HYMENOPTERA. 
51. Allantus simillimus. 
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Eemina . A. . mget j a bdom inis cd ig u 1 o basali Jlttt'o, tibiis tarsisque patHde J'emiy i ne is, 
alls Jlavo-hyalinis, antice fuscis. 
The scape of the antennae, the following joint, the labrum, mandibles, and palpi pale 
yellow. Thorax ; the posterior margin of the prothorax slightly interrupted in the middle, 
pale yellow ; the wings pale fulvo-hyaline, a slight fuscous cloud occupying the marginal 
cell and extending a little beyond into the submarginal cells ; the costa and stigma fulvous, 
the nervures ferruginous ; the coxae black, the legs pale ferruginous, with the femora black 
above. Abdomen with a whitish fascia at the base ; the fourth and fifth segments with 
their apical margins narrowly whitish ; the two apical segments with their margins more 
broadly yellowish white. Eemale, length 4f lines. 
Sab. — Murree, Punjab lulls. 
The species resembles Allantus troclianterinus of Cameron, described in the “ Transac- 
tions of the Entomological Society” for 1876, but it differs from it in having the scape pale, 
independently of other differences. 
52. Allantus terminalis. 
Mas. — A. capite thoraceque nigris, abdomine purpureo nitido. 
Head emarginate behind, covered with confluent punctures and subopaque ; the man- 
dibles, labrum, and clypeus, also a triangular space above it, and a narrow line round the 
lower margins of the eyes, white; the antenna; fulvous beneath. Thorax black above and at 
the sides ; beneath, the anterior and intermediate legs beneath and also the posterior coxae 
beneath, white ; wings hyaline, their nervures black. Abdomen purple above ; the margins 
of the segments beneath white laterally. Male, length 4 lines. 
Sab. Sind valley, Kashmir. Taken in August. 
53. Macrophya opposita. 
Eemina. — M. nigra , capite thoraceque opacis, abdomine nitido , pedibus anticis pallidis. 
Black ; the head wider than the thorax, covered with confluent punctures and opaque ; 
the clypeus, mandibles, and labrum white ; the palpi testaceous ; the antennae fulvous beneath. 
Thorax opaque and punctured, the same as the head ; wings fuscous, with a violet iridescence, 
the nervures and stigma black ; the anterior and intermediate tibiae rufo-testaceous beneath. 
Abdomen shining black. Eemale, length 5 lines. 
Sab. — Sind valley, Kashmir. Taken in August. 
54. Tenthredo simulata. 
Eemina. — T. nigra, abdominis medio, et tibiis tarsisqv>e pallide ferrugineis ; alis hyalinis, 
nermris stigmatibusque nigris. 
Black ; the clypeus, labrum, and mandibles pale reddish-yellow ; the teeth of the 
latter black; the antennae obscurely fulvous beneath. Thorax; the wings hyaline and 
