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2. — Abdomen and hind femora not spotted with black. 



Antennas 13-jointed, mesonotum without black . . antennata, Cam. 

 Antennas 11-jointed, sides of mesonotum black... hucostoma, Cam. 



Dosytheus kashmirensis, sp. nov. 



Black, the pronotum, mesonotum, basal 5 segments of the abdomen and the 

 legs, except the apex of the hind tibiae and the hind tavsi, rufous, the red of 

 the abdomen tinged with yellow ; wings hyaline, highly iridescent, the anterior 

 tinged with fuscous ; the nervines and stigma black. £. 



Length 6 mm. 



May, at an elevation of 5-6,000 feet. 



Head, except for a large triangular space on the sides of the vertex, closely 

 vugosely p unctured ; the sides of the vertex sparsely, strongly punctured ; its 

 centre more closely punctured, clearly separated. Apex of clypeus broadly, 

 distinctly, roundly bilobate. Labrum closely punctured, dark honey-yellow. 

 Oral region fringed with long pale fulvous hair. Thorax stiongly and clcsely 

 punctured ; the scutellum is more closely, rugosely punctured than the meso- 

 notum. 



There is a form with the thorax entirely black and with the apical half of 

 the hind tibiae black. 



Chalcidiu^;. 

 Chalets ornatijpes, sp. nov. 



Black, densely covered with silvery p nbescenoe, the tegulae and legs lemon- 

 yellow ; the following parts of the legs black : the coxae and trochanters, the 

 basal half of the middle femora above, the basal half of the hind femora 

 on the inner side, their VI teeth and an irregular roundish mark near the 

 middle on the outerside, black. Wings hyaline, the nervures black. 9 



Length 6 mm. 



5-6,0u0 feet, April and May. 



Front and vertex closely, rugosely reticulated, as are also the cheeks 

 The centre of the face is irregularly reticulated ; there is a smooth plate 

 dilated below, in the middle ; this central part is clearly limited and becomes 

 gradually narrowed below. Clypeus smooth and shining ; it becomes gradually 

 roundly narrowed above ; on the inner side above is a row of not very distinct 

 foveas. Pro-mesonotum and scuteTam closely, strongly rugosely punctured, 

 the punctures running into reticulaticns. Apex of scuteJlum broadly bilobate ; 

 the part behind the lobes thickly covered with long pale fulvous pubescence. 

 Metanotum stoutly, deeply reticulated, without a distinctly defined areola ; on 

 the sides there is a short tooth near the base and a larger, broader, rounded 

 one in the middle. The second and following segments of the abdomen are 

 closely and strongly punctured and thickly covered with longish fulvous 

 pubescence. Base of proplstuae above closely punctured -aciculated — striated, 

 smooth bslow ; on ihi bass of the mesopleuros above is an elongated 

 fovea followed by a round one ; below are 2 pairs of similar foveae ; the 



