368 Records of the Indian Museum. [Voi,. Ill, 



Saltclla setigera, mihi, sp. nov. 

 (Plate xiii, fig. 19.) 



cf . South India. Long. 4^ mm. 



Head. — Frons, vertex and antennae orange-red; frons with 

 two broad, darker oval brownish marks in the shape of a V. OceUi 

 triangle blackish, with two small proclinate bristles. A small 

 bristle on each side ; in the middle of the frons close to the e^'e 

 margin. Lower part of head, and proboscis yellowish ; latter with 

 some stiff hairs ; mouth border with a row of stiff hairs on each 

 side. 



Thorax tawny orange. Dorsum with a broad black stripe 

 occupying one- third of the entire width. The dorsum is covered 

 rather freely with small black spines, which form four rows 

 on the part occupied by the black stripe, and form a rather broad 

 irregular oval around the black part. There are also numerous 

 similar short spines on the humeral region; two large ones 

 each side in front of the wing, and a pair of large strong dorso- 

 central ones, near the posterior border; also two strong ones on the 

 posterior corner of the dorsum, on the edges. Man^^ small ones 

 are intermixed with the general plan of distribution. 



Scutellum bright (but not at all shining) orange-red, with a 

 strong spine each side at the base and two apical ones, close 

 together, directed horizontally backwards. 



Abdomen fiat, normal; shining orange-yellow; major part 

 of dorsum except at base and tip, black, shining, nearly bare. 

 Numerous small hairs on each side of the basal segment, which 

 appears somewhat long, a fan-shaped row towards the side near 

 the posterior border, and a few very small ones scattered over 

 the dorsum and sides of the whole abdomen. A fairly stiff bristle 

 at the extreme edge, on each side of the second, third and 

 fourth segments, and two diverging ones at the abdomen tip. 

 Genital apparatus large, 3^ellow, softly hairy, curved under tip of 

 abdomen, with small black spines at its tip. 



Legs orange-yellow, wholly covered, moderately thickl}- , with 

 short black bristly hairs ; tibiae slightly darker ; metatarsi yellowish 

 white ; rest of tarsi black ; onychia brownish gre}^ with a white 

 fringe. Coxse bare, except for two strong bristles and several very 

 small ones all near the tip. Fore femora thickened on basal two- 

 thirds, with six strong spines on upper side, six shorter strong ones 

 below, in the centre, placed a little towards the inner side. On 

 the outer side of this row is another row of eight or nine some- 

 what smaller ones and on the inner side of the femur is a single 

 one, just above the centre lower row. On the fore tibiae is a long 

 row (extending from just beyond the base to the extreme tip) of 

 strong very short spines, about twenty in number. On the middle 

 femora, a long row on the front and lower side; on the middle 

 tibiae, a row of smaller ones on the outer, and a row of strong 

 ones on the hinder side, a shorter row of strong ones on the inner 

 side; also a circlet of strong but not long ones at tip. On the 



