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Figs 1-3. Ridgea kalatopense sp. n. 1: clypeus, 2: claw, 3: lancet Holotype — Female, Himachal Pradesh, Kalatop, 2400 m, 4. 6. 1982. Paratype — Himachal Pradesh, Kalatop, 2400 m, 2 females, 26. 5. 1982. Uttar Pradesh, Mandai, 2295 m, 2 females, 16. 6. 1987; Dhanoulti, 2700 m, 1 female, 3. 6. 1983. Population variation — Ventral side of abdomen may be entirely yellow. Distribution — India: Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh. Etymology — The species name is after its type locality. Acknowledgements — The authors are deeply thankful to Dr. D. R. Smith of Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA, Washington D. C. for his valuable suggestions. Thanks are also due to US, PL-480 and ICAR, New Delhi for the financial assistance to the Project under which this work has been carried out. REFERENCES Malaise, R. (1944): Entomological results from the Swedish expedition 1934 to Burma and British India. —Arkiv for Zoologi 35A (10): 1-58.