758 MR. E. A. ELLIOTT ON THE 



This is the first specimen of tliis subgenus I have seen from 

 India proper, all the others being from more southern localities; 

 one fi'om Oej^'lon, one from Ding-Ding Island in the Indian 

 Ocean, and several from Boineo and Australia. It difiers from 

 all other males yet described in the sculpture of the head and 

 hind legs, and in colour. 



The males are decidedly rarer than the females, and the mate 

 of this species should be discovered ere long. 



14. CLARIPENNIS 0am. 



Megischits claripennis 0am. (8), p. 56, 5 . 



§ . Frons finely and closely transrugose, vertex subarcuate 

 striate, occiput finely striate, almost smooth behind. The anterior 

 frontal tubercle longest, and separated from the next pair by a 

 greater distance than these are from each other, the enclosed 

 space being unusually elongate. Three carinse between the 

 posterior ocelli, the front one strongest. Posterior margin of 

 head strongly bordered. Second flagellar joint half as long again 

 as first ; third longer than second, but shorter than first and 

 second together. Pronotvnxi entirely smooth and shining; meso- 

 notum shagreened, and with longitudinal f uri^ow : scutellum 

 elongate and smooth. Propleura; smooth ; mesopleuije aciculate; 

 metapleurse obliquely striate. Median segment strongly reticu- 

 late punctate. Petiole longer than rest of abdomen, closely 

 trans-striate ; remainder of abdomen smooth. Terebra half as 

 long again as body, sheaths black. Hind co:s8e closely trans- 

 striate ; hind femora smooth, bidentate, their tibiae compressed to 

 a little beyond middle. 



Black ; the outer orbits broadly, the anterior tarsi and the 

 middle tibiae testaceous, hind metatarsus basally white ; head 

 rufo-testaceous, vertex blackish, four basal antennal joints pale 

 rufo-testaceous ; the second segment basally rufous. Wings clear 

 hyaline ; stigma and nervures almost black. 



Length 8 mm. ; abdomen 3g mm. ; petiole 2 mm. ; terebra 

 13 mm. 



Habitat: Kuching,. Borneo. John Hewitt, B.A. Type in 

 British Museum. 



15. RUFo-ORNATus Cam. 



Stephanus 7'ufo-ornahis 0am. (5), p. 45, J . Parasteplianellus 

 rufo-ornatus Elliott (1), p. 92, S . P. rufid-ornatus Morley (1), 

 pp. 35 et 112, $ (5. ' 



S . Frons closely, rugosely, and almost reticulately punctate ; 

 vertex closely trans-striate ; arcuate striae between frontal 

 tubercles, and a distinct central longitudinal sulcus on vertex. 

 Second flagellar joint one and a half times as long as first. 

 Pronotum short, finely and closely trans-striate. Mesonotum 

 coarsely rugose; scutellum smooth, with two short lateral 



