282 P. Cameron. 



the front wings extending from the 2nd transverse cubital 

 nervure to the apex and bounded by the cubitus below. An- 

 tennae ru fous. Head and thorax covered with a white pile. 



— Length 12 mm. 



Hab. Abu. (Nurse). 



Face closely punctured, sharply margined ail round. 

 Clypeus and labrum rufous, more strongly punctured than the 

 face and thickly covered with white h air. Mandibles rufous, 

 with a pale mark at the base. Front and vertex closely 

 punctured; the ocellar région black; the upper inner orbits 

 orange-yellow ; there is a sharp keel above the antennae. 

 Pro- and mesonotum closely, distinctly punctured, the punc- 

 tures becoming coarser towards the scutellum. Scutellar 

 dépression black, and bearing 3 stout central and a smaller 

 lateral keel, The sides of the scutellum are straight; the 

 yellow apex is smooth. On the centre of the median segment 

 are 2 curved, narrow keels which extend to near the top of 

 the apical slope. Legs thickly covered with white pubescence. 



— Pleurae closely punctured ; the lower furrow on the meso- 

 pleurae is wide and shallow, and the thorax is more elongated 

 (especially in front of the tegulae) than in the European 

 species. There is a smooth, shiniug space on the sides of the 

 median segment. 



12. Campoplex simlaensis sp. nov. Q. 



Niger, abdominis medio late rufo; pedibus nigris, libiis 

 tarsisque anterioribus flavis; alis Ityalinis, stigmate nervisque 

 nigris. — Long 10 mm. 



Hab. Simla. (Nurse). 



Head entirely black; except on the vertex it is entirely 

 covered with silvery pubescence ; the face and clypeus closely, 

 uniformly and rather strongly punctured ; the front and vertex 

 are less strongly punctured. Mandibles black, covered with 

 short, white pubescence. Scutellum closely rugosely punctured 

 and thickly covered with long white hair. Median segment 

 closely and uniformly punctured, thickly covered with white 

 hair and broadly furrowed down the middle from close to the 

 base. Propleurae smooth and shining below, above closely 

 and distinctly punctured. Mesopleurae closely punctured ; the 

 middle slightly depressed and elosely longitudinally and slightly 

 obliquely striated on the upper two thirds. Metapleurae 

 closely and rather strongly punctured; the upper part obscu- 

 rely striated. On the base of the median segment is, on 

 either side, a broadly rounded area. Ail the coxae and tro- 

 chanters are black ; the anterior femora are dark rufous, the 



