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testaceous ; the palpi pale yellow ; the part immediately 

 under the antennae is closely transversely striated. Thorax 

 entirely black ; the mesonotum thickly covered with short, 

 fuscous pubescence, the pleurae and median segment with 

 longer, silvery hair. The propleurae shining ; the upper 

 edges aciculated ; the apex bordered by a furrow, narrow 

 at the top, wider and deeper towards the bottom where, in 

 the middle, it is deeply excavated and obscurely striated. 

 The mesopleurae below the teguls strongly longitudinally 

 striolated ; the base furrowed from top to bottom, the 

 furrow not reaching quite to the keeled apex of the pro- 

 pleurae and transversely striated ; the upper keels extending 

 beyond the base of the furrow. Mesopleurae strongly 

 punctured ; the oblique depression strongly, and slightly 

 transversely striolated ; the apex longitudinally aciculated. 

 Metapleurae finely rugose ; keeled down the middle ; the 

 keel sharply bent at the base before the spiracles. Meso- 

 notum closely punctured ; the scutellum coarsely rugose, 

 covered with long, pale hair ; the sides deeply excavated, 

 smooth ; median segment thickly covered with long silvery 

 hair ; furrowed down the middle ; closely transversely 

 striated. Wings clear hyaline ; the areolet petiolated ; the 

 transverse cubital nervures curved ; the recurrent nervure 

 is received in the apical third. All the coxae and the four 

 posterior trochanters and the hinder femora black ; the 

 fore legs are yellowish ; the middle femora of a more 

 rufous tint ; the hinder tibiae thickly spined, rufous ; 

 their apex and the hinder tarsi black. Petiole and the 

 second segment above black ; the third segment rufous ; 

 the others rufous, largely tinged with black. 



Campoplex himalayensis, sp. nov. 



Long. 17-18 mm. 



Antennae entirely black ; the scape shining, sparsely 

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