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legs strongly spiiioil. Klack ; tlic inaiulihlos more or less red : puliescence grey, 

 inoderutely dense ; wings hyaline, forewing with a slight flavons tinge, and a 

 very slight infusccscenee about tlie radial cell ; norvures bright testaceous, 

 teguhe dark testaceous. 

 Eah—'Mi. Abu. 

 Length— 8 mm. 

 Antata selecta, n. sp. 



9. Head minutely but shalluwiy punctuiud. tlie space below anterior ocellus 

 and the vertex almost impunctate ; mcsonotum, scutellum. except at base, and 

 postscutellum closely and finely punctured, median segment longitudinally 

 striate and reticulate, abdomen smooth. Front without a furrow, median seg- 

 ment rounded posteriorly, with a slight transverse carina at the apex of the 

 striation ; abdomen with the apices of the segments slightly depressed. Black ; 

 the mandibles in the centre, the first two or three abdominal segments, and the 

 femora, tibi:w. and tarsi red : apical abdominal segments bronzy testaceous ; 

 pubescence whitish, not very dense ; wings hyaline, the apex beyond the radial 

 cell infuscated : nervures, stigma, and legul^e brownish testaceous, the recurrent 

 nervures divide the 2nd cubital cell into three equal parts 

 ^a&.— Deesa ; January and September. 

 Length— 5A-6 mm. 

 Astata interstitialis (Cam,). 



The type specimen is a $, not a 9. 1 cannot see any transverse striation 

 on the median segment, which I consider finely rugose with a few short longi- 

 tudinal striai at extreme base. 

 Astata absolufa, n. sp. 



S. Clypeus and front closely and finely punctured, the space below the 

 anterior ocellus shining ; mesonotum. scutellum, except on disc, and post- 

 scutellum very closely punctured; disc of scutellum shining, almost impunctate, 

 median segment rather short, strongly longitudinally striate and reticulate, its' 

 apex roundly truncate, the truncated portion finely rugose, abdomen minutely 

 acicuJate. Antenna) conspicuously pilose, anterior ocellus twice the size of the 

 others, with a furrow running from it to the base of antennti3 : abdomen short, 

 the apes of the first segment constricted, the apices of the remainder depressed' 

 Black ; the pubescence greyish, moderately long ; the apices of the abdominal 

 segments narrowly golden testaceous ; wings hyaline, nervures bright testace- 

 ous, tegulas black ; radial cell rather long, 2nd cubital cell at top i the length of 

 3rd, I and the length of space bounded by the recurrent nervures, which are 

 received into the 2nd cubital cell before and after the middle respectivelv 

 Hab.—Mt. Abu. 

 Length— II mm. 

 Astata I'ashmirensis, n. sp. 



(J. Clypeus and front very finely and closely, pro- and mesonotum, scutel- 

 lum, except at base, and postscutellum closely and more strongly punctured, the 

 punctures being spai-ser on the disc of mesonotum. and (he base of the scutei- 

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