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is slightly concave transversely. Petiole higher than long below, its 

 scale inclined forwards. The dorsal edge of the scale is fairly thick 

 and slightly emarginate in the middle ; the anterior face of the scale is 

 convex from above to below, the posterior face concave. Abdomen 

 massive, subovate, very little longer than wide. 



$ . 6 mm. Anterior wing 6'5 mm. long. Colour as in the ^ , but 

 the anterior angles of the head and the greater part of the clypeus 

 castaneous. An abundant, vei-y fine, long and yellowish pubescence 

 present all over, oblique on the cheeks behind the eyes, decumbent 

 elsewhere. Pilosity yellowish, fairly abundant, outstanding, very short 

 on the mesonotum. Head dull, thorax and abdomen moderately 

 shining. 



Head and upper two-thirds of the epinotum finely and densely 

 punctate and aciculate. Mesonotum and scutellum densely and fairlv 

 coarsely punctured, the abdomen and legs very finely and densely 

 punctured. Scale smooth and shining. 



Head quadrate, as wide as long, slightly narrowed in front, the pos- 

 terior margin straight, the posterior angles rounded. The eyes occupy 

 the middle third of the sides. Mandibles and clypeus as in the £ . 

 The scapes extend beyond the hind margin of the head by one-third of 

 their length. Mesonotum one-third wider than long. Scutellum semi- 

 circular, half as long as the mesonotum. Dorsum of the epinotum 

 obsolete, the declivity subverticaL Scale much wider and thinner 

 above than in the £> , its dorsal edge trenchant and feebly excised in 

 the middle. Abdomen oblong, half as long again as wide. Wings 

 brownish-yellow, nervures brown. 



£ . 33 mm. Dark brown, scutellum, epinotum and petiole reddish- 

 brown, tarsi ochreous, femora ochreous at the base and apex and brown 

 in the middle, mandibles and antennae smoky yellow. Shining. Meso- 

 notum and abdomen very finely punctured, clypeus and sides of the 

 head, between the eyes and frontal carinae, finely reticulate-punctate, 

 the rest of the body smooth. Mandibles dull, 3-dentate and aciculate. 



Head as long as wide aci-oss the eyes, the sides behind the eyes and 

 also the posterior margin straight, narrower behind than in front. 

 The eyes occupy the middle third of the sides. Clypeus two and a 

 quarter times wider than long in the middle, carinate. The scapes 

 extend beyond the hind margin of the head by one-third of their 

 length. Thorax like that of the $ , but the upper face of the epi- 

 notum is oblique. Scale, seen from behind, trapezoidal, as long as 

 wide above, where it is widest, the dorsal edge thin, the posterior face 

 twice as long as the anterior and feebly convex from above to below. 

 Base of abdomen concave transversely. Wings as in the ? . 



