PAUASITIC HYMENOPTBRA FROM THE SIKKIN HIMALAYA. 101 



ment, a broad transverse line on the basal half of the 3"^, 

 rounded and slightly contracted in the middle at the base, 

 the apex transverse, 2 broad lines on the 4'^'', rounded at the 

 base, transverse at the apex, 2 slightly shorter ones, transverse 

 before and behind on the 5''', more widely separated than 

 those on the 4^1', a small spot on the base of the 6th qq the 

 sides and a broad transverse line on the base of the T'li, the 

 basal joint of the hinder trochanters, 2 longish oval lines on 

 the inner and outer half of the hind femora (the inner the 

 larger) a narrow line on their apex, a slightly larger one on 

 the base of the tibiœ aud the apex of the hind tarsi, black. 

 Antennae black, the scape yellow in the middle below ; the 

 base of flagellura brownish below. Wings hyaline, the apex 

 narrowly smoky ; the areolet shortly appendiculated, the recur- 

 rent nervure received very shortly beyond the middle. Ovipo- 

 sitor fully longer than the basal 4 joints of the hind tarsi 

 united. 5. ^ 



Sikkim. 



Length 10 m.m. ; terebra 2 m.m. 



Face closely, strongly, the clypeus much more sparsely 

 punctured. Parapsidal furrows distinct on basal slope only. 

 Thorax smooth, the mesopleurse obscurely punctured. Areola 

 large, 6-angled ; the basal lateral area large, of equal width, 

 the apex rounded ; the tooth-bearing area 4-angled, widened 

 on the outerside. First abdominal segment about one fourth 

 longer than wide ; the others all broader than long ; the cen- 

 tral weakly punctured ; the transverse furrows weak (especially 

 in the middle), weakly crenulated. 



The size of the black markings may vary. There may be a 

 black mark on the outerside of the middle tibiae. 



Xanthopimpla polyspila sp. nov. 

 Luteous ; a triangular mark on the ocelli and down the 



