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  CAMERON, 
  Hymenoptcra 
  Oricntalia. 
  

  

  Bracon 
  himalayensis, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Lutcus, 
  abdomine 
  flavo 
  ; 
  antennis 
  nigris 
  ; 
  alts 
  nigro- 
  

   fuscis, 
  basi 
  flavis. 
  ? 
  . 
  

  

  Long. 
  II 
  mm. 
  

  

  Scape 
  of 
  antennae 
  thickly 
  covered 
  above 
  with 
  short, 
  

   below 
  more 
  sparsely 
  with 
  longer, 
  black 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  flagellum 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  short, 
  black 
  hair; 
  the 
  scape 
  at 
  the 
  

   apex 
  on 
  the 
  under 
  side 
  is 
  hollowed 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  leaf-like 
  

   expansion, 
  roundly 
  incised 
  on 
  the 
  top 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  joint 
  

   on 
  the 
  under 
  side 
  has 
  the 
  basal 
  half 
  roundly 
  and 
  rather 
  

   deeply 
  incised. 
  Head 
  shining, 
  luteous 
  ; 
  the 
  face 
  of 
  a 
  

   more 
  pallid 
  yellow 
  colour; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  mandibles 
  

   black 
  ; 
  the 
  palpi 
  pale 
  yellow. 
  Front 
  and 
  vertex 
  shining, 
  

   impunctate, 
  glabrous, 
  except 
  for 
  a 
  few 
  scattered 
  black 
  

   hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  ocellar 
  region 
  black, 
  and 
  surrounded 
  by 
  a 
  

   narrow 
  furrow 
  ; 
  from 
  it 
  a 
  distinct 
  deep 
  furrow 
  runs 
  to 
  the 
  

   antennae; 
  the 
  space 
  over 
  each 
  antenna 
  is 
  depressed. 
  

   Thorax 
  uniformly 
  luteous, 
  shining, 
  impunctate, 
  except 
  the 
  

   metapleurae, 
  which 
  are 
  obscurely 
  punctured 
  and 
  covered 
  

   with 
  long, 
  white 
  hair; 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  gra- 
  

   dually 
  rounded 
  ; 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  it, 
  including 
  the 
  scutellum, 
  

   flat 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  -scutellum 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  is 
  an 
  oval, 
  

   flat 
  depression 
  and, 
  on 
  the 
  sides, 
  is 
  a 
  similar 
  depression, 
  

   but 
  narrower. 
  The 
  median 
  segment 
  is 
  flat, 
  elongate, 
  

   smooth 
  above, 
  except 
  for 
  a 
  few 
  stout 
  longitudinal 
  stria- 
  

   tions 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  at 
  the 
  apex. 
  The 
  propleurne 
  deeply 
  

   furrowed 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  and 
  bottom 
  throughout, 
  the 
  middle 
  

   raised, 
  carinate. 
  Legs 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  pale 
  

   hair; 
  pale 
  on 
  the 
  femora 
  and 
  tibiae, 
  more 
  fulvous 
  coloured 
  

   on 
  the 
  hinder 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  tarsi 
  black. 
  

   Wings 
  flavo-hyalinc 
  to 
  the 
  transverse 
  basal 
  nervure, 
  

   including 
  the 
  nervures; 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  them 
  deep 
  fuliginous 
  ; 
  

   the 
  hind 
  wings 
  are 
  yellow 
  for 
  the 
  same 
  distance 
  as 
  the 
  

   anterior; 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  stigma 
  is 
  broadly 
  luteous 
  ; 
  the 
  

  

  