250 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



meeting in front, the recurrent nervure is received shortly beyond the 

 middle. ? . Length, 5 mm. ; ovipositor, i mm. 



Simla. August (Nurse). 



Petiolar area longer than wide, of equal width, not very distinct; 

 the lateral arete large, semicircular ; the other arese are obsolete. 

 Lower two-thirds of the propleurae at the apes stoutly striated. 

 Median segment more strongly rugosely punctured than the rest ; the 

 spiracular area slightly striated. 



Neobosmi)ia pilosella, sp. nov. 



Black ; the head and thorax densely covered with long silvery 

 pubescence ; the mandibles, except at apex, palpi and teguliB, whitish 

 yellow ; the anterior legs testaceous, the femora more rufous in tint, 

 the coxfB black ; the hind legs black ; the tibiae broadly in the middle 

 below dark reddish ; the calcaria dark testaceous, the stigma and 

 nervures black ; the apical four abdominal segments laterally and the 

 apices of the third and fourth broadly above and of the fifth narrowly 

 ferruginous. 3' ■ Length, 8 mm. 



Simla. August (Nurse). 



Antennal scape testaceous below ; the flagellum densely covered 

 with short stiff black pubescence. Head opaque, closely, finely punc- 

 tured, the centre of front finely, closely, irregularly striated. The eyes 

 have a greenish violaceous tint. Thorax closely, regularly punctured, 

 the punctures distinct and clearly separated ; the metathorax more 

 strongly punctured ; the areola smooth at the base, the rest closely, 

 finely, irregularly, transversely striated-reticulated ; the apical slope 

 is more strongly transversely striated, the strife more distinct on the 

 posterior median area ; the spiracular area more finely, irregularly, 

 closely, obliquely striated beyond the spiracles. Petiolar area with a 

 stout keel ; it is longer than wide, rounded, not much narrowed at the 

 apex ; the areola is fully twice longer than wide, transverse at the 

 base and apex, of almost equal width at top and bottom ; it becomes 

 gradually, but not much, widened to near the middle, then more 

 distinctly narrowed to the apex ; the basal keels are stronger than 

 the apical. 



The coloration of the legs probably varies as regards the 

 amount of black. The middle legs are darker coloured than the 

 anterior. I unfortunately only know the male. The species 

 may be separated from A^. mandihularis, Cam. (which is also 

 found in Simla), thus: — 



Petiolar area triangular, narrowed to a point at the 

 apex ; the areola narrowed to a point at the base ; 

 the hind legs with the apical half of the femora 

 and the tibiae, except narrowly at the apex, red . mandihularis. 



Petiolar area wide at tlie apex ; the areola not narrowed 

 to a point at the base ; the hind femora entirely 

 and the tibife, except broadly in the middle below, 

 black ......... pilosella. 



