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incised at the apex. Labrum large, if anything, longer than the cly- 

 peus ; ita apex rounded. Mandibles roundly and widely incised at the 

 base on the inner side ; there is a large apical, a smaller sub-apical, and 

 behind that a small rounded tubercle-like tooth. Front and vertex 

 without furrows ; the front raised broadly in the middle ; the raised 

 part is bounded laterally by a smooth furrow. Scutellum pyramidal, 

 ending above in a distinct smooth point, which has a perpendicular 

 slope behind. Sternum separated from the pleurse by a wide, deep 

 triangular furrow. Legs stout ; the claws bifid. Abdomen not much 

 longer than the thorax. 



The occiput is roundly incised ; the transverse median nervure ia 

 received half way between the middle and the base of the cellule ; 

 the humeral nervure is curved upwards near the base; in the hind 

 wings the humeral nervure is received shortly behind the transverse 

 one or is interstitial ; the eyes slightly converge below and hardly 

 reach to the top of the clypeus and are clearly separated from the base 

 of the mandibles ; the parapsidal furrows are distinct, but neither 

 wide nor deep ; the middle lobe is not raised and is furrowed in the 

 middle ; the tarsal patellae are distinct; there is no " blotch" on the 

 abdomen. 



Belongs to the Tenthredina. 



Fethalia nigka, sp. nov. 

 Nigra, clypeo, labro, basique mandibularum flavis ; alis fasco-viola- 

 ceis, nervis stigmateque nigris. $ . 

 Long : 12 m.m. 

 Habitat : Simla. 



Antennse not much longer than the head and thorax united, stout ; if 

 anything, becoming thicker towards the apex ; the apical joints fuscous 

 beneath ; the last distinctly shorter than the preceding. Head closely 

 and distinctly punctured ; the vertex more coarsely than the rest. 

 Clypeus and labrum smooth ; the latter fringed with long pale hair. 

 Mandibles black ; the base on the upper half above and the upper side 

 of the lower side broadly pale-yellow ; behind the teeth is a rufous 

 band. Palpi black. Thorax entirely black ; opaque, closely punctured, 

 all over ; the pyramidal scutellum is more strongly and less closely 

 punctured ; its top smooth and shining. Legs : the four front tibijE and 

 tarsi pale-yellow below, the patellae are large. The anterior wings are 

 fuscous-violaceous ; the costa, stigma and nervuresare black ; the second 



