176 lOHNEUMONIDyE. 



with somewhat dense griseous pubescence and the notauli distinci 

 in front ; inetanotum irregularly punctate, centrally smoother 

 but with no areic ; spiracles circular. Scufellum imiDaciilate and 

 subdeplanate. Abdomen black, evenly and somewhat strongly 

 punctate, with the apices of all the segments except the first 

 uitidulous and traus-strigose, a little elevated and laterally pro- 

 minent ; basal segment not longer than apically broad, the second 

 strongly impressed on either side of the centre at the base ; third 

 and fourth segments distinctly, second and fifth indistinctly, tuber- 

 culate in the centre on either side ; venter testaceous, with only 

 the basal segment plicate ; terebra slightly shorter than abdomen, 

 ferruginous, the valvuhe with long pubescence. Legs deep red and 

 not elongate, with the hind tibi?e and tarsi alone blackish and the 

 upper side of the former stramineous almost throughout ; tarsii] 

 claws small and broadly lobate basally. Wings ample, slightly 

 fiavescent, with all the nervures except the costa pale ; radix, 

 teiTulfe and stigma pale testaceous ; areolet triangular, broader 

 than high, and emitting the strongly curved second recurrent 

 uervure from its apical fourth ; hind wings with first i^ecurreut 

 exactly opposite and emitting nervellus from its centre. 



Length 9 millim. 



Punjab : Simla, x. 1906. 



Tiqye in the Pusa collection. 



In the conformation of its terebra and wings, and in the colour 

 of the stigma, body, and legs, this species closely approaches PimpJu 

 ventricosa, Tschek", but the ocelli are not elevated upon a plateau, 

 the metanotal carinis are entirely wanting, and the abdomen is 

 more uneven, with the segmental apices broadly glabrous and more 

 prominent. 



119. Epiiirus erebus. Cam. 



Pimpla erebus, Cameron, Manch. Mem. 1899, p. 184 (5). 



$ . A black species. Mead with the face closely punctate and 

 ■densely white-pilose ; epistoma cariuate and triangularly foveate 

 basally ; clypeus semicircularly impressed at the base, apically 

 smooth, shining and obliquely impressed ; frons strongly and 

 transversely strigose centrally. Antenna' hl&ck. TJiora.v somewhat 

 dull, with short and dense recumbent pubescence ; mesonotum 

 transversely strigose basally ; mesopleura) strongly punctate, with 

 the apex glabrous above and striate below ; propleurse finely 

 aciculate basally; metathorax finely trans-strigose at the base, 

 centrally strongly striate, with the apex broadly glabrous. /Scu- 

 fellum elevated, glabrous and nitidulous, with sparse and elongate 

 white pilosity; postscutellum with large and deep punctures. 

 Abdomen immaculate ; basal impression of first segment glabrous 

 and nitidulous, its sides coarsely and not very distinctly punctate 

 and the apex shallowly punctate ; the second obscurely punctate 

 and the remainder very finely and closely trans-reticulate; terebra 



