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7. Pi'oiilpuvii' s|iiu-Rely punctured IS. claripennis ]5iiig'li. 



Pi'opleui-ii' Hiiuly striated JE. ustulata Turn. 



8. Abdomen not marked with yellow 9. 



Abdominal segments with yellow apical bands *_B. pictlcoUis Mor. 



9. Head black ; abdomen black or black and ferruginous. 10. 



Head red ; abdomen steel-blue JE. tricolor Sm. 



10. Abdomen mostly ferruginous 11. 



Abdomen entirely black, or with the apical segment 



only ferruginous 12. 



11. Pour basal segments of the abdomen ferruginous E. lengalensin Cam. 



Pour apical segments of the abdomen ferruginous E. apimacula Cam. 



12. Apical segment of the abdomen ferruginous 13. 



Apical segment of the abdomen black 14. 



13. Mesonotum closely punctured ^E.fedtscJietiJcoiSaxLSS. 



Mesonotum shining, ahnost impunctate *-E. duhia Mor. 



14. Legs ferruginous; head coarsely and closely punctured. JS. rotlineyi Cam. 

 Legs black ; head sparsely punctured JS. ojxxoifrons Turn. 



Myzine anthracina recorded by Bingham as Indian is 

 Australian and belongs to the gen as Anthohosca ; and Myzine 

 comhusta also recorded as Indian is undoubtedly West Indian, 

 and a true Ells. 



Males, 



1. First dorsal segment elongate, petiolate, more or less 



nodose at the apex 2. 



First dorsal segment subsessile, not nodose at the 



apex, broader at the a|)ex than long E. dimidiaticornis 



2. Seventh dorsal segment distinctly incised at the apex ; [Bingh. 



abdomen wholly bh\ck 3. 



Seventh dorsal segment not incised at the apex 4. 



3. Legs black ; seventh dorsal segment smooth and 



shining at the apex E. hurmanica Bingli. 



Legs fusco - ferruginous ; seventh dorsal segment 



coarsely punctured E. Iceta Bingh. 



4. Abdomen wholly black, without yellow markings, 



sometimes glossed with blue 5. 



Abdomen more or less marked with yellow 6. 



5. Median segment without a distinct sulcus; pygidial 



area clearly defined, with marginal carinaB reaching 



nearly to the base of the segment E. dimidiata Gu6r. 



Median segment with a distinct median sulcus; 

 pygidial area less clearly detined, the marginal 

 carina? lower and only on the apical third of the 

 segment E. mandibular is Sm. 



6. First abdominal segment very little, if at all, longer 



than the hind femur and trochanter combined 7. 



First abdominal segment much longer than the hind 



femur and trochanter conibined 8. 



7. Head punctured-rugose; pronotum without a yellow 



band E. nursei Turn. 



Head punctured ; pronotum, with a yellow baud on the 



posterior margin E. mandalensis Magr. 



8. Wings hyaline ; pronotum with a yellow band on the 



posterior margin, closely punctured 9. 



Wings pale fusco-hyaline ; pronotum without a yellow 



band, rather sparsely punctured E. extensa Turn. 



9. Narrow petiole of first abdominal segment scarcely 



more than half as long as the swollen apical portion 



of the segment E. pctioJata Sm. 



Narrow petiole of first al)dominal segment nearly as 



long as the swollen apical portion of the segment ... E. claripennis Bingh. 



Myzine pcdlida Sm. and Myzine orientalis Sm., placed by Bing- 

 ham and Smith in Myzine, together with many species of JSlis, 



