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almost in the middle. Petiole obscurely punctured at the 

 apex, the base broad, and there is a broad mark on either 

 side of the petiole ; the second segment closely punctured, 

 broadly and strongly striolated down the middle ; the 

 second more weakly striolated, the striae not reaching to 

 the apex ; the fourth segment obscurely striated at the 

 base. The yellow marks on the second segment are 

 narrowed in the middle on the inner side ; those on the 

 third are slightly dilated on the lower side : those on the 

 fourth are narrower and also attenuated on the inner side. 

 The three basal ventral segments are yellowish testaceous, 

 with a broad, black mark on the sides. Sheaths of the 

 ovipositor black, their apex obliquely truncated, not 

 rounded. 



ROTHNEYIA ANNULICORNIS, Sp. nov. 



Nigra; annulo antennarum albo; tibiis tarsisque ante- 

 rioribus brunneis ; alis ficsco-hyalinis, nervis stigmateque 

 nigris. ? . 



Long. 8 mm.; terebra fere 2 mm. 



Hab. Khasia. 



This distinct species may be separated from R. 

 wroughtoni {^Manch. Memoirs, xli. (1897), No. 4, p. 19), 

 as follows : — 



Antennae entirely black, 25-jointed, petiole ferruginous ; 



the flagellum of the antennae without a white band ; 



the third abdominal segment toothed laterally. 



R. ivroughtoni. 

 Antennas 23-jointed, annulated with white ; abdomen 



entirely black ; the apex of the abdomen not toothed 



laterally. R. annulicornis. 



Antennae stout, slightly thickened from the middle 

 towards the apex, bare ; the sixth to the tenth joints 

 white beneath ; the second joint not much longer than 



