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blunter and more ■widely separated than the others. Upper half of propleurae 

 shagreened, iregularly punctured ; the lower smooth. Base of mesopleurae 

 smooth ; the apex stoutly, closely striated. Metapleurae strongly rugosely 

 punctured. The apex.of the hind coxse and the hind trochanters are rufescent. 

 This species agrees with C. ornatipes, Cam., from Kashmir in having the coxae 

 yellow, with a distinct black spot ; the spot in ornatipes is smaller and is in the 

 middle, not on the outer edge, and the pubescence has a golden tinge. 



EVANIID^E. 



Gasteruption rotundicolle, sp. nov. 

 Black, the basal half of mesonotum, the mesopleurae except at the sutures 

 the mesosternum, the greater part of the metapleurse and of the metanotum, 

 red ; the base of the 4 anterior tibiae and tarsi and a band near the base of the 

 hinder tibia?, much broader below than above, white ; the apex of the 1st and 

 the 2nd abdominal segments, dull rufous ; wings hyaline, the nervures black. 

 Prothorax long, longer than the mesothorax, cylindrical, not much widened 

 towards the apex, aciculated. ft . 

 Length 12 mm. 

 Deesa. January. 



Antennae black ; the pedicle fully twice longer than wide ; the 3rd joint 

 slightly shorter than the 4th, about as long as the scape. Eyes bare ; the ocelli 

 in a triangle ; the posterior placed behind the eyes, separated from them by 

 about the same distance as they are from each other. Temples long, two-thirds 

 of the length of the eyes ; obliquely narrowed ; the occiput transverse. Middle 

 of clypeus at the apex, with a semicircular depression ; the apex fringed with 

 golden hair. Basal half of mesonotum in the middle irregularly transversely 

 striated ; the apical irregularly reticulated. Scutellum somewhat strongly, but 

 not closely punctured. Metanotum transversely reticulated, a smooth, shining 

 keel down its centre. Propleurae closely rugosely punctured, more finely 

 below than above, the middle irregularly reticulated ; the meso closely rugose ; 

 below the middle coarsely aciculated ; the apex crenulated, the upper half with 

 a row of round foveas ; the metapleurae irregularly reticulated at the base and 

 apex, the middle closely rugose. Hind coxae closely striated ; about 4 times 

 longer than thick. Basal abscissa of radius as long as the 2nd or nearly so. 

 The pubescence is dense and silvery. 



This species comes near to G. orientale, Cam., which is also from Deesa ; 

 the 2 may be separated, as regards the males, thus : — 



Eyes hairy, pedicle of antennae not much longer than wide, mesonotum 

 and scutellum entirely red ; prothorax shorter than mesothorax, 



think orientale. 



Eyes bare ; pedicle of antennas more than twice longer than wide ; 

 mesonotum at apical half and scutellum black ; prothorax as long as 



mesothorax, slender , , .......... rotundicolle. 



Gasteruption abuense, sp. nov. 

 Black ; the apices of the 2nd and 3rd abdominal segments broadly ferrugi- 

 nous ; the base aDd outer side of the tibiae and the base of the tarsi broadly 



