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abdominal segment a little longer than the hind femxir and 

 troclianter combined, the narrow petiole about half as long as 

 the dilated apical portion ; seventh dorsal segment distinctly 

 incised at the apex, the incision nearly as deep as its npical 

 width ; second segment about half as long again as the third. 

 Second abscissa of the radius distinctly longer than the third. 

 Pygidial area clearly deiined and strongly punctured. Hind 

 tibife more distinctly serrate than in other species of the genus. 



Length 9-11 mm. 



Ilah. Moulmein, Tenasserim. 



Elis (Mesa) burmanica Bing. 



Myzine htirmanica Bing. Faun. Brit. India, Hymen, i. p. 70 

 (1897), 6. 



c? . This differs from loita in the black colour of the legs ; the 

 pygidial area is flatter, less distinctly jjunctured, and not distinctly 

 margined, and the third abscissa of the radius is distinctly longer 

 than the second. Whether these differences are of specific value 

 or not it is not easy to say from a single specimen of each, but I 

 am inclined to regard them as merely variations of one species. 



Hah. Amherst, Tenasserim. 



Elis sellowi, sp. n. 



5 . Nigra ; postscutello linea transversa, segineiito dorsali primo 

 macula tnagna utrinque, segmentisque dorsallbvs 2-^ fascia basali 

 angusta utrinque jiavis ; femorlhus, tihiis tarsisqtis rufo-tesiaceis ; 

 mandibidis fusco-ferrugineis ; alls fusco-hyalinis, costa obscura, 

 venisfuscis. 



Long. 11-13 7nm. 



5 . Olypeus strongly punctured, broadly i-ounded at the apex, 

 with a longitudinal carina from the base almost reaching the 

 apex. Front strongly and closely punctured, vertex and ocellar 

 region sparsely and less deeply punctured, cheeks smooth, an 

 arched impressed mark above the posterior ocelli ; scape strongly 

 punctured. Thorax deeply and closely punctured, especially on 

 the pronotum and mesopleui-te, the disc of the mesonotum and 

 the scutellum rather sparsely punctured ; propleurse obliquely 

 striated. Median segment closely punctured in the middle, 

 opaque and almost smooth near the anterior angles ; the posterior 

 slope almost vertical, concave in the middle and shagreened, with 

 short transverse sti-ise on the sides, the sides of the segment 

 strongly striated. Abdomen shining, with a few scattered 

 punctures ; the apical segment closely longitudinally striated, 

 with a few large punctui'es between the strife, very broadly 

 i-ounded at the apex. The three abscissae of the radius almost 

 equal in length; first recurrent nervure received just beyond the 

 middle of the second cubital cell, second just beyond one-quarter 

 from the base of the third cidjital cell. The ventral abdominal 



