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largely converging at the bottom, they being there not 

 separated by much more than twice the width of the 

 scape. Thorax black ; the pronotum broadly, tegulae 

 and tubercles yellow. Mesonotum opaque ; the central 

 lobe raised ; the scutellum yellow ; the median segment 

 reticulated ; the pro- and meso-pleurae longitudinally 

 striolated, closely above, more widely below ; the meta- 

 pleurae reticulated. The four front legs yellow ; the tibiae 

 and femora infuscated beneath ; the tarsi at the apex 

 black. The wings reach to the middle of the abdomen. 

 Petiole black, smooth and shining, the apical third 

 dilated ; its top with an elongated depression ; the other 

 segments testaceous beneath. 



Anomalon BRACHYPTERUM, Sp. 110V. 



Nigrum, pedibus anterioribus, tro chanter ibusque posticis, 

 pallidis ; alts brevibus, hyalinis ; abdomine testaceo, apice 

 nigro. 6 . Long. 9 mm. 



Hab. Trincomali, Ceylon (Yerbury). 



Antennae black, the scape yellow beneath; the flagellum 

 covered with a microscopic down. Head black; closely 

 punctured ; the face densely covered with white hair ; 

 the mandibles testaceous, the palpi white. Thorax black, 

 rough ; in front sparsely, behind thickly, covered with 

 white hair ; the median segment with a gradual slope. 

 Wings short, not reaching much beyond the apex of the 

 petiole ; the nervures black. The front four legs whitish 

 yellow ; the posterior black, the trochanters, knees, and 

 spurs whitish-yellow (the front four legs are vermilion, but 

 this is probably owing to discoloration with chemiccds). 

 Abdomen more than twice the length of the head : the 

 petiole longer than the second segment, nodose at the 

 apex; the base black; the apex brownish; the rest rufo- 

 testaceous ; the second segment testaceous, black above ; 

 the apical two segments black above. 



