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spine obliquely turned upwards ; the upper shorter, bluntly rounded ; the 

 central part is stoutly irregularly reticulated, the sides are more closely, irregu- 

 larly, and less strongly reticulated. The apices of the abdominal segments are 

 punctured, the basal weakly, the apical much more strongly and widely ; the basal 

 part of the ovipositor closely, weakly punctured ; the sides of the segments, 

 except the basal, are densely covered with silvery pubescence. Legs densely 

 covered with silvery pubescence ; the tarsal spines are rufous. 



The hind femora are minutely closely serrate and densely pilose. The 

 antennae are inserted opposite the lower part of the eyes ; the top of the 

 antenna! scape reaches to the ocelli. Parapsidal furrows distinct. 

 Chalcis responsator, Walk. 



Specimens from Quetta and from Deesa (Bombay) taken by Major Nurse 

 agree fairly well with Walker's description (Trans. Ent. Soc, 1862, 355) of this 

 species from " North Hindostan ". The apex of the scutellum is bilobate ; 

 the lobes .are broader than long and are separated by a rounded incision. 

 Walker calls the apex " bidentate ". 



Chalcis fulvitarsis, sp. nov. 



Black; the apices of all the femora — the apical third of the anterior, the 

 others more narrowly, the base and apex of the 4 posterior tibiae broadly, 

 all the tarsi and the anterior tibiae, rufo-fulvous ; the black on the tibiae 

 bordered by fulvous; wings hyaline, the apical nervures black ; tegulae yellow. $. 

 Length 5 mm. 



Quetta. May. 



Apex of antennal scape broadly obscure yellow below, piceous above ; the 

 flagellum is stouter than usual, densely covered with white pile. Front and 

 vertex reticulated-punctured ; the outer orbits to near the bottom coarsely 

 punctured ; the lower part is smooth, shining ; this smooth part, above, becomes 

 gradually narrowed from the inner to the outer side ; on the inner side it is 

 bordered by a keel. Pro- and mesonotum with the scutellum closely covered 

 with round punctures, each with a raised point in the centre ; on the scutellum 

 the punctures are more widely separated ; and there is a smooth line down 

 the centre of the basal half ; its apex is broadly bilobate. Metanotum irregu- 

 larly reticulated ; the areola deep, about 3 times longer than wide. Basal 



4 segments of abdomen smooth and shining ; the 5th and 6th strongly, 

 deeply punctured. Upper part of propleurae smooth, the middle aciculated, 

 the lower irregularly punctured. Base of mesopleurae smooth ; the middle with 

 3 large foveae, below which are 3 pairs of irregular ones. Metapleurae strongly, 

 irregularly reticulated ; below, the apex of metanotum roundly projects at the 

 sides. 



Oncoclialcis quettaensis, sp. nov. 

 Black ; the apical two-thirds of the fore femora, the apical third of the 

 middle and the fourth of the posterior, the tibiae, tarsi and tegulae bright 

 lemonyellow, the wings clear hyaline, the nervures black. 9 an( 3 $• Length 



5 mm. 



