246 ME. P. CAMEBOK OTT [Mar. 19, 



AntennEe black ; the last joint straight and oblique on the lower 

 side. Head black ; closely and distinctly punctured ; the apex of 

 the clypeus and the part between the antennae thickly covered 

 with long white hair ; the front bears also longish hair, and the 

 vertex is covered wtih short pale hair. The base of the mandibles 

 is closely and distinctly punctured ; the apical tooth is long, becomes 

 gradually narrower towards the apex which is rounded, it is 

 widely grooved in the middle. Thorax closely and uniformly 

 punctured ; the pubescence is short, stiff, dense, and black above ; 

 on the sides it is longer and not quite so deeply black in colour. 

 Legs black, the apical three joints of the fore tarsi brownish, and 

 they are covered with pale "hair ; the hair on the middle pair is 

 more rufous in tint ; the posterior on the underside are thickly 

 covered with stiff rufous pubescence. Wings uniformly fuscous- 

 violaceous, the nervures black. The upper surface of the abdomen 

 is covered, from the apex of the first segment, with depressed 

 rufous pubescence ; the ventral segments are fringed at the apex 

 with pale fulvous hair. The apex of the last abdominal segment 

 is entire ; in the middle is a deep, somewhat triangular, depression. 

 The apex of the clypeus is transverse, it is not furrowed in the 

 middle. 



Allied to M. bicolor Fabr. 



Ceicosa emabginata Lep. 



This species is found in the Himalayas, China, India, and South 

 Africa. 



NOMTA rULVI^ENTEIS, Sp. nOV. 



Fulva ; mesonoto, scutello ahdominisque dorso late nigris ; pedibus 

 fulvis ; tihiis posticis late nigris ; alis Jiyalinis, costa stigmate- 

 que nigris, nervis fiiscis. c^ . 



Long. 10 mm. 



Scape of antennae and pedicle fulvous, sparsely covered \\ ith long 

 pale fulvous hair ; the scape densely covered with a pale down, 

 which gives it a whitish look. The front, face, and clypeus densely 

 covered with fulvous pubescence, smooth and shining ; the clypeus 

 is almost square, its apex is raised and transverse, in its centre is 

 a narrow carina which does not reach to the apex. Mandibles pale 

 fulvous, becoming gradually narrowed towards the apex, which is 

 black. Thorax smooth and shining ; on the mesonotum is an in- 

 distinct central line, and a larger one on either side. Scutellum 

 large, slightly but distinctly depressed in the centre ; the post- 

 scutellum furrowed in the middle. The metanotal area is clearly 

 defined behind by a stout, curved keel ; the edge behind it is 

 also raised ; inside it is irregularly longitudinally striated, almost 

 reticulated ; the centre is distinctly furrowed ; the lower half of 

 the sides is bounded by a stout keel. Behind the middle of the 

 mesopleurae is a narrow, but distinct, oblique, slightly curved keel ; 

 the central furrow is wide but shallow and ends in a fovea in the 

 middle. Wings almost hyaline ; the costa and stigma are black. 



