EXEUrSTES. 



201 



Fig. 47. — E.rerie:fcsflavipcdjjis, Cam. 



the scape flavoiis benealli and closely punctate. Thorax blacK,. 



with a narrow lir.e on the 

 pronotuiii, two elongate tu- 

 berculil'onu lateral marks on 

 the metathorax from its- 

 centre to apex, and the apo- 

 physes, flavous ; niesonotum 

 glabrous and uitidiilous ; 

 metathorax closely and trans- 

 versely strigose, more finely 

 and closely at base and apex ;. 

 mesopleur* closely punctate, 

 apicaily rugulosely crenulate; 

 metapleurae coarsely punctate- 

 above, npically substrigose. 

 Scutellum and postscutelhim 

 with flavous markings. Abdo- 

 wen closely punctate, obso- 

 letely at base of petiole and 

 anus ; black, the apices of the three basal segments with a subtrian- 

 gular flavous mark ; the fourth with a laterally dilated band, and 

 the remainder with large lateral marks, flavous ; venter with broad 

 stramineous bands; terebra 2 millim. in length. Zeys red, with 

 the coxae and trochanters black and broadly flavous-marked ; hind 

 tibiae, tarsi and apices of their femoi-a black, the first with a 

 stramineous band near the base. Winr/s hyaline and basally sub- 

 infuscate ; stigma and nervures black ; areolet oblique and sub- 

 petiolate, emittino- the recurrent nervure from its apical third. 

 Length 7-11 millim. 

 Assam : Khasi Hills {Bothney). 

 Types c? $ in the British Museum. 



The anterior legs of the J are paler, with the coxae entirely 

 flavous, and its white abdominal marks are laterally larger and 

 continued across the sides. The abdominal coloration and the 

 size are variable in both sexes. 



The position of the present species is a little obscure ; the types- 

 were subsequently referred by their author to tlie genus 

 Chrysopimpla, but I am not persuaded that they are not better 

 placed in Itoplecfis, Forst. 



139. Exeristes pulchella, sp. n. (Plate I, fig. 7.) 



$ . A pretty black and yellow species, with entirely pale legs. 

 Head strongly constricted behind eyes ; occiput nitidulous, very 

 finely and sparsely punctate and pubescent, finely bordered 

 posteriorly ; froiis concave, with the scrobes ill-defined and not 

 large ; face flat, somewhat dull, sparsely punctate, with obsolete 

 pubescence, entirely white, with tlie e])istoiiui alone brunneous; 

 clypeus very strongly and circularly separated, white, with the 

 apex emarginate, deeply impressed and rut'escent ; mandibles 



