Descrijjtions of Neio Species of Parasitic Hymeiioptera. 121 



LiSSONOTA PULCHRIBALTEATA, Sp. nOV. 



Black, the head yellow, except a short black line in the centre of 

 the face below the antennae, a broad black mark on the front and 

 vertex, that on the latter the broader and dilated in the middle, 

 and the occiput, except at the edges ; except the clypeus and outer 

 orbits it is closely punctured ; on the thorax the following are black ; 

 a transverse line on the centre of the pronotum, a broad line on 

 the basal half of the mesonotum, rounded and narrowed at the 

 apex, a broader line on the sides, commencing close to the base 

 and extending to the apex ; a small mark at the base of the 

 scutellum, a large irregular mark on the sides of the median segment, 

 longer than broad, narrowed at the apex, where there is a small 

 incision ; it extends from the base to near the apex ; in the centre 

 of the basal half is an elongated yellow mark, twice longer than 

 wide ; on the apex is a black mark, dilated in the middle. Abdomen 

 black, the base of the first and the apex of all yellow ; behind the 

 yellow on the fourth and following segments is a rufous band ; 

 the apical segments are covered with a white pile ; the middle ones 

 are punctured. Legs fulvous ; the coxae, trochanters, four anterior 

 femora and tibiae in front yellow ; all the trochanters and femora 

 are lined behind with black ; the hind coxae are broadly black on 

 the inner side and, on the basal half below, there is a black line. 

 Areolet small, triangular ; the pedicle distinctly longer than the 

 lateral nervures ; the recurrent nervure is received near the 

 middle. 



Antennae black. Mesosternum yellow, lined with black on the 

 sides ; the metasternum black. There is a black line on the base 

 of the mesopleurge, which above runs below the tubercles, is 

 extended to the apex underneath ; its apex is black, triangularly 

 dilated below the middle. <? . 



Length 10-11 mm. 



Cape Colony. Neighbourhood of Cape Town. 



LiSSONOTA FUSCICOKNIS, sp. nOV. 



Head and thorax black, largely marked with yellow ; the abdomen 

 bright ferruginous-red ; the base of the first broadly and the apices 

 of all the segments narrowly and obscurely yellow ; wings hyaline, 

 the apex with a blackish cloud which commences at the apical 

 fourth of the radial cellule. Legs of a paler red colour than the 

 abdomen ; the four front coxae and trochanters pale yellow ; the 



