360 ICHKEUMONID^. 



p^labrous and strongly nitidulous, with obsolete iiotaiili ; metanotal 

 area? usually complete, with the areola hexagonal and not longer 

 than broad, apically truncate, emitting distinct costula? near its 

 base; bapal area very narrow and parallel-sided; petiolar nrea 

 strongly discrete ; spiracles elongate-oval. Scutellum convex, 

 glabroiis, nitidulouSj and immarginate. Abdomen half as long 

 again as head and thorax, glabrous, becoming compressed and 

 subpilose from centre ot" the third segment ; basal segment sub- 

 linear, with central, very prominent disco-lateral spiracles ; second 

 but slightly shorter, nearly twice as long as broad, with prominent 

 spiracles before its centre ; third witli subceutral and less pro- 

 tuberant spiracles ; anus compressed, with distinctly exserted 

 styles. Legs slender and subelongate, with the inner claw only ot" 

 each tarsus closely pectiaate. AV^iugs hyaline and very ample ; 

 basal nervure antefurcal (i. e., the upper basal intercepts the 

 median nervure distinctly beyond the lower basal) ; discoidal ner- 

 vure strongly curved with no nervelet ; anal emitted from centre 

 of brachial cell ; areolet not small, obliquely subquadrate and very 

 shortly but distinctly petiolate ; basal not longer than half the 

 sinuate apical abscissa of the radius ; nervellus intercepted below 

 its centre and curved above. 



]iaiu/e. Himalayas. 



In its remarkable subquadrate areolet and anal styles this 

 genus appears to till an evident gap in our system, between the 

 Mesocuoeides and the remainder of the Ophioxiis'.e; its affinities, 

 however, are entirely with the Paniscides. 



257. Tetragonalys barbarica, Ilorl. 



Tetrayonalys harbarica, Morley, he. cit. 



(S . A somewhat large and brightly nitidulous testaceous species, 

 with only the head (except the mouth), a dot behind the tegulae, 



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Fig. 101. — Tetragonalys harharica, Mori. 



and the tarsal claws, black ; pronotam and stigma stramineous ; 

 anal styles as long as second hind tarsal joint. 

 Length 14 millim. 



