12G ichxeumoaid.t:. 



obsoletely puuctate and apically truncate. Antenna' black and 

 basally Havous beneath. Tliovax flavous, with the prunotuni 

 glabrous ; mesoiiotuni subglabrous and very obsoletely ])unctate, 

 with three black marks forming a discal transverse band, the 

 central confluent with another before the scutellum ; notauli short 

 aud shallow ; mesopleural sulci deep and longitudinal, with a 

 distinct intumescence above them ; metathorax iunuaculate, with 

 conical tubercles before the spiracles ; arese complete, with the 

 areola subliexagonal, nearl}- tu ice as broad as lojig and emitting 

 the costulse beyond its centre; dentipai'al areae quadrate and 

 internally constricted. Scutellum conical. Abdomen coarsely and 

 diffusely punctate, with the two basal segments glabrous and 

 uitidulous and the anus smoother; flavous, with two black sub- 

 quadrate spots on the third, fourth, fifth and sometimes the first 

 segments, and a short fascia on either side of the seventh ; second 

 and sixth segments immaculate ; terebra black and as long as the 

 four basal hind tarsal joints. Legs flavous, with the liind femora 

 bimaculate apically, the extreme base of tlieir tibiae, of the pos- 

 terior metatarsi, and their onychii, black ; hind trochanters 

 immaculate. Wings flavescent-hyaline, with their apices distinct!)^ 

 testaceous and externally piceous ; costa basally flavescent ; stigma 

 and nervures entirely, and the tegulce marked with, black. 



Length 14-10 millim. 



?d". Head and abdomen gamboge-yellow, with the thorax and 

 legs rufescent ; head and mesothorax normally spotted, metathorax 

 immaculate ; seven pairs of abdominal spots, gradually increasing 

 in size; the seventh segment and front legs immaculate; hind 

 legs with a spot on either side of femora and another at the base 

 of the trochanters piceous ; base of their tibia? and the whole of 

 the tarsi black ; areolet pyramidal and subpetiolate. 



Length 11 millim. 



Assam : Ivhasi Hills. 



Krieger describes Ibis species from three females, and says it 

 differs from his X.japponica mainly in the distinction of the black 

 markings. Van Vollenhoven's doubtfully synonymous male is re- 

 corded from Ambarawa, in Java. The species is unknown to me, 



73. Xanthopimpla pardalis, Krieg. 



XanfJt(ipi7)ipIa luirdalis, Krieger, Ber. Nat. Ges. Leipzig, 1899, 

 p.90(c?). 



S. Head flavous, with a mark in the centre of the frous 

 confluent with the concolorous ocelli, and the occiput, black ; 

 face a little longer than broad, distinctly pyramidally prominent, 

 coarsely and irregularly punctate, and laterally subelevated ; 

 clypeus finely and sparsely punctate. Antemue black, with the 

 base flavous beneath. Thorax flavous; mesonotum coarsely and 

 dispersely punctate, w ith the central lobe glabrous and nitidulous ; 

 notauli occupying a third of the disc ; three marks forming a band 

 across the disc black, the central basally confluent with a fourth 



