Descriptions of Neio Species of Parasitic Hymenoptera. Ill 



smooth, shortly pilose ; the pile on the scutellum longer. Areolet 

 triangular, shortly appendiculated ; the recurrent nervure received 

 in the middle. First abdominal segment smooth, the second 

 sparsely punctured, the third to seventh closely punctured, their 

 apices smooth ; the third to sixth v^ith an indistinct transverse 

 furrow near the apex. Hind tarsi short, stout, not much longer 

 than the tibiae. 



The S^ is similarly coloured, except that there are ten black spots 

 on the abdomen, the sixth segment having a pair like the others. 

 The size and shape of the central spot on the mesonotum varies. 

 The clypeus at the base laterally is bordered by a large fovea ; the 

 labrum is large, narrowed to a bluntly rounded point. 



Xanthopimpla appendiculata, sp. nov. 



Yellow ; the central area of the abdominal segments tinged with 

 rufous ; wings hyaline, the apex slightly smoky, the stigma fuscous, 

 the nervures black ; the areolet wide, distinctly appendiculated, the 

 recurrent nervure received shortly beyond the middle ; it is roundly 

 broadly curved in front. J . 



Length 10 mm. ; terebra 2 mm. 



Natal. 



Antennae, blackish above, the scape yellow, the flagellum brownish 

 below. Face somewhat closely punctured, the front and vertex 

 smooth. Thorax smooth ; the mesopleurae closely punctured. 

 Scutellum thickly covered with long fuscous hair ; the lateral keels 

 moderately high. Areola large, 6-angled, longer than wide, the base 

 more than half the width of the apex ; the tooth-bearing area large, 

 not much narrowed on the inner side. Ocellar region black. 

 Abdomen immaculate, closely, strongly punctured ; the first seg- 

 ment twice longer than wide; the centre of the second to fifth 

 segments raised ; the raised part roundly narrowed laterally ; the 

 apical two segments smooth ; the last large ; in its centre are two 

 keels forming a triangle, with a short pedicle at the base of the 

 segment. 



The areola in this species is much larger than usual. 



DELAULAX, gen. nov. 



Wings uniformly fuscous ; the disco-cubital nervure broken by 

 the stump of a nervure ; areolet 4-angled, the transverse cubital 

 nervures united in front. Transverse median nervure in hind wings 

 broken in the middle. Apical joint of antennae shorter than the 

 preceding two united. Clypeus separated by a narrow line from the 



