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31 (30) Abdominal sep'ments elongate ; terebra 



often longer than boch' Ephialtes, Sclir., 



32 (1) Nervellus of hind wing intercepted dis- [p. 177. 



tinctly below its centre (antefurcal). 



33 (44) Abdominal segments not triangularly 



impressed. 



34 (35) Apical angles of segments acute and 



prominent; all wings with at least 



their apical margin deeply clouded . . Hemipimpla, Sauss., 



35 (34) Apical angles of segments obtuse ; at [p. 186. 



most apex of fore wing clouded. 



36 (41) Areolet entire. 



37 (40) Areolet not pentagonal. 



38 (39) Eyes internally emarginate ; face cen- [p. 194. 



trally carinate , Philopsyche, Cam., 



39 (38) Eyes not emarginate ; nor face centrally [p. 195. 



cai'inate Exemstes, Forst., 



40 (37) Areolet pentagonal Miophatnus, Cam., 



41 (36) Areolet wanting. [p. 204. 



42 (43) Notauli apical and superficial; wings 



entirely hyaline Polysphincta, 



43 (42) Notauli deeply impressed and entire ; [Grav., p. 205. 



wings infumately fasciated C.ekopimpla, Cam., 



44 (33) Abdominal segments triangularly and [p. 208. 



deeply impressed. 



45 (46) Areolet petiolate and entire GLYPTOPiMPLA,gen. 



46 ^45) Areolet entirely wanting. [uov., p. 209. 



47 (48) Front tibiiB bicalcarate ; abdomen nor- 



mally punctate Glypta, Grav., 



48 (47) Front tibi;e imicalcarate ; abdomen [p. 210. 



longitudinally striate Apophua, gen.nov., 



[p. 213. 



Genus CALLIEPHIALTES, Ashm. 

 Calliephialtes, Ashmead, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus, xxiii, 1900, p. 54. 

 GrENOTlPE, Pimpla xanthotliorax, Ashm. 



Head broadly baccate behind the eyes, which in S are not 

 distinctly en:arginate internally. Third to fifth antennal joints 

 not externally serrate. Mesonotuni not transversely strigose ; 

 metathoracic spiracles small and quite circular. Abdomen sub- 

 parallel-sided and not centrally explanate, with the anterior 

 .•segments not more strongly sculptured than the posterior ; second 

 segment of § longer than broad ; terebra longer than the body. 

 Hind tarsi of $ with the apical joint longer than the penultimate, 

 and the claws strongly lobate basally. Wings with the nervelet 

 wanting; and the first recurrent of lower wings iutercepted in 

 the centre. 



Range. United States, Sikkim. 



But a single species has liitherto been ascribed to this genus, 

 PimjtJa .rant/iofhorax, Ashm. (Proc. U.fS. Nat. Mus. 1^90, p. 446), 

 and that is described only in the female sex. It is, consequently, 



