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ON THREE NEW SPJ-:C1ES OF INDIAN BRACONIDAE. 



By G. T. Lyi.e, F.E.S. 



The following descriptions, are based on material submitted for determination 

 by Mr. T. Bainbrigge Fletcher, the Imperial Entomologist, Pusa, Bihar. 



Family Bkacoxidae. 



Genus Microplitis, Forst. (1862). 

 Micropliiis similis, sp. n. 



Black ; palpi pale ; legs testaceous, hind coxae at base and hind femora 

 darker, apical joint of all tarsi fuscous ; sides of abdominal segments 1 and 2 

 testaceous. Wings hyaline, nervures fuscous, stigma unicolorous, testaceous or 

 fusco-testaceous. Antennae of male as long as body, of female one-third shorter, 

 fusco-testaceous, scape rather darker and llagellum darker towards apex. Head 

 and mesothorax granulate ; scutellum smoother, dull ; metathorax rugose, with 

 indications of a longitudinal medial carina. Abdomen smooth and shining, only 

 first segment feebly striolate ; shield of first segment twice as long as medial breadth, 

 slightly narrowed towards base and rounded at apex ; second segment without 

 noticeable impressed lines. Spurs of hind tibiae barely one-third as long as meta- 

 tarsus. Terebra very short. Length, 2^-3 mm., expanse, 5-6 mm. 



Cocoons pale tan colour, similar to those of .1/. specfabilis, Hal. 



Type $, in the British Museum ; cotypes in the Pusa Collection. 



A parasite of Agrofis ypsilon, L., from the following localities : — 



Bihar & Orissa : Pusa. 1 S, 4 ?, 16.iii.l914 (type material) ; Sabour, 2 (H. L. 

 Dutt). Bengal: Mokamah, 1 3, xii.1911 (D. N. Pal), and 2 o^ 18.xii.l911 (C. 5. 

 Misra) . 



Very near M. specfabilis, Hal., indeed at first I considered it to be a form of that 

 species, but the invariably unicolorous stigma and feebly longitudinaUy striolate 

 first segment of the abdomen would appear to warrant its separation. M. spedahilis, 

 a common European species, has the stigma determinately pale at the inner angle, 

 the first abdominal segment minutely punctuate, and the hind and middle tarsi 

 fuscous. 



Microplitis eusirus, sp. n. 



Black ; palpi pale ; legs rufo-testaceous (fore and middle coxae and middle 

 femora except at apex fuscous, hind legs entirely black or blackish excepting 

 trochanters and tarsi towards apex, which are often ruio-fuscous). Sides of first and 

 second abdominal segments lighter in colour. Wings infumated, with the usual 

 dark blotch under the stigma ; nervures fuscous ; stigma unicolorous, dark fuscous. 

 Antennae stout, rufo-fuscous ; scape rufous at base ; each joint of flagellum centrally 

 marked with an impressed band which gives the antennae the appearance of having 

 twice as many joints as is actually the case (this character is noticeable in a lesser 

 degree in some of the European species). Eyes pilose. Head and mesothorax 

 densely and minutely punctuate ; sutures of the mesothorax deeply and clearly 

 impressed ; scutellum rugulose. Metathorax coarsely rugose, with a medial trans- 

 verse centrally angulated carina, after which the metathorax falls suddenly away 

 (fig. 1, a). Abdomen smooth and shining; shield of first segment elongate, three 

 times as long as medial breadth, with parallel sides, slightly widened at base and 



