PARASITIC HYMENOPTKRA FROAf THE SIKKHl HDrALAYA 108 



Xanthopimpla se.vlineata sp. nov. 



Luteous, a triangular spot covering the ocelli, a broad irre- 

 gular stripe between the tegulse, a shorter, narrower one near 

 the sciitellum, a large irregalar mark in the centre of the 

 basal lateral areee of the metanotum and a broad, irregular 

 transverse line on the base of the 2"*^ and following abdomi- 

 nal segments (6 in all), the base of hind tibiae narrowly, the 

 base of the S^'i joint of hind tarsi narrowly and the apex 

 much more broadly, black. Antennal scape luteous, black 

 above, the flagellum black, brownish at the base. Wings 

 hyaline, the apex hardly infuscated, the stigma and nervures 

 black ; the areolet small, shortly, but clearly appendiculated, 

 receiving the recurrent nervure in the middle, d". 



Length 14 m.m. 



Sikkim. 



Metanotum with only 2 basal closed areœ, which are twice 

 wider on the outer than on the innerside, the keels at the 

 outer a])ical angles produced into spines, the keels continued 

 half way down the sides ; the areola is not defined. Face longer 

 than wide, closely punctured. Mesothorax obscurely punctured 

 above, the pleune smooth. First abdominal segment smooth, 

 the middle at the apex strongly punctured ; it is about one 

 half longer than wide, the other segments are closely punctured, 

 the puncturation becoming gradually weaker towards the apex. 

 Parapsidal furrows reaching to the middle. 



Xanthopimpla varimaculata sp. nov. 



Luteous ; the ocellar region, a broad irregular mark in the 

 centre of the occiput, a broad irregular transverse line between 

 the tegulae, a slightly broader, more regular one at the base 

 of the scutellum, the 2 united by 2 narrow lines outside the 

 middle ; the lateral basal areœ of the metanotum except a 

 Tydschr. v, Entom. L. 8 



