13H SPOIJA ZEYLANICA. 



furrow ; theextioine apex of clypeus depressed, not (juite transverse. 

 Last joint of antennae as long as the preceding two united. Scutel- 

 luni roundly convex. Transverse median nervure in hind wings 

 broken far below the middle. Areolet triangular, small, appendi- 

 culated. Transverse median nervure in fore wings placed immediately 

 behind the transverse basal, almost interstitial. Abdomen and 

 legs as in Pimpla. Metathoracic spiracles round. Claws slender, 

 curved, untoothed. The sharp lateral ridges of the mesonotum do 

 not extend on to the scutellum. The eyes do not converge anteriorly 

 The last joint of hind tarsi about three times longer than the pre- 

 ceding. 



If the apex of the clypeus is to be considered " impressed anteriorly 

 at apex " this genus, in Dr. Ashmead's arrangement, would come in 

 near Itoplectis and Eremochila, vidth neither of which can it be con- 

 founded ; if " not impressed' ' then it would come nearest to Tromato- 

 bia, which is easily known from it by the entire eyes. The meta- 

 pleural keel is distinct, complete. The disco-cubital nervure is 

 angled beyond the middle, but not broken by the stump of a nervure. 

 The genus should be readily known by the large, clearly incised eyes, 

 reaching close to the base of the mandibles, round metathoracic 

 spiracles, angled disco-cubital nervure, transverse median nervure 

 in hind wings broken near the bottom, and smooth, white-banded 

 apex of abdominal segments 



« 

 53. — Philopsyche albobalteata, sp. nov. 

 l^late B, fig. 10. 



Black ; the antennal scape except above, palpi, hind edge of 

 pronotum, tegulse, and the apices of the basal six abdominal seg- 

 ments, white. Four front legs white, the hind coxae and femora 

 red ; the basal joint of trochanters red, the apical white ; the hind 

 tibiae at extreme base, and broadly in the middle, white, the rest 

 black ; the hind tarsi black, the basal joint white to near the apex, 6 . 



Length 7-8 mm 



Bred from Psyche albipes and P. subteralbata. 



Matale ; Peradeniya, August. 



Head smooth and shining, the face covered with white, the clypeus 

 with longer white hair ; the former obscurely shagreened. Mesono- 

 tum and scutellum closely punctured, thickly covered with white 

 pubescence. Metanotum smooth, shining, and bare at the base and 

 apex, the middle punctured and thickly covered with long white 

 hair. Abdomen closely and strongly punctured except on the white 

 apices of the segments and thickly covered with black pubescence. 

 Pleurae smooth, almost bare, except on the metapleurae above the keel. 



