350 PAKASITIC HYMKNOPTKKA FROM TIIE SOLOMONS, 



behind, except at tlie base; liind tarsi testaceous; femora 

 with about ten teeth, the basal smaller, less clearly separated 

 than the others, those below the middle larger ; apex of 

 scutelhim broadly rounded. Metanotum strongly reticulated, 

 areola thrice longer than wide, narrowed towards base and 

 apex, keels uniting at base, separated at apex, the apical keel 

 being transverse. Wings clear and hyaline, nervures black. 

 Length, 4 mm. 



Head in front opaque; face without an area, shagreened, 

 a smooth line down middle of face. Frontal depression 

 smooth, deep, roundly narrowed above. Mesonotum and 

 scntellum uniliellically punctate. On the top of the pro- 

 pleurfe is a large, shallow, rounded fo\ea, with a flat, smooth 

 keel projecting from its middle behind ; below ai-e two or 

 three weakly defined foveae. There are four foveae down the 

 base of tiie lupsopjeui'jc, the iipper the longer, and with a 

 smooth, flat, broad keel narrowed at the top above them ; 

 behind the middle is a shining aciculated area, commencing 

 at the top, but not reaching to the bottom, wider above 

 than below, the lower part with the apex rounded. Meta- 

 pU'iine opa(|iie, coarsely alutaceous, irregularly reticulated. 



Clenonymin^e. 



A R E s s I D A, gen. n o v. 



Antennae slender ; flagellum of uniform thickness, placed 

 immediately over mouth, a ciirved keel beneath them. Malar 

 space nearly as long as eyes, which arc large, and converge 

 distiiK'ily above. Antennal scape in grooves, which unite 

 above, scape projecting over the grooves. Temples nmch 

 narrowed above, becoming gradually widened below. Pro- 

 thorax large, well-developed, widened towards apex, where 

 it is as wide almost as the total length ; keeled down middle. 

 Parapsidal f'urows obsolete, mesonotum slightly depressed 

 in middle at apex. Scutelhim large ; base narrowed, trans- 

 verse ; sides obliquely narrowed ; apex broad, rounded, 

 slightly projecting, and with a crenulated furrowed margin. 



