52 Deutsch. Ent. Zeitschr. 1909. 



dominal segments with narrow bands of white pubescence , the 

 spurs white ; wings hyaline , the stigma and nervures fuscous, 

 the former paler than the latter , the 1^* abscissa of the radius 

 a little longer than the 2'^'^. Mandibles with 2 apical teeth, the 

 apical longer than the other, bluntly narrowed towards the apex, 

 they are followed by a shorter , more sharply pointed tooth , se- 

 parated from them by a greater distance than the 2 anterior are 

 from each other ; their inner edge is piceous. Base of metanotal 

 area finely rugosely punctured, the apex aciculated. Abdomen as 

 strongly, but not so closely punctured as the thorax , there are 

 no transverse depressions or furrows. Ventral scopa white. Base 

 of hind metatarsus half the width of the apex of tibiae. ?. 



Length 6 — 7 mm. 



Ferozepore. March and April (N u r s e), 



The puncturation on the face and clypeus is strong ; it is 

 sparser in the middle. The head is a little wider than the thorax. 

 First abscissa of radius one third shorter than the second. 



The cf has the antennae not quite so long as the head and 

 thorax united ; the puncturation on the abdomen becomes distinctly 

 stronger and closer towards the apex , which is thickly covered 

 with depressed white pubescence , and ends in 6 distinct teeth, 

 of which the central 2 are the 1 arger and are also more widely 

 separated than are the others. 



Comes near to M. punjaubensis described above ; the latter 

 niay be known from it by the l*'* abscissa of radius being only 

 about half the length of the 2'"^, while in obtusata it is distinctly 

 more than the half , the form of the mandibles is different ; in 

 punjaubensis they are more distinctly tridentate and the apical 

 teeth are broader , biunter and the apical does not project so 

 much beyond the subapical ; in obtusata it is twice its length and 

 it is also much more sharply pointed, not so bluntly rounded as 

 in punjaubensis. 



Hali ctiis indicus sp. nov. 



Black , the basal 3 abdominal segments red ; wings hyaline, 

 the stigma testaceous, the nervures paler, the 2"*^ and 3^^ abscissae 

 of the radius equal in length , the 1®* recurrent nervure is re- 

 ceived at a short distance from the transverse cubital , the 2^^^ 

 at a greater distance ; tegulae dark piceous. Metanotal area 

 irregularly longitudinally reticulated on the basal half. Pubescence 

 white , inclining to fulvous on the underside of the tarsi. Cal- 

 caria testaceous. $. 



Length 6 — 7 mm. 



Simla. June and September (Nurse). 



