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beneath, the flagellum obscure brownish beneath, stout, 

 pilose ; the third joint narrow at base, dilated at the apex, 

 not much longer than the fourth. Thorax shining, above 

 very obscurely punctured ; the pleurae, if anything, more 

 distinctly. Pronotum in the middle retreating, the sides 

 broadly rounded, the top not raised, and having a gradually 

 rounded slope to the base ; mesopleural suture wide, crenu- 

 lated, the fovea distinct. There is an indistinct furrow in 

 the centre of the mesonotum, and two foveae towards the 

 base. Median segment short, the base dilated, the rest with 

 a sharp oblique slope ; the basal area irregularly reticulated ; 

 the centre is very slightly hollowed, but with the sides of the 

 hollow margined by keels, which unite at the apex ; the 

 outer edges are also keeled, the keels converging beneath ; 

 metapleural shagreened, and bearing some irregular striae. 

 Abdomen shining, covered almost all over with a pale 

 pubescence ; the basal segment, becoming gradually dilated 

 to the apex, which is slightly shorter than the total length ; 

 the apical segments rather strongly punctured ; the pygidial 

 area rounded at the apex ; the ventral segments punctured 

 at the apex. Legs pilose ; the long spur of the hind tibise 

 reaches to the middle of the metatarsus. The recurrent 

 nervure is received near the middle of the radial cellule. 

 Length 2>% mm. 



DASYPROCTUS, Lep. 



1. DASYPROCTUS CEYLONICUS. 



Dasyproctus ceylonicus, Saussure, Hym. d. Novara Reise, 



85^.51. 

 Hab. Ceylon. 



OXYBELUS. 



1. Oxybelus agilis, Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins. IV., 387, 25. 1 

 Hab. India. 1 



2. Oxybelus argenteolineatus, Cam. postea. 

 Hab. Barrackpore (Rothney). 



