HjjiDenoptem. 317 



the ovipositor largely projecting. Stigmal vein long, thick. 

 AnteiiUte long, thickened towards the apex, placed close to the 

 mouth. The 2nd abdominal segment is long, nearly as long as 

 wide. 



The hind tibiae have only one spur ; their tarsi long and 

 slen-'er ; middle tarsi dilated at base, covei-ed below with black, 

 short spines. 



In Ashmead's arrangement of Euprhnini tiiis genus would 

 come in close to the American genus Bra.sein((, Cam. It is not 

 unlike the Cape Me^^ocoiNi/s, Cam. ; but that genus may be known 

 Iiy the cleft apex of stigmal branch, the broad hair-band on the 

 costa before the stigmal branch, the large, broad middle lobe of 

 mesonotum, the 2 lai-ge fovese at the base of the scutellum &c. 



HolceupeJ inus hifasciatus, sp. nov. 



Dark purple, the middle lobe of mesonotum largely tinged 

 with blue and green, the front and vertex brassy tinted, the front 

 with a brighter tint than the vertex. Legs blackish fuscous, the 

 knees, apex of tibiae, hind trochanters, base of hind femora and 

 tai'si whitish yellow, the apex of the middle tibia? more broadly 

 yellow than the othe.s. Ante7nia3 black, the scape and base of 

 fiagellum blue. Wings tiyaiine, a broad fuscous cloud of uniform 

 thickness in the middle and another, narrowed gradually towards 

 the apex, commencing at the base of the stigmal branch, and 

 reaching close to the apex. Ovipositor yellow, not quite half the 

 length of the abdomen. Head above closely, finely punctured, the 

 thorax and abdomen smooth : the base of the aljdomen green. 

 Female. 



Length with ovipositor nearly 3 mm. 



May. 



Ph'sia carhonariu, sp. nov. 



Black, a pyriform spot in the centre of the clypeus, the knees 

 narrowly and the anterior tibi<e and tarsi in front and the calcai-ia, 

 white ; the body and legs densely covered with white hair, wings 

 hyaline, the stigma and nervures black : the apical 3 abscissa? of 

 the radius almost of eipial length ; the 1st recurrent nervui'e is 



