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CHALCIDID^. 



Spilochalcis siml^nsis, sp. nov. 



Nigra, thorace octo-flavo-maculatOj medio mesonoti reticulato ; alis 

 fere hyalinis. $ . 



Long : 6 m.m. 



Habitat : Simla. 



Antennae stout, covered closely with a short white pubeacenoe ; 

 the under side of the flagellum brownish-red ; the last three joints 

 become gradually narrowed towards the apex. Head black ; the inner 

 orbits broadly — broadest in the middle ; the outer orbits narrowly above, 

 the lower part of the antennee keel and the upper side and the apex of the 

 mandibles, yellow. Front and vertex closely and strongly punctured ; 

 the part on either side of the ocelli bearing some large, clearly separated, 

 punctures ; the frontal depression finely and closely transversely striated. 

 The face is bluntly keeled in the centre, the keel being closely trans- 

 versely striated ; the rest is punctured, the punctures being large, 

 moderately deep and broader than long. On the thorax there are two 

 marks, broader than long, on the pronotum, two oblique lines on the 

 sides of the middle lobe of the mesonotum, a shorter line, narrowed 

 towards the apex, opposite the tegulse, and the sides of the scutellum 

 broadly yellow. Pronotum closely and uniformly punctured ; the meso- 

 notum is not quite so closely and regularly punctured, the punctures being 

 not so closely together, especially on the middle lobe. Scutellum 

 rugosely punctured, and somewhat depressed in the middle ; the apex 

 bears stout, clearly separated, longitudinal keels. Metanotum stoutly, 

 irregularly reticulated. Propleurae rugosely punctured above, below 

 closely aciculated, and bearing a few irregular striae. The base of the 

 mesopleurse is smooth and shining ; the rest irregularly rugose above, 

 the middle with a few stout striae. Metapleurse coarsely rugosely 

 punctured. Mesosternum rugosely punctured. Wings hyaline ; their 

 middle and apex slightly, but distinctly, smoky ; the costa and nervures 

 are black. The four front knees, tibiae and tarsi are yellowish-testa- 

 ceous ; the hinder trochanters ; the basal fifth of the hinder coxae on the 

 sides and above, the apex above and a mark on the sides near the apex 

 on the lower side — this mark being dilated on the lower side — yellow. 

 The hinder coxae are as long as the femora and are thickly covered 

 with white hair ; the under side of the femora is minutely and regularly 

 toothed; the hinder tibiae yellow, broadly marked at the base and 



