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ment closely punctured ; the apex in the middle trans- 

 versely striated ; the central keel longish ; the lateral 

 roundly curved. Propleurae closely punctured, running into 

 longitudinal striations ; the mesopleurse closely punctured ; 

 the oblique depression, in the middle behind, finely 

 striated ; the metapleurse similarly punctured ; the curved 

 keel in the centre is stout, attenuated at the apex. The 

 tour anterior legs are fulvous, the trochanters and coxae 

 yellow ; the hinder legs darker, more reddish, in tint ; the 

 coxae, the base and apex of the tibiae and the tarsi blackish; 

 the calcaria yellow. The petiole is black ; the basal half 

 distinctly narrowed; the basal three-fourths of the second 

 segment black ; the apex rufous ; the base of the third is 

 black in the middle ; the ventral surface yellowish in the 

 middle ; the sheath of the ovipositor black. 



LiMNERIA INDICA, Sp. nov. 



Nigra; abdomine pedibusque rufis ; coxis petioloque 

 nigris ; alis fusco-hyalinis. ?. 



Long. 7 mm. 



Antennae black, thickly covered with white pubescence ; 

 the scape yellowish at the apex beneath. Head black ; 

 the eyes on the inner side distinctly margined ; the face 

 closely, but not strongly, punctured ; thickly covered with 

 short, silvery pubescence ; the mandibles and palpi lemon- 

 yellow ; the mandibles piceous black at the apex ; the 

 vertex on the lower side close to the eyes faintly trans- 

 versely striated. Thorax entirely black ; covered with a 

 sparse, white pubescence ; the top, at the base, and 

 the hinder part of the propleurae closely striated ; the 

 mesopleurae closely punctured ; the middle above 

 with an oblique, shallow depression ; the part in 

 front of it being obscurely transversely striated ; 

 behind more shining than elsewhere. Median segment 



