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Larra netera, n. sp. 

 9 Head shining, the clypeus and vertex minutely and closely punc- 

 tured, the extreme apex of the clypeus impunctate ; mesonotum, scutel- 

 lum, and postscutellum rather more deeply and less finely punctured 

 than the head, median segment finely transversely striate, with punc- 

 tures between the striae ; abdomen shining, the bases of the segments 

 extremely minutely punctured, their apices impunctate ; apex of clypeus 

 waved, scarcely emarginate ; front above the antenna3 with three sol- 

 cations, impunctate and very shining ; ocellus situated in a hollow, ano- 

 ther and slighter hollow whore the posterior ocelli should be ; mesono- 

 tum with a slight impressed median longitudinal line at base ; median 

 segment roundly truncate posteriorly, with a trace of a longitudinal 

 carina ; pygidium with a few scattered punctures. Black ; the greater 

 part of the mandibles, the intermediate and posterior femora and tibiae 

 red ; all the spines of the legs more or lessrufo-testaceous ; scarcely any 

 pubescence except on the thorax below, where it is short and greyish ; 

 wings fusco-hyaline, the hind wing at base hyaline, nervures dark tes- 

 taceous, tegulse rufo-testaceous. 

 Long. 13-17 mm. 

 Habitat : Quetta. 



Allied to L. erratka, but may be distinguished from it by having 

 the intermediate femora and tibiae, and the posterior tibia?, red and not 

 black. 



Palarus indicus, n. sp. 

 $ Clypeus with a few shallow punctures, front, vertex, and prono- 

 tum impunctate, mesonotum and scutellum sparsely punctured, post- 

 scutellum impunctate, median segment with oblique, almost semicircular, 

 striations, abdomen sparsely and shallowly punctured ; mandibles Avith 

 a wide incision on their outer margin, eyes at vertex about as far apart 

 as the length of the third joint of the antennre ; clypeus small, very 

 convex, nearly semicircular, its apex rounded ; front with the portion 

 between the base of antennae and the ocelli much raised, almost iubercu- 

 late, with a median longitudinal impressed line ; anterior ocellus large 

 and round, situated in a deep hollow ; posterior ocelli elongate-oval, 

 with a fovea between them ; antennae with the scape short and stout, 

 the third joint the longest, fourth and fifth subequal ; pronotum moder- 

 ately wide, depressed in tha centre ; median segment rounded in the 

 middle posteriorly, with a wide median depression, deepest posteriorly, 



