PABASlïK! HYMKNOPTKHA KÌ>'OM THE SIKKIM HIMALAYA. 113 



hinder more reddish in colour, the base of the hind tibiae 

 narrowly, their apex more broadly, black. Wings hyaline, the 

 nervures and stigma black, ç. 



Length 5 mm. ; terebra 1 mm. 



Sikkim. 



Face and clypeus strongly, closely punctured, with a smooth, 

 raised keel, widened below, down the middle. Prothorax weaklj^, 

 the mesothorax more strongly and closely punctured, with a 

 large smooth, space, widened towards the apex, in the centre 

 of the mesopleurae. Metanotum punctured at the base, the rest 

 smooth ; the posterior median area wide, large, rounded broadly 

 above ; the pubescence is sparse, short, pale. Palpi and man- 

 dibles coloured like the head, pilose ; the tips of the mandibles 

 black. 



Braconidce. 

 Agathis lepcha sp. nov. • 



Luteous ; the flagellum of antennae, apex of hind tibiae 

 broadly — more broadly behind than in front — and their 

 tarsi black ; wings yellowish hyaline ; a squarish mark at the 

 base of the stigma not touching the discoidal nervure, the 

 apex from the end of the stigma and the apex of the hind 

 wings much more narrowly, fuscous ; the transverse cubital 

 nervures unite in front, the 1st straight, oblique, the 2'^^ 

 roundly curved, the recurrent nervure interstitial, ç. 



Length 7 m.m. ; terebra 1 m.m. 



Sikkim. 



Face and clypeus densely covered with fuscous pubescence ; 

 the front and vertex more shining, bare in the centre of front, 

 where it is hollowed. Antennal keels rounded. Middle lobe of 

 mesonotum distinctly raised, punctured, except on the apical 

 slope ; there are 2 shallow longitudinal furrows separated by 

 a broad keel. Scutellum rounded, strongly punctured, the 



