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  Cameron, 
  Hyuicnopicra 
  Oricntalia. 
  

  

  and 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  meta-pleurse 
  shining 
  and 
  impunctate 
  ; 
  the 
  

   latter 
  with 
  a 
  curved 
  keel 
  on 
  the 
  innerside 
  of 
  the 
  spiracle, 
  

   beyond 
  which 
  the 
  segment 
  is 
  shagreened. 
  The 
  base 
  of 
  

   the 
  petiole 
  depressed 
  ; 
  the 
  depression 
  margined, 
  the 
  

   margin 
  continued 
  shortly 
  beyond 
  it 
  as 
  blunt 
  keels 
  ; 
  the 
  

   apex 
  of 
  the 
  segment 
  obscurely 
  punctured. 
  

  

  The 
  areolet 
  is 
  petiolated 
  to 
  near 
  the 
  bottom, 
  where 
  

   there 
  is 
  formed 
  a 
  minute 
  cellule, 
  not 
  much 
  wider 
  than 
  the 
  

   transverse 
  cubital 
  nervure 
  ; 
  its 
  outer 
  nervure 
  is 
  faint, 
  and 
  

   is 
  interstitial 
  with 
  the 
  recurrent. 
  

  

  BRACONID.E. 
  

  

  Bracon 
  ceylonicus, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  (PI. 
  3, 
  f. 
  5). 
  

  

  Niger, 
  pro- 
  Jiieso-thoraccquc 
  riijis; 
  pcdibus 
  anticis 
  testaceis; 
  

   alls 
  fcrc 
  hyalinis. 
  $. 
  Long, 
  fere 
  7 
  mm. 
  : 
  terebra 
  fere 
  2 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Ceylon 
  {Ycrhury). 
  

  

  Head 
  black, 
  shining, 
  impunctate, 
  the 
  oral 
  region 
  

   (including 
  clypeus) 
  rufo-testaceous 
  ; 
  the 
  tips 
  of 
  the 
  

   mandibles 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  palpi 
  pallid 
  testaceous. 
  Antennae 
  

   longer 
  than 
  the 
  body, 
  entirely 
  black. 
  Thorax 
  shining, 
  

   impunctate, 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  pubescence; 
  the 
  

   prosternum 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  metapleurae 
  and 
  the 
  median 
  seg- 
  

   ment 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  infuscated. 
  \\'ings 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  

   body 
  ; 
  the 
  lower 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  stigma 
  fuscous. 
  The 
  middle 
  

   legs, 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  infuscated 
  ; 
  the 
  hinder 
  coxa^, 
  

   femora, 
  tibiae, 
  and 
  tarsi, 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  trochanters 
  fuscous. 
  

   Abdomen 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  three 
  ventral 
  segments 
  white, 
  

   with 
  a 
  black 
  spot 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  each. 
  Petiole 
  broadly 
  

   depressed 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  down 
  the 
  sides 
  ; 
  the 
  rest 
  

   rugosely 
  longitudinally 
  punctured. 
  The 
  other 
  dorsal 
  

   segments 
  coarsely 
  rugosely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  with 
  a 
  

   raised 
  somewhat 
  triangular 
  space 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  

   from 
  which 
  a 
  sharp 
  keel 
  runs 
  to 
  near 
  the 
  apex; 
  at 
  its 
  side 
  

   is 
  an 
  oblique 
  furrow, 
  with 
  a 
  sharp 
  border 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  

   side; 
  the 
  suturiform 
  articulation 
  lonqitudinalh- 
  striated. 
  

  

  