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tegulas, apical half of fore femora, apical fourth of the 4 hinder, the 4 anterior 

 tibiae and tarsi, and the posterior tibias, except for a rufous band near the 

 middle, pale bright yellow ; the hind tarsi yellow, tinged with fulvous : wings 

 clear hyaline ; the costal nervure fuscous, the others black. $ . 



Length 5 mm. 



Quetta. June. 



Head closely, rugosely punctured. Frontal ■ depression smooth, shining, 

 not quite so wide as the sides, there is a thick, smooth, wide keel 

 on the centre, bordered on either side by an oblique, somewhat pyriform, 

 raised smooth and shining space. Pro-mesothorax and scutellum closely, 

 strongly punctured ; the scutellum large, somewhat broader than long, 

 the apex broadly rounded above, projecting and bluntly bilobate above ; 

 the apex is more densely haired than the rest. Metanotum short, vertical, 

 shining, widely reticulated, the central area long, extending from the top 

 to the bottom, sharply, obliquely narrowed above ; the bottom slightly roundly 

 narrowed. Propleuree closely, minutely punctured, a stout oblique keel 

 below the middle. The upper part of the mesopleurae at the base is smooth : 

 in the centre are 5 round, deep foveae ; its apex is raised, it being thus 

 separated from the posterior part, which is depressed above, raised below and 

 stoutly irregularly striated, or keeled at the base. Metapleurse reticulated 

 clostdy ; their sides behind broadly rounded. Abdomen closely minutely punc- 

 tured, the 2nd and following segments densely covered with a longish silvery 

 pile. The ovipositor is broad ; it projects slightly beyond the top of the apical 

 dorsal segment. Hinder femora closely serrate, pilose below. 



Neochalcis f forticaudis, sp. nov. 



Black, densely covered with silvery pubescence, the hind eoxas and femora 

 bright red, the hind tibiffi of a darker red, darker behind, the 4 anterior tarsi 

 red, tinged with yellowish fulvous ; wings hyaline, the nervures black. 9 . 



Length 7 mm. 



Quetta. August. 



Head rugosely punctured, the front laterally reticulated ; the frontal depres- 

 sion finely closely transversely striated, except shortly below the middle and 

 above the bottom. The temples are more closely reticulated, the malar space 

 more strongly ; it is stoutly keeled on the outerside ; above, below the eyes, is 

 a raised triangular space, sharply pointed below. Apex of scutellum not 

 quite rounded, slightly roundly incised in the middle. Metanotum stoutly 

 irregularly reticulated, with a small smooth triangular area near the top in the 

 middle ; the sides are broadly rounded, dens«,ly covered with long white hair. 

 The basal 5 abdominal segments are shining, closely, finely punctured ; 

 except at the base the 6th segment is coarsely, rugosely reticulated-punctured ; 

 the apical segments on the sides are thickly covered with long white pubes- 

 cence. 



Neochalcis is the only described genus into which this species will fit. The 

 single large tooth on the centre of the hind femora is bluntly pointed ; the rest 



