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propodeum, abdomen, most of lateral and ventral parts of tlioi-ax. 

 Dorsum of head distintly orange with the ocellar area blackish. The 

 following parts yellow : Face, cheeks, mesoscutum except anteriorly, 

 parapsides except the spots, scutellum, median part of metanotum. 

 (Australia) 14. emersoni Girault. 



21. Abdomen rounded at apex ; ovipositor sheaths not exserted 22 



Abdomen pointed at apex, plainly longer than wide ; seventh tergite long, 



strongly compressed after shrinkage ; ovipostor sheaths exserted. Legs 

 mostly lemon yellow, hind coxae and basal half of hind tibiae blackish. 

 Head mostly lemon yellow, occiput mostly black. Mesoscutum black or 

 with a variabe amount of orange on the sides. Scutellum orange, or 

 orange with black anteriorly. Median part of metanotum yellow. Par- 

 apsides orange and black. (Africa) 15. flaviceps, new species. 



22. Scutellum black with yellow laterally 23 



Head and thorax yellow except for blackish or brownish markings as 



follows : occiput on either side of foramen, exposed part of pronotum 

 medially, anterior part of mesoscutum in a median -shaped blotch, 

 wedged-shaped bases and a median spot on parapsides, axillae (suffused), 

 sides of metanotum, median part of propodeum between the longitudinal 

 carinae, petiole, tegulae, and dorsal part of mesosternum. Abdomen 

 completely black. Legs completely yellow. Eyes and ocelli reddish. 

 ( India ) 16. tschirchii Mahdihassan. 



23. Head mostly yellow. Mesoscutum black, yellow laterally. Parapsides 



yellow spotted with black. Scutellum black, yellow laterally. Metanotum, 

 propodeum, and abdomen black. Hind coxae mostly black, remainder of 

 legs yellowish. Each axilla with three setae. (Australia.) 



17. gregarius, new species. 



24. First funicle joint plainly the longesit 25 



Funicle joints subequal in length. A small black and yellow species with 



the habitus of C. ochraceus Howard. General color yellow with the 

 following dark brown or blackish markings : upper part of occiput, center 

 of pronotum, anterior margin of mesoscutum, sides of metanotum, center 

 of propodeum, a broad band across middle of abdomen. Antennae and 

 legs yellow. (Java) 18. javensis Girault. 



25. Abdomen with rows of spots on either side, or with cross bands, or rows 



of transverse spots that may coalesce, not with three distinct spots 26 



Abdomen yellow with three distinct black spots, one on either side of mid- 

 dle, another at apex. Thorax yellow marked with blackish as follows: 

 center of pronotum, apex of each axilla, anterior margin of scutellum. 

 Legs and antennae yellow. (Australia) 19. triguttatus Girault. 



26. First funicle joint plainly much less than three times as long as wide and 



third funicle joint plainly much less than twice as long as wide. Club 



joints wider than long. Cilia of forewings normal 27 



First funicle joint almost three times as long as wide, third funicle joint 

 about twice as long as wide. First club joint plainly longer than wide. 

 Cilia of fore wings translucent, abnormally long and dense toward base 

 of wings. Abdomen on either side with two longitudinal rows of dots 

 which on the outer rows are contiguous so as to form more or less 

 continuous lateral bands. Predominantly yellow, face and cheeks white, 



