NEW SP3CIES OF INDIAN I7YMEN0PTERA. 3 



Black and shining 5 the apical margins of the abdominal segments, the 

 tibias and tarsi, testaceous: a little short, golden, pubescence on the 

 ctypeus and front ; wings hyaline, nervures and teguke pale testaceous. 



Long. 4 — 5-5 mm. 



Habitat : Peshin, Baluchistan, three specimens ; Deesa, one speci- 

 men. The latter, however, differs from the Peshin specimen in 

 having the whole of the legs red, and the apical margins of the abdo- 

 minal segments not testaceous. The appendicular nervure is also 

 more clearly defined. But the sculpture does not appear to differ from 

 that of the other specimens, and I think that it is the same species. 



No 9 of this genus has, I believe, been hitherto described, but, 

 although 1 have not obtained a $ of this species, I have little doubt 

 that I have correctly placed it. It is too small to be the other sex of 

 H. creon above. 



TA.CHYTES DILWARA, n. Sp. 



9 Head and thorax extremely minutely and closely punctured, ab- 

 domen minutely aciculate ; clypeus convex, transverse anteriorly ; an 

 impressed line from between bases of antennas through anterior ocellus 

 to vertex ; median segment with a median longitudinal furrow. Black ; 

 the greater part of tho femora, and the whole of the tibias and tarsi red ; 

 pubescence on clypeus, front, and legs golden, on the thorax and base 

 of first abdominal segment greyish and somewhat sparse, except on the 

 median segment ; pile on abdomen silvery, a few stiff, black hairs on 

 apical abdominal segments, pygidium with stiff golden-red and black 

 hairs intermingled, appearing golden-red when viewed obliquely ; 

 wings flavo-hyaline, nervures pale testaceous, tegulje red ; third cubital 

 <eell much narrowed, narrower than the second both above and below. 



Long. 12-16 mm. 



Habitat : Mount Abu. 



Nearest to T. modesta, from which it can be distinguished by the 

 hairs on the pygidial area being black and golden-red, not silvery. 



Tachytes shiva, n. sp. 



9 Differs from T. dilwara above only in the median segment being 

 shorter and the whole of the legs being black, not red ; the legs are 

 covered with golden pile, and the spines are testaceous red, as in T, 

 dilwara. 



Long. 16 mm. 



Habitat. Deesa ; Mount Abu. 



