442 ICHXEUMONID^E. 



and extreme base) and ])ali)i pale ilavous ; face and clypeus closely 

 and uniformly punctate ; fi-ons and vertex nearly as strongly, 

 Ihougli leys closely, punctate. Antenna' as long as the body, 

 black', with the sca[)e centi-ally flavons beneath. Thorax closely 

 and subunifornily punctate ; nietanotum with dense long silvery 

 pubescence ; its basal area short and subtriangular, strongly 

 constricted apically, areola extending to the petiolar area, obliquely 

 constricted basally and gradually contracted to the excarinate apex ; 

 propleura^, centrally and apically, irregularly striate ; niesopleiirse 

 tinely and closely striate before tlie glabrous speculum. Abdomen 

 ferruginous, with the basal segment and tli(^ jjasal two-thirds of 

 the second, black. Legs testaceous, with the anterior Havidous ; 

 coxae, posterior trochanters, base of their femora broadly, hind 

 tarsi and apices of their tibiae, black. Wings hyaline, with the 

 tegula) ])ale tlavous, the stigma and nervures bhick. 



Length 8 millim. 



Punjab: Simla; Sikkim : Darjiling. 



This species is said to differ from //. spinipes in not having the 

 frons carinate, and in the more sparsely spinulose tibiae and tarsi; 

 from //. piloseUu we are told (Entom. 1906, p. 250) that it is 

 distinct in its basally acuminate petiolar area, the basally strongly 

 constricted metanotal areola, and in having the apical half of the 

 hind femora and nearlv the whole of their tibite rod. 



Genus TRATHALA, Cam. 

 Trafhaht, Cameron, Manch. INIeni. 1899, p. 122. 

 Genotype, T. striata, Cam. 



Head not dilated behind the glabrous eyes ; clypeus discrete, 

 apically rounded arid laterally strongly foveate ; mandibles large, 

 with subequal teeth : cheeks distinct. Notauli indicated, but very 

 short; metathorax distinctly areated, with oval spiracles. Scu- 

 tellum convex, coarsely striolate laterally and apically. Abdomen 

 elongate and compressed, with the spiracles of the basal segment 

 small, circular, and behind the centre; terebra very strongly 

 exserted. Tarsal claws pectinate. AV'ings short, ^\■itll no areolet ; 

 second recurrent emitted from the external cubital beyond the 

 submarginal nervure ; basal nervure continuous through the 

 median. 



Range. Assam. 



Camei-on says this genus is allied to Campople.r, but I consider 

 the absence of" an areolet places it much closer to Charops, Holmg., 

 from which it would appear to differ in little but its discrete 

 clypeus, distinct metanotal arese, and apparently internally entire 

 pj'es. iSchmiedeknecht (Opusc. Ichn. p. 1524) places it next to 

 Nepiesta, Fiirst., In- adding the supposititious characters : — hind 

 metatarsus more than a third of the tibial length and not dilated, 

 the parallel nervure not interstitial, and the eyes not internally 

 emarcinate. 



