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apical slope thickly covered with long fuscous hair; the 
posterior median area closely, the lateral areze more coarsely 
transversely striated. Pro- and mesopleure closely punc- 
tured, the former striated behind, the metapleurz more closely 
and strongly punctured. Four front coxe paler than the 
rest of the legs. Petiole smooth and shining; the sides at 
the apex punctured. Gastrocceli shallow, wide at the apex, 
the base with two or three keels. <. 
Length 12 mm. 
fab. Khasia, Coll. Rothney. 
A species closely related to A. curtispina, Cam., from 
which it differs in the wings being darker coloured through- 
out, in the areola being distinctly bounded by a keel behind 
and not coarsely transversely striated, and the recurrent 
nervure is received shortly behind the middle of the areolet. 
Acanthojoppa varicornis, sp. 0. 
Luteous ; the face, clypeus, and mandibles pale yellow ; 
the apex of the antenne black, brownish below ; the wings 
hyaline, the base with a fulvous tinge, the stigma pale 
testaceous, the nervures darker coloured. 9°. 
Length 10 mm. 
Hab. Khasia. Coll. Rothney. 
Head smooth and shiming, the face and clypeus sparsely 
covered with a short pile. The upper part of the thorax is 
darker coloured than the sides and is closely and uniformly 
punctured and covered with a microscopic down. Scutellum 
thickly covered with long black hair; the lateral keels 
stout, the apex roundly incised above. The basal three 
areze of the median segment smooth, the rest closely and 
somewhat coarsely transversely striated ; the areola is about 
as broad as long, its sides and apex straight, the base 
rounded ; the teeth are about three times longer than broad. 
Mesopleurz, except above, closely and indistinctly, the 
metapleuree much more strongly, striated. The second 
abdominal segment is closely longitudinally striated between 
the gastrocceli. 
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BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. 
A Manual of Palearctic Birds. By H. HE. Dresser, F.L.S., F.Z.S. 
Part I. Published by the Author at 3 Hanover Square, W. 
12s. 6d, net. 
Unpovustepiy this manual, when complete, will fill a distinct gap 
in ornithological literature, for although the subject has been, at 
least partially, covered by Mr. Dresser’s larger work on the ‘ Birds 
