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broad, with 3 rows of cells ; 10 cells at the outlet of the discoidal 

 field. 



Anal appendages short, tumid, elliptical ; genital valves, two 

 rounded, convex, vertical flaps furnished with stiff black hairs. 



Abdomen 23 mm. ; forewing 38 mm. ; hindwing 36 mm. ; 

 antennae 38 mm. 



Genus Siphlocerus MacLach. 

 Siphlocerus Minius, Walk. 



Ascalaphus minius, Walk., I.e., p. 429, no. <\o (1853). 

 Ascalaphus luctifer, Walk., I.e., p. 432, no. 40 (,i^53 1 - 

 Siphlocerus minius, Walk., ;md MacLarli., 'Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool 

 XI, p. 261, no. 1 (1871); Ris, I.e., p. ^46, figs. 20'., ^03, 204, (iyoS).' 



io", Dharampur, Patiala State. 12 viii9i i (Mns. coll.) ; 1 o* 

 and 2 9 9, Shahzadpur, Allahabad Dist., 29viii'i9io (Mas. coll.). 



Not diffeiing from type, which is in Dr. Ris' collection. Only 

 so far reported from North India and North Bengal. 



Genus Ogcogaster Westwood. 

 Ogcogaster tessalata West. 



Ascalaphus tessalatus, West., Cat. Orient. Ent. 34, fig. 1 (1848) ; Walk., 



/ c., p. 420, no. 24 1853). 

 Ogcogaster tes>elatus, West., MacLach., Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. XI, 



p. 265, no. 1 (1871). 

 Ogcogaster tessalata. Ris, I.e.. p. 253 (1908). 



I 9 , Kumion, 6075 ft.., W. Himalayas, virion (coll. Tyiler.) 



Type in Brit. Mus., a fe~mal.\ No localities h .ve hitherto 

 been recorded for this insect except the broad term " India." 



The single specimen is a very large one, its measurements 

 being: abdomen 15 mm. ; forewing 38 mm. ; hindwing 32*5 mm. ; 

 antennae 25 mm. 



The discoidal spots of brown are missing but the brown mark- 

 ing in conjunction to the stigma is well defined and forms with the 

 stigma a very conspicuous arrowhead-shaped marking. 



Ogcogaster kempi, sp. nov. 



Two pairs from Talewadi, near Cis le Rock, N. Kanara Dist., 

 Bombay Pres , io*xi9i6 (coll 5. Kemp). 



Male. 



Antennae b-ight yellow, a little longer than half the length of 

 the wing; club broad, dark brewn. 



Head bright yellow except the vertex which is black and 

 coated thickly with long daik brown ha r ; a tuft of bright yellow 

 hair in fiont of and between the antennae; eyes dark reddish 

 brown with an iridescent sheen. 



Thorax bright yellow marked with bla k as follows : — a narrow, 

 dorsal, transverse, black mark on middle 01 prothorax, on m.ddor- 

 sum of thorax f.'om before back, a b oaJ, "T" ihaped ma-k, 

 followed by a marking shaped like an inverted anchor. The arms 



