306 Mr. F. Walker on some undescribed Ceylon Insects. 



apice acutis, thorace transverse sulcato, scuto utrinque excavate, 

 abdomine basi subtusque testaceo, pedibus crassis, tarsis testaceis, 

 femoribus posticis valde dentatis, alis cinereis. 



Female. Black, short, broad, smooth, shining. Head dull, 

 minutely scabrous, with a furrow between the eyes. Antennae 

 testaceous, filiform, with acute tips. Scutum excavated on each 

 side hindward ; a deep transverse impression between it and the 

 scutellum. Abdomen testaceous at the base and beneath. Legs 

 thick ; tarsi testaceous ; hind tibiae much dilated. Wings cine- 

 reous ; veins and stigma black. Length of the body 2^ lines ; of 

 the wings 4 lines. 



Earn. Dorylidae. 



ENICTUS PORIZONOIDES. Mas. Fulvus, cylindricus, nitens, cinereo- 

 pubescens, capite nigro, antennis thorace brevioribus, scapo dila- 

 tato, flagello lanceolato, abdomine sessili, pedibus brevissimis, alis 

 cinereis amplis, venis piceis basi fulvis, stigmate nigro. 



Male. Tawny, cylindrical, shining, with cinereous pubescence. 

 Head black. Antennae shorter than the thorax ; scape dilated ; 

 flagellum lanceolate. Abdomen sessile, nearly twice the length of 

 the thorax. Legs very short. "Wings ample, cinereous ; veins 

 piceous, tawny towards the base ; stigma black. Length of the 

 body 3 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



Fam. Ichneumonidae. 



PIMPLA ALBOPICTA. Fcem. Nigra, nitens, subtus rufa, capite albo, 

 antennis albo fasciatis, scapo rufo, thorace lituris plurimis albis, 

 abdomine cylindrico lineolis duabus fasciisque albis, oviductu 

 brevi, pedibus rufis, coxis albo strigatis, tarsis posticis nigris, alis 

 cinereis. 



Female. Black, shining, red beneath. Head white, with a 

 yellow stripe in front. Eyes with a concave border between the 

 antennae. Palpi white. Antennae black, long, slender, with a 

 white band before the middle ; scape red. Thorax with several 

 white marks. Abdomen cylindrical, narrower and much longer 

 than the thorax ; two little longitudinal white lines at the base ; 

 hind borders of the segments with white bands, which are testa- 

 ceous in the middle. Oviduct less than half the length of the 

 body. Legs red ; a white mark on each coxa ; hind tarsi black. 

 Wings cinereous ; veins and costa black ; discal areolet irregularly 

 tetragonal ; exterior side less than half the length of the interior 

 side. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



This species is erroneously named Cryptus albopictus in the 

 list of Ceylon insects lately published in Sir E. Tennent's work on 

 Ceylon. 



CRYPTUS? ONUSTUS. Fcem. Niger, scite scabrosus, capite lineis 

 duabus albis, antennis albo fasciatis, articulis basalibus longis 

 paucis; scapo crasso, scutello albo, metathorace spinis duabus 

 albis crassis, petiolo rufo, abdomine fusiformi scitisshne punctato 



