714 BIR. 11. E. TUKNER ON 



7. Propleuiw sparsely punctured JS. claripennis Bingh. 



Propleur;e tinely striated JB, ustulata Turn. 



8. Abdomen not marked with yellow 9. 



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



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



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



10. Abdomen mostly ferruginous 11. 



Abdomen entirely black, or with the apical segment 



only ferruginous 12. 



11. Four basal segments of the abdomen ferruginous JE. bengalen.iis Cum. 



Four apical segments of the abdomen ferruginous E. api macula Cam. 



12. Apical segment of the abdomen ferruginous 13. 



Apical oegmeut of the abdomen black 14. 



13. Mesouotum closely punctured *E.fedtschenkoi Sauss. 



Mesonotum shining, ahnost impunctate *JS. dubia Mor. 



14-. Legs ferruginous; head coarsely and closelj' punctured. JE. rothneyi Cam. 

 Legs black ; head sparsely punctured E. opacifrons Turn. 



Myzine anthracina recoi-deil by Bingliam as Indian is 

 Atisti'alian and belongs to the genus Anthohosca ; and Myzine 

 combibsta also i^ecorded as Indian is undoubtedly West. Indian, 

 and a true Elis. 



2Iales. 



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 apex than long E. dimidiaticornis 



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



abdomen wholly black 3. 



Seventh dorsal segment not incised at the apex 4. 



3. Legs black; seventh dorsal segment smooth and 



shining at the apex E. htirmamca Bingh. 



Legs fusco - ferruginous ; seventh dorsal segment 



coarsclj' 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 detined, with marginal carinse reaching 



nearly to the base of the segment E. dimidiata Gu&. 



Median segment with a distinct median sulcus; 

 pygidial area less clearly defined, the marginal 

 carinas lower and only on the apical third of the 

 segment E. mandibuJaris Sm. 



6. First abdomnial 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 combined 8. 



7. Head punctured-rugose ; pronotuni without a yellow 



band E. nursei Turn. 



Head punctured ; pronotum with a yellow band on the 



posterior margin E. manda lensis Magr. 



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



posterior margin, closelj' punctured 9. 



Wings pale fusco-hyaline ; pronotum without a yellow 



band, rather sparsely punctured E. e.vtensa Turn . 



9. Narrow petiole of first abdominal segment scarcely 



more than half as long as the swollen apical portion 



of the segment E. petioluta Sm. 



Narrow petiole of first abdominal segment nearly as 



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



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

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



