Descriptions of Neiu Species of Parasitic Hymenoptera. 81 



ICHNEUMONID^. 



OPHIONINI. 

 HENICOSPILUS, Steph. 

 Henicospilus natalensis, sp. nov. 



Rufous, the apex of the abdomen infuscated, the eye orbits ivory- 

 white, the palpi pale testaceous ; wings hyaline, the stigma fuscous, 

 paler in the middle, the nervures black, except the thickened base 

 of the radius which is rufo-testaceous ; the horny points pale, 

 conical, the basal larger than wide, the apical not much longer than 

 its width at the base. Transverse basal nervure interstitial. Basal 

 abscissa of cubitus half the length of the recurrent which is received 

 far behind the apex of the basal abscissa of the radius. $ . 



Length 13 mm. 



Natal. Newcastle. 



The yellow line on the inner orbits is narrow, on the outer it is 

 broader, about half the width of the temples. Face closely, minutely 

 punctured, Ocellar region much raised, tinged with yellow. Scutel- 

 lum transversely aciculated ; the keels weak towards the apex, 

 where they are wide apart ; the lateral slopes closely, strongly 

 striated ; the sides of post-scutellum weakly keeled ; the sides 

 somewhat strongly, obliquely striated. Base of metanotum irregu- 

 larly longitudinally striated in the middle ; the part behind the 

 keel strongly aciculated, the rest closely, irregularly transversely 

 reticulated. Pro- and mesopleurae closely, distinctly punctured ; 

 the sides of the latter obscurely striated ; the metapleurae closely, 

 obliquely, and somewhat closely striated. The tibiae and tarsi are 

 paler than the femora ; the fore tarsi are paler than the others. 

 The discoidal cellule is narrow, compared with its greatest width, 

 which is less than the space between it and the radius opposite its 

 widest part. The thickening on the radius is only conspicuous on 

 the basal half. 



This species comes close to H. rufus, Be., the latter is larger, has 

 only one horny point in the wings, has the eye orbits largely white, 

 and the apical three or four abdominal segments are black. 



Henicospilus damaeensis, sp. nov. 



Uniformly pale yellow ; the antennae rufous ; wings hyaline, the 



stigma pale yellow, the costa darker coloured, the nervures blackish. 



The head is more distinctly yellow than the body ; face closely, but 



not very strongly, punctured ; the clypeus sparsely punctured, its 



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