﻿Manchester' 
  Memoirs, 
  To/, 
  xli. 
  (1897), 
  No. 
  4. 
  23 
  

  

  PiMPLA 
  NEPE, 
  Sp. 
  nOV. 
  (PI. 
  3, 
  f. 
  4). 
  

  

  Long. 
  13 
  mm.; 
  terebra 
  4 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  MussoLiri 
  (Rothney). 
  

  

  Almost 
  identical 
  in 
  coloration 
  with 
  P. 
  laothoe, 
  but 
  

   may 
  be 
  known 
  from 
  it 
  by 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  the 
  furrov/ 
  on 
  

   the 
  front 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  keels 
  on 
  the 
  propleurse 
  ; 
  by 
  the 
  

   scutellum 
  bein.c;- 
  more 
  closely 
  and 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  

   and 
  pale 
  yellow 
  in 
  the 
  centre. 
  

  

  Head 
  closely 
  and 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  below 
  the 
  

   antennae; 
  the 
  front 
  widely 
  depressed, 
  impunctate, 
  shining; 
  

   the 
  palpi 
  dirty 
  testaceous. 
  Pro- 
  and 
  meso-notum 
  strongly 
  

   and 
  closely 
  punctured, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  wdth 
  short 
  pale 
  

   hair 
  ; 
  the 
  scutellum 
  thickly 
  punctured 
  behind, 
  more 
  

   sparsely 
  in 
  front 
  ; 
  the 
  top 
  with 
  a 
  pale 
  orange 
  mark 
  ; 
  

   the 
  post-scutellum 
  strongly 
  longitudinally 
  striolated. 
  

   Median 
  segment 
  with 
  a 
  gradually 
  rounded 
  slope 
  from 
  

   the 
  base 
  to 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  coarsely 
  rugosely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  

   centre 
  broadly 
  raised 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  towards 
  the 
  apex. 
  

   Pleurse 
  and 
  sternum 
  punctured. 
  All 
  the 
  coxse 
  and 
  

   trochanters 
  are 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  former 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  side 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  fulvous 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  hinder 
  tarsi 
  

   black, 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  apex. 
  The 
  petiole 
  with 
  a 
  deep 
  

   impunctate 
  excavation 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  the 
  other 
  segments 
  

   closely 
  and 
  somewhat 
  strongly 
  punctured, 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  

   extreme 
  apex. 
  

  

  OPHIONIDES. 
  

   Enicospilus 
  ceylonicus, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Flavus; 
  alis 
  hyalinis, 
  stigmate 
  fulvo. 
  2. 
  Long. 
  15 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Ceylon, 
  Trincomali 
  {Yerhury). 
  

  

  Antennge 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  body, 
  uniformly 
  fulvous 
  ; 
  

   the 
  scape 
  bare, 
  the 
  flagellum 
  with 
  a 
  close 
  microscopic 
  

   pile. 
  Head 
  fulvous, 
  the 
  face 
  paler, 
  more 
  yellowish 
  ; 
  the 
  

   tips 
  of 
  the 
  mandibles 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  palpi 
  testaceous 
  ; 
  the 
  

   ocelli 
  very 
  large, 
  raised 
  above 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  eyes. 
  

  

  