86 P. Cameron. 



gradually towards the apex, a line on the lower side of the 

 propleurae, transverse above, rounded below, the tubercles, 

 almost the lower half of the mesopleurae, the base of the 

 metapleurae — the mark narrowed below the middle — on 

 the upper half and the apex of the pétiole, pale yellow. 

 Antennae black, the scape and the 8th to 15th joiuts white 

 beneath. The 4 anterior legs are pale yellow, the upper part 

 of the 4 front femora and the middle also at the base ail 

 round, black, the apices of their tarsi iufuscated; the hinder 

 legs black, their coxae broadly, obliquely iu the middle 

 above, the trochanters and tibiae from near the base to 

 shortly beyond the middle, pale yellow. Wings hyaline, 

 strongly iridescent, the stigma and nervures deep black. Q . — 

 Length 13 mm. 



Hab. Darjeeling. 



Clypeus and face distinctly, but not very closely punctured, 

 almost bare ; the labrum fringed with long pale hair. 

 In the centre of the face is a black line which is irregularly 

 dilated in the centre and at the apex ; there is a slightly 

 broader and more regulär line on the centre of the clypeus. 

 Vertex irregularly punctured. Mesonotum punctured, but 

 not strongly or deeply aud more closely at the base. 

 Scutellum closely punctured. The base of the median segment 

 is smooth and shining, the rest closely and rather rugosely 

 punctured ; areola irregularly punctured at the base ; the 

 posterior median area is irregularly and distinctly reticulated 

 on the upper third, the rest less distinctly transversely striated ; 

 the other areae are closely ragosely punctured. 



12. Lagenestra violaeeipennis sp. nov. Q. 



Ferrugineous ; the apex of the antennae, the sides of 

 the mesonotum, the base and upper part of the mesopleurae, 

 the base and lower part of the metapleurae, the base and 

 apex of the metanotum, the apical half of the 2nd abdominal 

 segment, except on the sides, and the other segments entirely, 

 black ; the wings fuscous-violaceous, iridescent, the stigma 

 and nervures black. Q. — Length 15 mm. 



Inner eye orbits yellowish. Face closely, the clypeus 

 sparsely punctured. Pro- and mesothorax closely punctured, 

 the propleurae irregularly striated at the apex; the base of the 

 scutellum sparsely, indistiuctly punctured; the rnediau segment 

 rugosely punctured and striated ; the striae on the sides aud 

 apex irregularly curved ; the areola is not separated from the 

 posterior median area, its base bounded by a broad, smooth 

 curved keel ; the spines are short and broad. Pétiole smooth 

 and shining, becoming gradually wider towards the apex 



