BXüTliEClNAE, SPATHIINAE, IIOUMIOI.N A K, CHK[.ONIAE ETC. 45 



occiput laterally, black ; the mesonotum infuscated ; wings 

 fuscous, the base to the transverse median nervure yellowish- 

 hyaline, the 1^^ cubital cellule and the discoidal with the usual 

 hyaline clouds, the parastigma and stigma from the base of 

 the cubitus black, the base of the stigma and apex of para- 

 stigma yellow. Hind coxœ unarmed, the top in the middle 

 roundly dilated. Head, body and legs covered with erect fuscous 

 hair. Head smooth, the face and oral region strongly closely 

 punctured. Front widely depressed, keeled down the middle, 

 the apex of the keel dilated. Pronotum and upper basal part 

 of propleura? strongly closely punctured, the apical part of 

 the propleurai strongly striated. Mesothorax and scutellum 

 smooth, the pleural furrows crenulated. Metanotum reticulated, 

 a keel down the ceutre ; the metapleurai more closely reticu- 

 lated. The PS 2"'!, 3^^^ and basal half of 4^'^ abdominal seg- 

 ment closely, longitudinally striated, the stria? becoming gra- 

 dually finer ; the farrows on the 2"'^ segment, as usual, are 

 roundly curved, and enclose a large, transverse oval area. 

 2"*^ cubital cellule widened at the apex. j. 



Length 1 m.ra., terebra 8 m.m. 



East Indies (Colsmann). • 



This species differs from those described in that the hind 

 coxse bear no spines ; otherwise it is a typical Zomhrus. As the 

 coxal teeth in the known species vary in number and size, 

 their abscence from the present species can hardly be regarded 

 as of generic importance. 



Spathiinae. 



Spathiuis trichiosomuif, sp. nov. 



Rufous, the head black, tinged with brown, the 2"*^ and 

 following segments of the abdomen black ; the antennae yello- 

 wish-testaceous ; the legs rufo-testaceous, the coxae, trochan- 



