76 .SPOLTA ZEYLAKICA. 



Front and vertex smooth and shining. Hind ocelli sepaiated 

 from each other by a slightly greater distance than they are 

 from the eyes, which converge very slightly above. Shoulders 

 broadly rounded. Mesonotum with a regular row of punctures 

 on the inner side of the furrows and a less regular one on the 

 outer ; the lateral lobes minutely closely punctured in the centre. 

 Scutellum with a broad smooth band in the middle, the sides 

 strongly punctured. Hinder division of propleurse rugosely 

 punctured. MesopleuraB with round closely pressed punctures, 

 except for an oblique smooth band in the middle and a smaller 

 triangular space on the uppec side at the apex. Anterior tibise 

 and tarsi testaceous, middle trochanters pale testaceous ; the 

 middle coxas and the underside of the hinder pair at the base 

 rufous ; the base of the hind tibiae and of the hind tarsi white ; 

 the spurs testaceous ; the long spur of the hinder about two- 

 thirds of the length of the metatarsus ; tibiae and tarsi sparsely 

 spinose. Recurrent nervure received shortly beyond the trans- 

 verse cubital ; lower part of the apical abscissa of the radius 

 broadly, roundly curved. Abdomittal petiole above finely closely 

 striated ; the sides with two stout keels, which become stouter 

 towards the apex. Hind coxae above at the base coarsely punctured, 

 the middle closely obliquely striated. Apical branches of 

 uietasternal process, straight, obliquely diverging. 



Comes close to E. erythrosoma, Sch., also from Ceylon. It may 

 be known inter alia from our species by its perfectly smooth 

 abdominal petiole. 



1 .— Gasteruption tricoloratum, sp. no\. 



Black, densely covered with silvery pubescence ; the four front 

 coxae black, the femora rufo-testaceous, the tibiae fuscous, broadly 

 white at the base, the fore tarsi white, the middle white, infus- 

 cated at the apex, the hind legs black, except for a narrow white 

 band near the base of the tibiae. Mandibles testaceous, tinged 

 with yellow in the middle, the teeth darker coloured ; palpi pale 

 testaceous, wings clear hyaline, the nervures black ; apex of 

 ovipositor testaceous, ?. 



Length 12 mm. ; ovipositor 12 mm. 



Peradeniya, May. 



Head smooth and shining, covered with a silvery pile. Hind 

 ocelli separated from each other by the length of the antenna] 

 scape. Thorax thickly covered with silvery pubescence : the 

 pro- and mesonotum with round, clearly separated shallow 

 punctures ; opaque, granular. Scutellum with a row of round, 

 deep fcveae along the sides. Metanotnm with a dee]} shining 



