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A new species of the genus Philoplitis from India is described and illustrated in this paper. Nixon (1965) described this genus from the Phillipines Island (Los Banos, Mindanano & Panganasinan). It can be easily characterized by scutellum coarsely rugose and conically prolonged backward over propodeum. The abbarent feature of scutellum makes it one of the easiest genera to identify within the microgastrine genera. The host for this genus is unknown. Philoplitis is known only from type species. The genus was recorded from India based upon an undescribed species by Mason (1981). A new species is described from India in this paper. KEYWORDS Philoplitis adustipalpus EtymologyRefers to the brown colour of the palps.Female: Body length, 3mm; fore wing 3.3mm. Head: Rugose with sparse pilosity including eyes except for a small, shiny, median excavation behind ocelli; clypeus rugose convex in lateral view; malar suture present and malar space about 1.2x as wide as basal width of mandible; face rugose about as long as wide, with an indistinct median dorsal node; frons transversely striate; vertex and temple rugose; temple 1.5x longer than eye in dorsal view; OOL 0.6x as long as POL;POL 3.5x as long as AOL; antennae about 0.8x longer than body.Mesosoma: 1.3x as long as wide with moderately long sparse white pilosity; mesoscutum strongly rugose; notauli deep not meeting posteriorly; scutellum coarsely rugose-reticulate about as long as scutum and prolonged backwards over the propodeum in the form of long cone; mesopleuron rugose except for a smooth and shiny area medially; propodeum with complete median longitudinal carina, propodeal spiracle rounded in shape. Fore wing with pterostigma 2.2x as long as wide; r 0.5x as long as width of pterostigma, meeting straight on 2RS forming a small quadrangular areolet. Hind wing with vannal lobe convex, basally with long hairs, hairless apically. Hind coxae rugose, reaching up to T3; outer side of hind tibia rugose-punctate while inner side is rather flat, punctate with sparse hairs; inner hind tibial spur 1.28x longer than outer tibial spur and 0.45x longer than hind basitarsus.Metasoma: T1 finely rugulose-aciculate, 2.0x longer than maximum width, almost parallel-sided, its medial longitudinal groove reaching up to the middle of T1:T2 smooth, medial area 1.8x as long as wide; T3-T6 with one row of sparse white pilosity; hypopygium short, evenly sclerotized; ovipositor sheaths short with few hairs apically.Colour: Black, except for the following: apical one-fourth of T1, T2, fore tibia,and tarsi yellowish; apex of mid tibia, tarsi, antennae yellowish-brown; basal fore leg, mid leg, hind leg, propleuron, mesopleuron, clypeus reddish black; fore wing almost hyaline in basal half and subhyaline in apical half with a brown patch below the pterostigma; venation and palpi brown. Male: UnknownRemarks Philoplitis adustipalpus sp. nov. closely resembles P. coniferens Nixon but differs for having T1 2.0x as long as wide; (T1 3x as long as wide in coniferens), palpi brown (palpi pale i...

The second wave of COVID-19 in India showed its devastated effect mainly in April-May 2021 and crumbled the whole health care infrastructure. Demand for medical oxygen was higher during the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic in comparison to the first spell. Three states viz Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi were more severely affected. Aligarh, a small district of around 1.8 million population lies in the state of Uttar Pradesh (UP). The district is famous as ‘Oxford of the East’ due to large number of intellectuals and teachers living and working at Aligarh Muslim University, was obviously not left unsaved in this second wave. The present paper discussed the catastrophic effect of COVID-19 second wave in Aligarh, the possible reasons behind it, preparation for the anticipated third wave and lessons learnt from the past experience. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol.20(5) 2021 p.140-143