24 MB. smith's catalogue or hymekopteeous insects 



antennae beyond their middle. Thorax : the mesothorax with two 

 deeply impressed obhque hnes inclined inwards and terminating at an 

 ovate spot in the middle of the disk, the scutellum and an oblique 

 line on each side a little before it, a horseshoe-shaped spot in the 

 middle of the metathorax, and a little below it on each side a conical 

 tooth, yellowish white ; four spots beneath the wings, one on each 

 side of the metathorax, and the coxae beneath, white ; the legs ferru- 

 ginous, with the intermediate pair dusky behind, the posterior pair 

 entirely so, the femora being black; the wings hyaline, nervures 

 fuscous. Abdomen : punctured and with a white fascia on the margins 

 of the three basal segments; the two apical segments with very 

 narrow fasciae. 



Hab. Celebes. 



This species is closely allied to the M. liter atus of BruUe ; but it differs 

 too much, I think, to be identical with it. . 



2. PiMPLA TRiMACULATA. P. flava, oculis, macula circa ocellos, 

 vittulis tribus mesothoracis setisque caudalibus nigris. 



Female. Length 6 lines. Yellow ; the antennae fuscous above, also a 

 fuscous cloud at the apex of the anterior wings, the wings hyaline with 

 the nervures black ; a spot on the scape within, and three longitu- 

 dinal stripes on the mesothorax, black ; the latter slightly punctured 

 anteriorly ; the metathorax smooth and shining, with three oblique 

 carinae on each side, and a small subovate enclosed space in the middle 

 of the disk. Abdomen punctured, all the segments margined at their 

 apex, and each with a deeply impressed line at their extreme lateral 

 margins ; the sixth segment with two minute black spots at its basal 

 margin, the two apical segments smooth and shining ; the ovipositor 

 black. 



Hab. Celebes. 



This species is closely aUied to the P. trilineata of Brulle. 



Fam. BEACONID^. 



1. Bracon insinuator. B. capite, thorace pedibusque ferrugineis; 

 antennis, tibiis tarsisque posticis et abdomine nigris ; alis nigro-fuscis, 

 macula hyalina sub stigmate. 



Female. Length 71 lines. Head and thorax smooth, shining, and 

 ferruginous, the legs ferruginous, with the posterior tibiae and tarsi 

 black ; the antennae black, with the scape and following joint ferru- 

 ginous ; wings dark brown, with their extreme base pale testaceous ; 

 a hyaline stripe runs from the stigma across the first submarginal 

 cell and passes a little below it. Abdomen black, smooth, and 

 shining, with the lateral margins of the basal segment pale yellow- 

 testaceous ; this segment has on each side a longitudinal carina, and 

 between them is a highly polished bell-shaped form; the second 

 segment with deep oblique depressions at the sides, and deeply 



