PHYTOPHACOns AXT) PARASITIC HYMENOPTRKA. 107 



three abdominal segments and of the sixth more broadly, whitish 

 yellow. Wings hyaline, the nervures and stigma black, ?. 



Length 14 mm.; terebra 4 mm. 



Kandy, July. 



Face and, to a less extent, the base of clypeus irregularly rugose ; 

 the apex of clypeus smooth and shining. Sides of front coarsely, 

 obliquely striated. Mesonotum smooth, shortly, densely pilose. 

 Base of metanotum finely irregularly striated ; the rest stoutly 

 reticulated — striated ; the spines long, stout. Propleurse stoutly, 

 closely striated ; the mesopleurae irregularly striated at the base, 

 the rest finely striated — reticulated, but not closely ; the meta- 

 pleurse obliquely striated. 



9. — Mdchn cinctipes, sp. no v. 



Black, face, clypeus, mandibles except at the apex, palpi, the 

 upper inner orbits, malar space, the upper and lowei- sides of protho- 

 rax broadly, metapleurte and apical half of metanotum, the apices 

 of the basal three segments of the abdomen and the apical pale 

 yellow ; the scutellum and the keels lemon-yellow. Four front 

 legs pale yellow ; the hind coxee pale yellow, black above, the 

 trochanters black ; the femora red, the extreme apex black ; the 

 tibiae black, with a white band near the base, tarsi white, the basal 

 joint to near the apex, and the apical joint, black. Wings hyaline, 

 the stigma and nervures black, 6. 



Length 7"5 mm. 



Peradeniya, August. 



Base of metanotum smooth, irregularly punctured to the keel ; 

 the rest closely reticulated. Propleurse with some stout striae in 

 the middle behind. Mesopleurae obscurely punctured, with a striated 

 band in the centre above. Lower part of metapleurae irregularly 

 punctured — reticulated. The second and following segments of the 

 abdomen are closely punctured. Tarsi spinose. 



Antennal scape fulvous ; flagellum densely covered with short, 

 thick, black pubescence. There is a ypHowline on the centre of the 

 outer orbits. 



10. — Melcha anrmli'pes , s]). no v. 



Black, an ovoid mark on the centre of the face, the broad end 

 above and rounded, clypeus, palpi, mandibles except the teeth, the 

 uppei' inner orbits from the antennae, pronotum broadly, tegulae, 

 tubercles, scutellum, metanotum from shortly behind the basal 

 keel, the top forming two rounded lobes, the yellow extending on to 

 the metapleurae below the bottom of the lobes and being dilated at 

 the base below, the apex of the first and second abdominal segments 



Q 8(17)05 



