Hijinenoptera. 319 



Head and thorax thickly covered with long white pubescence. 

 Front and vertex closely rugosely punctured, the punctures 

 running ii>to reticulations ; below the ocelli is a smooth, shining 

 rounded tubercle. Clypeus strongly anil moderately closely punc- 

 tured, the middle not (piite transverse. Pro- and mesonotum 

 strongly, closely punctured ; the middle of scutellum smooth ; the 

 post-scutellum coarsely rugosely punctured ; the m.etano- 

 tum closely reticulated-punctured ; pleurae closely, distinctly, 

 rugosely i)unctured ; the base of the metapleurai smooth 

 and shining, this shining part being narrowetl above, finely, 

 closely longtitudinally striated at the base and more broadly 

 below. AI)dominal segments : the part behind the furrows 

 smooth, the rest punctured, but not strongly or closely ; the last 

 segment is more strongly punctured, except on the centre of the 

 apex, which is smooth ; the apical incision is nearly as long as the 

 witlth at the apex, towards which it becomes gradually wider. 

 The ventral segments are marked with yellow, like the dorsal. 

 Eadial cellule long, lanceolate ; the 2nd and 3rd abscissae of radius 

 e(|Ual in length, the 1st transverse cubital nervure broadly, 

 roundly curved : the 2nd slightly roundlj' on the fore two-thirds, 

 the smaller hind part straight, oljlique : the 2nd recurrent nervure 

 is received close to the 2nd transverse cubital ; it is oblicjuely 

 sloped outwardly to below the middle, then, to a less extent, 

 inwardly, the angled being rounded ; the transverse median 

 nervure in hind wings broken shortly above the middle. 



P/f'.sia /cHcosj/ila, sp. nov. 



Black; the mandibles, underside of Hagellum, tarsi and hind 

 tibife bright red ; the 2nd, ;3rd and Ith segments of abdomen with 

 a white spot, wider than long, on the outer side ; wings hyaline, 

 distinctly tinged with fuscous : the stigma and nervures black : 

 the apex of radius rounded. Female. 



Length 11 mm. 



Shining, covered with white hairs, which are tinged with 

 fulvous on the front. Head closely and distinctly punc- 

 tured ; the middle of vertex behind and sides of front anteriorly 

 smooth. I'ro- and mesonotum with scattered punctures : the 



