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ON THE TENTHREDINID.& AND PARASITIC HYMEN- 



OPTERA COLLECTED BY MAJOR G. G. NURSE 



IN KASHMIR. 



BY 



P. Cameron. 

 Tenth redinims. 



Ithogogastera hituberculata, sp. nov. 



Olive green, the vertex, the front, the mark irregularly narrowed towards 

 the apex, it extending broadly behind to the middle of the eyes, the olive 

 coloured space behind being gradually narrowed on the innerside, the 

 mesonotum, median segment, back of abdomen, a broad, irregular mark 

 bordering the breast, a straight line on the upper three-fourths of the apex 

 of mesopleura3, upper part of metapleurae, antennae, their tubercles, the apex 

 of the hind femora, and the tibiae and tarsi, black. Wings hyaline, the nervures 

 and stigma black. There is a short olive line above each antennae, a longish 

 triangular line on the apex of the pronotum, a longish triangular mark on 

 either side of the apex of the middle lobe of the mesonotum, the scutellum, 

 except for a curved line on the base, the sides and apex of the 2nd abdo- 

 minal segment, a more irregular one on the apex of the 3rd, the sides and 

 apex of the penultimate segment narrowly, its centre broadly, the apical 

 segment and all the ventral surface are olive. Apex of mandibles broadly 

 bl jck. Face smooth; the clypeus and labrum sparsely punctured. Basal half 

 of clypeus deeply depressed, its apex broadly, roundly incised ; on either side of 

 the top is a round, deep fovea. The antennas are bordered on the inner side by 

 stout projecting tubercles, broadly rounded at the apex. Ocellar region raised, 

 clearly separated from the centre of the vertex by a furrow, the latter being 

 bounded laterally by deep furrows. Mesonotum and scutellum distinctly 

 but not closely punctured ; the middle lobe of mesonotum deeply, widely 

 furrowed. Basal segments of abdomen closely punctured. Pleurae and 

 sternum closely, somewhat strongly punctured. 



The 4 anterior tibia? are only black above. Antennae stout, as long as the 

 head and thorax united ; their 3rd joint is nearly as long as the following two 

 united. 



Taken at an elevation of 6,000 feet in May. 



Alhalia leucostoma, Cam. 

 Zeits. fixr Hymen, ii. Dipter., 1904, 108. 

 Probably a common species. 

 The Indian species of Aihalia may be separated thus : 



a. Hind tibiae entirely black proxi/na, El. 



b black only at the apex. 



1. — Abdomen spotted with black down the sides ; the 



apex of hind femora black... , nigromaculata, Cam. 



