PARASITIC HYMKNOPTEIJA FROM THE STKKIM HIMAT,AYA. 77 



Legs coloured like the body, the 4 anterior femora broadly 

 above, the hind coxs' below, the femora, almost the apical 

 half of the tibiœ, the calcarla and the tarsi, black. Wings 

 hyaline, tinged distinctly with fulvous ; the apex from the 

 areolet smoky violaceous ; the stigma testaceous. (/. 



Length L5 m.m. 



Sikkim. 



Face and clypeus strongly, but not closely punctured ; the 

 front and vertex smooth. Pro-mesothorax smooth, the meso- 

 notum weakly punctured. Base of metanotum laterally smooth ; 

 the arese strongly reticulated, the rest closely, strongly trans- 

 versely striated ; the apex of metapleurœ stoutly obliquely 

 striated. Abdomen smooth, shining, impunctate. Pubescence 

 pale. The apical 3 joints of the middle tarsi black. Mandibular 

 teeth black ; the lower is much smaller than the upper. 



Cnernojoppa ri/fipes Cam. 

 Described from the Khasias. 



Ambhjjoppa adivamis Cam. 



Also described from the Khasias. Both are probably com- 

 mon species. 



Joppomorpha gen. nov. 



Scutellum flat, sharply margined from the base to the apex. 

 Metanotum completely areolated, the ai'eola large, horse-shoe^ 

 ^shaped. Post-petiole gradually widened. Abdomen with 8 seg- 

 ■merits ; the sheaths of ovipositor projecting, long, as long as 

 •the apical 2 segments united. Apices of tarsal joints thickly 

 spinose ; the metatarsus and ìÀhvx also spinose. Areolet 4-angled; 

 •the transvei-se median nervure received behind the transverse 



