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inwjirdl}^ at the buse. apical half of the proplenra;, the mark gradually 

 narrowed below, the greater part of the lower half of the mesoplcuraj, the 

 mark widest at the apex, a Hne on the base of the metapleuraj. scutellum. 

 narrow lines on the apices of the abdominal segments, the lines on the 

 apical segments indistinct. Legs fulvous, the 4 anterior paler, more yellowish 

 in tint ; the apical third of the hind tibial and the hind tarsi black. Wings 

 hyaline, the nervures and stigma black. 



Length 6 mm. 



Simla, August. 



Antennal scape yellow, the flagellum brown beneath. Head smooth, the 

 centre of the face bordered by a furrow, which is wider and deeper above 

 than below. A distinct furrow on the middle of the front, the part on 

 either side of it closely punctured. Mesonotum closely, distinctly punctured : 

 the scutellum sparsely punctured in the middle, apical slope of the metanotum 

 with a broad, curved depression above. Basal two segments of abdomen 

 opaque, distinctly aciculated-punctured, the centre of the 1st and the base of 

 the 1st closely finely striated ; the 1st is twice longer than it is wide at the 

 apex, the spiracles are prominent. There are no keels on the metanotum, nor 

 transvei-se furrows on the abdominal segments. The 1 st abdominal segment is 

 longer compared with the 2nd than it is in B. laetatorius. The incision in the 

 centre of the clypeus is distinct. 



The European (now almost cosmopolitan) species Bassus laeiaiorins, F., is 

 now found in India. 



Cryptin.k, 



Distantella inlosella, sp. nov. 



Black, the face, clypeus, mandibles except the teeth, palpi, inner orbits 

 narrowly, the outer from shortly above the middle, the line obliquely narrowed 

 above, a narrow line, not extending to the base, on the pronotum, a broader, 

 complete one on the lower edge of the propleune, tubercles, apical half of 

 scutellum and tegulaj pale yellow ; the apices of the abdominal segments 

 narrowly testaceous, legs: the 4 anterior yellow, tinged with testaceous, the 

 hind coxiE and trochanters black, the femora dark rufous : the tibial on the 

 basal half testaceous, paler at the base, the rest blackish : the tarsi white, 

 the basal half of the basal joint black. Wings clear hyaline, the nervures 

 and stigma black. Antennae black, the scape yellow below. 



Length 12mm. 



Simla, August. 



Face and clypeus closely punctured, thickly covered with white pubescence: 

 the front below the ocelli aciculated, finely ii-regularly reticulated. Pro-and 

 mesothorax strongly punctured, the pleuras more or less finely striated. Basal 

 half of scutellum more strongly and sparsely punctured than the mesonotum ; 

 its apical slope more strongly and closely punctured. Base of metanotum behind 

 the keel closely, strongly punctured ; the space between the keels punctur- 

 ed on the outerside, the middle irregularly .striated and with some scattered 



