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and apex there covering the top part of the petiole and extending on to the 

 sides of the rest of the abdomen, broadly so on the middle segments, the 

 lower part of the occiput and the base of the prothorax as well as a small spot 

 on the outer side of the hinder femora and almost the apical half of the hind 

 tibise and the apical joint of the tarsi are black. Antennae coloured like the 

 body, the apical half of the scape and the pedicle black above, the apical joint 

 fuscous the hairs about as long as the joints, white. Male. Length, 2*5 mm. 



Bred from galls on leaves of Smilax. 



Face strongly, closely striated, the striae roundly converging towards 

 the mouth and extending on to the inner half of the malar space. The 

 rest of the head umbilically punctured, as is also, but more strongly, the 

 upper part of the thorax. Pro- and meso- pleurae almost smooth, the meta- 

 pleurae rugosely punctured, densely covered with white pubescence. Ab- 

 dominal petiole longer than all the rest ol the abdomen and about half 

 the length of the abdomen. The pedicle of the antennae is transversely oval, 

 wider than long, there is a triangular incision between 3rd and 4th and the 

 5th and 6th joints, the 3rd joint is shorter than the 4th, the last slightly 

 longer than the penultimate. Malar space as long as the eyes, furrowed. 



Cleonymtd^e. 



Lycisca rufipes, sp. n. 



Antennal scape darkgreen, largely tinged with brassy tints, the flagellum 

 black. Head green, largely marked with brassy tints, the vertex and the 

 greater part of the front dark purple, the mark on the front narrowed below, 

 leaving a longish triangular spot it the orbits, its narrowed end above. Face, 

 cry pens and to a less extent, the malar space densely covered with silvery 

 white pubescence. Malar space about half the length of the eyes ; a nar- 

 row, oblique brassy furrow outside its middle. Prothorax green, largely 

 brassy, a small purple spot on the centre near the apex. Mesonotum more 

 bluish in tint, the middle lobe dark purple. Scutellum firey red except for a 

 small greenish spot in the centre of the apex. Pleurae green, tinged with blue ; 

 the base and apex ot the propleurae below brassy ; there is a large firey red 

 depression on the upper part of the mesopleurae, gradually narrowed to a finer 

 point at the apex, the lower side broadly rounded. Basal slope of 1st abdomi- 

 nal segment green, the rest of it, the whole of the 2nd the 3rd — except for an 

 oval longish mark on the sides of the apical half the 4th with a large conical 

 mark, filling the segment except at the sides and apex, dark purple, the 5th 

 brassy, the 6th dark purple ; the basal ventral segment dark purple, the 

 others green except for triangular marks on the sides of the 3rd and 4th. Legs 

 red, the basal half of the hind tibiae and the hind tarsi fuscous. Wings hyaline, 

 a small cloud at the end of the submarginal and a smaller one at the end of 

 the stigmal ; the nervures black. Female. Length, 7 mm. 



Strongly umbilically punctate, the thorax more strongly than the head 

 the scutellum somewhat more strongly than the mesonotum. Metanotum 

 areolated widely ; the central keel is straight, the two bounding it are roundly 



