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by two short transverse ones. Legs thickly coveted with 

 short white hair ; the apices of the coxae, of the trochan- 

 ters and of the femora, the base of the hinder tibiae, the 

 four anterior tibiae and all the tarsi, yellowish-testaceous ; 

 the femoral tooth stout, oblique, somewhat triangular ; 

 the apex of the hinder femora fuscous. The wings have 

 a faint fuscous tinge ; the stigma fuscous, the nervures 

 dark testaceous ; the second cubital cellule oblique, at 

 the bottom longer than the third cellule ; the recurrent 

 nervures almost interstitial ; the third transverse cubital 

 nervure is curved at the top ; the lower part straight, 

 oblique. Abdomen smooth and shining, sparsely covered 

 with longish white hair, which becomes longer and thicker 

 towards the apex. 



This and Alyson are interesting additions to the 

 Oriental Zoological Region, the few described species 

 being from Europe and North America. 



Alyson annulipes,^s/>. nov. (PL 16, f. 1). 



Niger, mandibulis bast tibiarum ppsticarum maculisque 

 2 abdominis flavis ; alis hyalinis, fusco-fasciatis. 2. Long. 

 6 mm. 



Hab. Poona {Wroughton). 



Black, shining, almost impunctate ; the head, pro- 

 and meso-thorax sparsely covered with long fuscous hair; 

 the apex of the median segment with shorter white hair. 

 Head shining, smooth ; the upper part covered with 

 fuscous hair, which is much longer behind the ocelli ; 

 the lower part is more thickly covered with short sil- 

 very pubescence. Mandibles broadly yellow behind the 

 middle, the two basal teeth piceous, the apical tooth 

 darker in colour. The inner orbits with a yellow line ; 

 the clypeus yellow, the extreme apex piceous ; the central 

 tooth larger, the lateral not half its size ; the palpi 

 yellow. Thorax black, except two yellow marks on the 



