. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Geology. 124 Mr. S. A. Rohwer on new species described was done by Messrs. Gahan and Crawford, and the present writer, although entirely responsible for this contribution, has done little more than verify their identifications and prepare the following descriptions. The drawings of the antennae were-made by the author from slide mounts, with the aid of a Leitz projection apparatus. The descriptions were prepared under a magni- fication of sixty diameters. Family ElasmidaB. Elasmus indi
. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Geology. 124 Mr. S. A. Rohwer on new species described was done by Messrs. Gahan and Crawford, and the present writer, although entirely responsible for this contribution, has done little more than verify their identifications and prepare the following descriptions. The drawings of the antennae were-made by the author from slide mounts, with the aid of a Leitz projection apparatus. The descriptions were prepared under a magni- fication of sixty diameters. Family ElasmidaB. Elasmus indicus, sp. n. Female.—Length 2 mm. Face and lower part of front finely granular; vertex and occiput granular, but in addition with shallow, poorly defined, separate pits ; lateral ocelli separated from the eye by a distance about twice as great as their diameter, and from the caudal margin of the head by a distance equal to their diameter ; antennae as in figure 1 ; pronotum with an indistinct trausverse carina ; Fig. Elasmvs indicus, Rohwer. Antenna of paiatype a. mesoscutum with close setigerous punctures, the hair black ; scutellum somewhat dull, very finely reticulate ; propodeum shining, more finely reticulate than the scutellum ; abdomen polished, with long black bristles on the sides of tergites. yEneous; antennse brown ; scutellum with a faint purplish tinge ; base of first tergite green ; apical part of first and base of second tergites with a pale ferruginous band ; apical tergites faintly purplish ; legs black, the anterior pair beyond middle of coxae, the intermediate pair beyond femora, and the posterior tibia? and tarsi yellowish brown, with very conspicuous black bristles; wings subhyaline. Male.—Length 1*5 mm. Agrees well with the female, except that the mesoscutum appears more scaly. Type-locality.—Coimbatore, South India. Type.—Cat. No. 20,978, Described from seven females and one male received from. Please note that these images are extract
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