received distinctly biihind the 

 transverse basal. $ . 



Length 12, terebra 2 mm. 



Sikkim. 



Front irregularly transversely striated, the strife weaker 

 below; a narrow keel down the middle. Face finely, 

 irregularly reticulated, the clypeus witli large scattered 

 punctures. Mesonotum closely minutely punctured. Scutel- 

 lum with largo lateral keels to near the apex. Base of 

 metanotum finely, closely, longitudinally striated, the strite 

 becoming stronger towards the apex ; the rest closely, 

 strongly reticulated ; spines broad, rounded at apex. Abdo- 

 men finely, closely punctured, the postscutellum smooth. 



Mesostenus respondens, Cam., M. hrahminus, Cam., M. 

 misippus, Cam., J/, clarinervis, Cam., M. redculatus, CJ^im., 

 M. caligatus, (Jam., M. saltator, Cam., M. versatilis, Cam., 

 and J/. macuUceps, Cam., from the Khasias, belong to 

 Mesos teno ide us . 



Frioaa lineatipes, s|). n. 



Black ; the face (except for a short line in the centre below 

 the antennae and the clypcal fovea), the clypeus (except for a 

 black triangular mark in the centre of apex), tlie orbits 

 broadly (except the upper half of the outer), mandibles (oxcejit 

 the teeth), palpi, a broad line on the pronotum, scutellums, a 

 large, transverse, triangular mark behind the hind wings, a 

 broad longitudinal mark on the middle of metanotum, com- 

 mencing shortly behind the keel and uniting at tlie apex to a 

 broader transverse one across the apex, tubercles, a line at 

 the apex of the pleural furrow, a longish mark, widest below, 

 ill the middle of the metapleur;o at the apex, not quite the 

 apical half of the postpetiole, a narrower band on the apex 

 of the second segment, a still narrower one on the apex of 

 the third, slightly dilated at the middle, broadly laterally. 



