PARASITIC HYMENOPTERA PROM THE SIKKIM HIMALAYA. 93 



femora black, i}\e rest of trochanters black ; tibiae dark rufous, 

 the middle behind yellowish, the apex black ; tarsi dark reddish. 

 Wings hyaline, the stigma and nervures black. 5. 



Length 7 m.m. 



Sikkim. 



A broad, stout species. Face and clypeus weakly punctured, 

 almost bare ; the apex of the latter irregularly lined with 

 black ; the front and vertex very smooth and shining, bare. 

 Mesonotnm, except at the apex, closely punctured, almost bare. 

 Scutellum sparsely covered with longish fuscous pubescence ; 

 almost smooth ; the post-scutellum with some stout, curved 

 striae. Petiolar area smooth, the basal lateral area? closely 

 strongly punctured; areola almost smooth ; the posterior median 

 closely, strongly transversely striated ; the lateral apical 

 arese are clearly defined and are more strongly, but not 

 so closely striated ; the other arese strongly punctured, 

 more or less striated. Propleurœ smooth, the apex in the 

 middle striated ; the meso- and metapleurse strongly, closely 

 striated. The 2"'"l and 3id abdominal segments closely pun- 

 ctured, the others almost smooth. Mesosternal furrow deep, 

 crenulated. 



Earrana nigromaculata sp. nov. 



Luteous, the greater part of the vertex, the base of the 

 middle and the greater part of the lateral lobes of the meso- 

 notum and 2 broad bands (the basal more distinct than the 

 other) on the basal half of the metanotum, black ; the face, 

 clypeus and mandibles tinged with yellow ; wings hyaline, 

 highly iriddiscent, the nervures and stigma blackish. Antennal 

 scape testaceous ; the flagellum brownish at the base, the rest 

 blackish, j. 



Length 11 ; terebra nearly 3 m.m. 



Smooth, shining, almost bare ; the parapsidal furrows crenu- 



