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radius. The transverse basal nervure is interstitial, above it is not 

 united to the stigma ; the cubitus has a broad, rounded curve ; the ocelli 

 are large ; the head is well developed behind the eyes, but does not 

 project there ; the tarsi are spinose. 



Lapaphras NiaRicEPS, sp, nov. 



Lutea, capite, antennis palpisque nigris ; tarsis nigro maculatis j alis 

 fuscis, nervis stigmateque nigris. 9 et <J. 



Long : 6-7 m.m. 



Habitat : Simla. 



Antennae black, thickly covered with a microscopic pile ; the scape 

 smooth and shining. Head shining, the face aciculated ; the clypeus is 

 more shining than the face ; its apex bears a row of distinct punctures ; 

 the palpi dark-fuscous. Thorax smooth and shining ; the pleurae 

 lighter in tint than the mesonotum which, as is also the metanotum, 

 is thickly covered with fulvous pubescence. Legs coloured like the 

 thorax ; the apex of the four hinder tibiae and of the joints of the four 

 hinder tarsi, black. Abdomen smooth and shining, thickly covered 

 with fulvous pubescence ; the extreme base of the petiole is trian- 

 gularly depressed at the base. 



NoTHAiMA, gen, nov. 



Areolet open. Face swollen as in ExocJius. Clypeus obliquely de- 

 pressed, rounded above, clearly separated from the face and forming an 

 angle with the mandibles. Apex of the mandibles curved inwardly 

 and having two unequal teeth, the upper being the larger. Parapsidal 

 furrows distinct. Scutellum roundly convex, not much raised above 

 the level of the mesonotum. Median segment with two stout keels 

 down the centre, and a more slender one on either side of the spiracles ; 

 there are no transverse keels ; the spiracles oval. Legs stout, the 

 femora thickened ; there are two spurs on all the legs ; the claws are 

 long, curved and simple. Petiole flat, becoming gradually wider to 

 the apex, which is about four times wider than the base ; the spiracles 

 are placed near the apex of the basal third ; there are no longitudinal 

 keels on it, or on the second segment. 



The basal joints of the flagellum are equal in length ; the antenna 

 are stout and are placed well up on the head ; the occiput is roundly 

 incised, in the middle it is excavated above ; the ocelli are placed near 

 the edge and are large. 



