Hymenoptera. 229 



Fen-ugiuous, the legs black, the anterior fuscous iu front : the 

 Hnteunae fuscous-black ; the 8th to 13th joints white exce|)t above' 

 the inner orbits and the outer below, narrowly yellow. Wings 

 hyaline, the stigma fuscous, the nervures l)lack. Female. 

 Length 7-8 mm. 



Dunbrod}\ June. Under stone by riverside. 

 Face closely, the clypeus sparsely punctured. Front im- 

 puuctate : the vertex closely punctured, but not so strongly as the 

 face. Thorax closely punctured, the scutellum impunctate : the' 

 m.etanotum inore strongly punctured than the mesonotum, the 

 posterior median area transversely, closely, finely striated. Coxte 

 closel,y punctured and covered with white pubescence. 



This species does not fit very well into any of the genei'a of 

 the IcliiU'Kinotii iti as now limited. 



Sfpiiichneumon .^ ((cthiojiiciia, sp. nov. 

 Black, the 2nd and ih'd segments of the abdomen rufous; thea[)ical 

 2 yellowish testaceous, legs rufo-fulvous ; the coxa; and basal joint 

 of trochanters Ijlack : the apex of the hind tibicC blackish. AntenUce 

 rufo-fulvous, tinged with yellow : a broad line, narrowed above 

 on the sides of the face, and a broad transverse one on the base of 

 the clypeus, rufous-yellow. Mandildes rufous, black at the base. 

 Wings hyaline, tinged with fulvous ; the stigma fuhuus; the 

 costa and nervures dark fuscous. Palpi testaceous, rufous at 

 the base. Male. 

 L'ength 10 mm. 

 Brak Kloof. Mrs. G. White. 



Head, including the front, strongly, closely, almost rugosely 

 punctured: the face thickly covered with longish white pubescence. 

 Ttkmples ol)li(iuely contracted. Tliorax closely, strong!}- punctured- 

 the scutellum roundly convex, more shining and less closelv 

 [)unctured than the mesonotum. Areola large, longer than wide 

 the a[)ex roundly curved inwardly, the base not ver^' clearlv 

 closed, rounded backwards : the basal area bounded b}' oblique 

 keels ; the other areae are not clearly defined ; the apical slope is 

 bounded round the edges by a keel. Post-petiole strongh' but 

 not closely punctured, the sides more closely than the centre ; the 

 2nd and 3rd segments closely and rather stronglj^ punctured, the 



