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51. Allantijs simillimtjs. 
Eemina.— A. niger, abdominis cingulo basali flavo, tihiis tarsisque pallide ferrugineis^ 
alis jiavo-liyalinis, antice fuscis. 
The scape of the antennse, the following joint, the lahrnm, 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 suhmarginal 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. 
JSab. —Murree, Punjab hills. 
The species resembles Allantus trochanterinus 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 purpmeo nitido. 
Head emarginate behind, covered with confiuent 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, wliite; the antennse 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 uidescence, 
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 tarsisque pallide ferrugineis ; alis hyalinis, 
nervuris 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 
