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smooth, dull and opaque, with only n few fine scattered punctures ; 

 pygidial area densely pubescent ; head, thorax, the coxre and tro- 

 chanters of the legs, and the median segment, black ; the femora, tibiae 

 and tarsi, and the abdomen dull deep red ; the clypeus, the face in 

 front as higli nearly as the vertex, the cheeks, the prouotum, the 

 mesouotum, except on the disc, the sides of the thorax and pectus, the 

 back of the anterior femoi'a and the front of the coxffi, the sides of the 

 scutellum, the postscutellum, and the sides and apex of the median 

 seo-ment, covered with a dense matting of fine short silvery pile, the 

 pygidial area with golden pile ; wings fusco-hyaline, their apical 

 margins darker, teguloe and nervures red. 



$ . Length 20 ; i\rp. 32 mm. 



Hah. Deesa. 



9. Cei'cet'is himala'/ensh, sp. nov. 



f^ . Head, except the clypeus and the region immediately round the 

 ocelli, thorax and abdomen closely and somewhat coarsely punctured 

 and granular; clypeus smooth, shining, highly polished, convex almost 

 circular, its anterior margin not dentate, cordate, space at the base of 

 the median segment longitudinally striate, remainder of segment 

 coarsely punctured, the punctures running into irregular strife on the 

 sides ; abdomen long, longer than the head and thorax, basal segment 

 narrowed, 2-4 segments strongly, 5th segment slightly, constricted at 

 base, 5th and 6th ventral segments with prominent well-marked lateral 

 teeth on their apical margins. Black, the mandibles except at apex, the 

 clypeus and face to n. little above the base of the antenncie, the scape of 

 the latter in front, a large spot on each side on the posterior margin 

 of the pronotum, the postscutellum, the greater part of the legs, and 

 transverse bands emarginate in the middle above on the apical margins 

 of 1-6 abdominal segments, yellow, the basal three joints of the flagel- 

 lum of the antennae, the apical three joints of the tarsi of the inter- 

 mediate legs, the apex of the femora, the tibiae and tarsi of the posterior 

 lo<Ts, and the lateral dentate processes on the 6th abdominal segment^ 

 ferrufrinous, the apex of the mandibles and a mark on the femora of 

 all the legs posteriorly l)lack; wings hyaline, fuscous at apex and 

 along the outer margin, the costal margin of the forewing stained deep 

 yellow, togulsG and nervures yellow. 



$ . Length 1 1 ; e.rp. 20 mm. 



IJah. Simla. 



