PHYTOPHAGOUS AND PARASITIC HYMENOPTERA. TA 



almost touching the eyes. Prothorax small. Malar space large. 

 Eyes gradually narrowed from above downwards. The wings, 

 when folded, do not reach to the apex of the abdomen. 



Allied to Macroteleia and Chromoteleia ; from the former it 

 may be known by the stigmal vein issuing from near the sub- 

 marginal, the marginal being very short as it is in Chromoteleia, 

 but that has two distinct basal cellules; from both it may be 

 known by the strongly striated basal segments of the abdomen. 



3. — Rhacoteleia pilosa, sp. nov. 

 Plate A, fig. 2. 



Black, covered with white pubescence, the antennae except the 

 apical five or six joints and the legs, except the coxae rufo- 

 testaceous, wings hyaline, the nervures testaceous, 6 and ?. 



Length 4 mm. 



Peradeniya, August. 



Vertex finely, closely aciculated ; the front irregularly rugosely 

 punctured ; malar space closely, obliquely striated. Apex of 

 mandibles broadly rufous. Hind edge of vertex closely, finely 

 reticulated ; occiput shining, finely closely, transversely striated. 

 Mesonotum and scutellum with shallow moderately close, round 

 punctures, thickly covered with white pubescence ; lateral lobes 

 of mesonotum clearly separated from the middle one ; on the 

 outer side they are bordered by a crenulated furrow. Apex of 

 scutellum bordered by a smooth, shining keel. The depression 

 bordering its sides with stout clearly-separated keels. Pleurae 

 finely rugose, the mesopleural depression shining, bare, its sides 

 obscurely striated. The third and following abdominal segments 

 distinctly closely punctured. Mesosternum strongly closely 

 punctured. Ventral surface of abdomen closely punctured, 

 thickly covered with white pubescence. 



The pedicle of the antennae is about three times longer than 

 thick ; the first joint of flagellum is longer than the second and 

 not quite double the length of the pedicle. The club is clearly 

 defined ; its last joint conical. The apices of the abdominal 

 segments are smooth and shining ; the ovipositor is longer than 

 usual. The 6 appears to have the front more strongly rugosely 

 reticulated than the ?. 



Chalcidid^. 



Spilomegastigmus, gen. nov. 



Mandibles bidentate, the teeth blnnt. Head and thorax smooth, 

 the mesonotum only slightly transversely striated. Scutellum 

 smooth, without a transverse furrow. Antennae long, the scape 



