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the middle. Thorax black ; a Une on the pronotum, the 

 scutellum, post-scutellum iu the centre and the tubercles, 

 lemon-yellow. Pro- and mesothorax closely pnnctured ; the 

 lower part of the propleurae stoutly striated ; the puncturation 

 on the rnesopleurae ruus into striae iu the middle; the meta- 

 plenrae are closely striated behind. Scutellum sparsely 

 punctured. r rhe base of the median segmeut is siuooth ; the 

 areola is coarsely, irregularly shagreeued ; the lateral areae 

 are irregularly reticulated; the apical more strongly than the 

 basai ; the posterior median area is closely and strongly 

 transversely striated ; the spiracular area is coarsely, obliquely 

 striated ; the teeth are short and bluut. Legs black ; the 

 4 anterior tibiae and tarsi are more or less rufo-testaceous j 

 there is a yellow line near the base of ail the tibiae; and 

 the 3 r d and 4th joints of ihe hinder tarsi are yellow. Abdomen 

 smooth and shining, bright metallic Mue; the pétiole is black, 

 bluisb towards the apex ; the post-petiole is closely punctured. 

 Gastrocoeli shallow, irregularly striated at the base. 



5. Lareiga flavomaculata sp. nov. c?. 



Nigra, abdomine coeruleo ; capite thoraceque ßavo- 

 maculatis ; pedibus nigris, tibiis tarsisque late albo-annnlatis; 

 alis hyalinis, fere fumatis ; stigmate fusco, nervis nigris. — 

 Long. 16 mm. 



Hab. Simla. (Nurse.) 



Antennae black ; the scape beueath and joints 13 — 20 

 white beneath. Head blacK ; the face, clypeus, labrum, the 

 inner and outer orbits — broadly below on the outer and 

 inuersides — and the base of the mandibles, lemon-yellow. 

 The face and clypeus are rather strongly punctured and are 

 covered with a short pale pubescence. Thorax above thickly 

 covered with a short pubescence, which is darker coloured 

 on the mesonotum than on the median segment; black, a 

 broad band on the upper edge of the pronotum, a narrower 

 oue on its lower border, two longitudinal Unes on the meso- 

 notum, opposite the tegulae, the scutellum, post-scutellum, 

 two marks on the median segment on the top of the apical 

 slope and extending laterally on to the apex of the spiracular 

 area aloug the keel, the keel on to top of the posterior median 

 area less distinctly, the tubercles and a large irregulär mark on 

 the base of the rnesopleurae, extending on to the base of 

 the mesosternum, lemon-yellow. The areola and base of the 

 median segment are almost impuuctate; the posterior median 

 area is closely, the hinder part of the spiracular area more 

 widely, striated ; the rest of the segment is closely, more or 

 less strongly, punctured ; the lateral tooth is short and broad, 



