496 ICHNEUMONIDiE. 



390. Anilasta varicoxa, Thoms. 



AniJmta varicoxa, Thomson, Opusc. Eot. xi, 1887, p. 1173 (J $)• 

 (f $ . A black species, with the abdomen and legs mainly red, 

 the mouth and tegula) white, and the metanotal costulae strong. 

 Head Aery strongly constricted behind the prominent eyes ; face 

 with white pubescence ; mandibles not basally reflexed below, 

 small and white, with the palpi concolorous. Antenncn with the 

 iiagellum elongate and the scape not pale beneath. Thorax pilose; 

 antespeeular striae nicidulous ; metanotal costuke strong ; areola 

 laterally entire, basal area narrow and petiolate ; spiracles circular. 

 Abdomen dull red, with the two basal segments (except apical 

 singles of the second), and the base of the third discally, black ; 

 terebra black and not extending beyond the anus. Legs red, with 

 the coxas (excepting front ones beneath and apices of tlie inter- 

 mediate), the hind tarsi, and both extremities of their tibiae, black. 

 Wings with the tegulse white ; areolet oblique, small and not as 

 long as its petiole ; apical abscissa of radial nervure elongate ; 

 nervellus not intercepted. 



Length 6 millim. 



Ceylon: Madulsima, xi. 08 {T. Bainhrigge Fletcher). 



The Ceylon female agrees so perfectly with Thomson's somewhat 

 short diagnosis that I have but little hesitation in ascribing it to 

 that species. 



Genus ANGITIA, Uolmg. 



Angitia, Hobngreu, Ofv. Sv. Ak. Fcirh. 1858, p. 327 ; id., Sv. Ak. 

 Handl. 1858, no. 8, p. 106. 



Genotype, Lhnneria feuestralis, Holmg. 



Head not cubical ; cheeks neither elongate nor buccate, with 

 their costge inflexed ; clypeus apically simple, with small lateral 

 fovese ; mandibles not stout, narrowed towards the subequal 

 apical teeth. Antenna! flagellum usually filiform ; scape small 

 and often white beneath. Thorax cylindrical, with the meso- 

 sternum not transverse ; propleura^ not or hardly aciculate ; 

 nietathoracic carinte distinct, areola confltieut with the not trans- 

 versely rugose petiolar area, costulne strong, basal area smaM and 

 triangular ; spiracles circular. Abdomen Avith the glymmal sulci 

 of basal segment distinct and the postpetiole somewhat widened ; 

 second segment longer than the third, with the thyridii usually 

 obsolete ; seventh segment of $ often excised ; terebra reflexed 

 and about half the length of the abdomen. Legs not stout ; hind 

 tibise often infuscate at apex and before base, hardly externally 

 spinulose ; tarsal claws subpectinate ; trochanters usually pale. 

 "Wings with the tegtilte always, and the stigma usually, pale; 

 areola as a rule small, petiolate and emitting the recurrent 



