42 DESCRIPTIONS OF 



palpis maxillaribus 5-articulatis , articulis duobiis basalibus minutis , 

 tribus ultimis gracilibus setosis, lonLjitudine œqualibus; mento 

 parvo obconico ; labio lato , breviter trigono ; palpis labialibus 

 4-articulatis , primo brevi, tribus ultimis gracilibus, setosis, 

 aeque longis. 



This genus placed by Mr. F. Smith in the family EvaniidcE, 

 belongs to the Ichneumonides adsciti and is nearly allied to Spa- 

 tJiius , Macrocentrus etc. It is thus described by Mr. F. Smith : 



c( Head globose ; antenna? longer than the body and very slender 

 and setaceous, the pi'othorax forming a slender neck; the anterior 

 wings with one marginal and three submarginal cells; the femora 

 slightly incrassated, not denticulate; tarsi 5-jointed; abdomen 

 petiolated; the petiole as long as the abdomen; the ovipositor as 

 long as the petiole and abdomen united. 



« This genus is founded on the examination of a single indivi- 

 dual , which in general appearance exactly resembles the smaller 

 species of the genus Meffischus , but differs in neuration of the 

 anterior wings ; its femora are not denticulate , in which character 

 it differs from both Megisclms and Sfephaiius; with the latter 

 genus it agrees in having 5-jointed tarsi. » 



Stenophasmus ruficeps Smith (Tab. 8, fig. 1 — 5). 

 Smith , op. cit. p. 169. 



Niger, pergracilis, capite et antennarum basi rufis, oviductu 

 tarsisque pallide testaceis; petiolo cylindrico (thoracis longitudine) 

 et segmentis proximis abdominis obscure castaneo-testaceis : ilio 

 prope basin utrinque in angulum minutum dilatato ; apice abdo- 

 minis obscuriori, thoracis lateribus subargenleis; capite subgloboso , 

 vertice transverse striolato, striolis minutis; pedibus nigris, tarsis 

 intermediis albis; posticis obscurioribus ; alis pallide infumatis, 

 stigmate anticarum nigra fasciaque tenui transversa hyalina, ante 

 stigma per cellulam primam currente ad marginem analem 

 extensa (fœm.). 



Long, corp, lin. 5; oviduct, lin. 3; expans. alar, antic, lin. 6. 



