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pleuraB from the black line, its lower part broadly, apex of metapleurfe, 

 the four anterior coxa;, trochanters and their femora, tibia? and tarsi in 

 front, and joints three and four of the hind tarsi. Wings hyaline, the 

 stigma and nervures fuscous. S" • Length, 9 mm. 



Face and base of clypeus closely and somewhat strongly punc- 

 tured ; the apex of the latter smooth ; the front and vertex are more 

 closely punctured ; there is a short narrow keel below the ocelli. Pro- 

 and mesothorax closely punctured ; the scutellum is more strongly and 

 much more sparsely punctured. Metanotum closely, strongly, trans- 

 versely striated ; the base in the middle smooth ; the areola irregularly, 

 sparsely wrinkled ; the apical arete are more stoutly transversely stri- 

 ated ; the posterior median almost smooth above, below sparsely 

 striated ; the lateral areae have the strife stout ; the spiracular area is 

 closely rugosely punctured. Abdominal petiole smooth and shining. 

 Under side of tarsi spinose ; the apices of the joints more stoutly 



spinose. 



HEMITELINI. 



Otacustes '} rufipes, sp. nov. 



Rufo-ferruginous ; the mesothorax largely suffused with black ; a 

 narrow pale yellow line on the pronotum ; the vertex, front, and occiput 

 black, the orbits narrowly yellow ; the red colour on the face and clypeus 

 is suffused with yellow ; legs coloured like the abdomen ; the antennae 

 dark testaceous, the scape yellowish below, the flagellum black above. 

 Wings hyaline, the costa and stigma fuscous, the nervures blacker. 

 ? . Length, 5 mm. 



Front and vertex closely, uniformly punctured ; there is a broad, 

 short, curved furrow below the anterior ocellus. Face closely punc- 

 tured, clearly separated from the clypeus ; there is a narrow keel down 

 the middle. Apex of clypeus broadly rounded, the margin depressed. 

 Palpi yellowish. The basal two joints of flagellum equal in length. 

 Thorax closely punctured, the pleurae more strongly than the upper 

 part. Areola wider than long, rounded at the base, transverse at the 

 apex. Eadial cellule small, the radius roundly curved, not reaching 

 half-way to the apex. Areolet large ; long, counting along the radius, 

 wider in front than behind, receiving the recurrent nervure beyond the 

 middle ; the cubitus is obsolete beyond it; the second transverse cubital 

 nervure is more distinct than is usual with the Hemitelini ; the radius 

 issues from beyond the middle ; the stigma is large. Antennae over 

 20-jointed. Second discoidal cellule closed. Metathoracic spiracles 

 oval. 



This is probably not a true Otacustes ; in the generic tables 

 given by authors it runs into that genus. 



ICHNEUMONINI. 

 Probolus alhocinctus, sp. nov. 

 Black ; the legs, except the coxfe, trochanters, and the apex of the 

 hind femora, and the second abdominal segment, red ; the tenth to 

 fifteenth joints of the antennae, scutellum, except at the base, an inter- 

 rupted band on the apex of the third abdominal segment and the penul- 

 timate, white; wings hyaline, the stigma testaceous, the nervures 

 black. ? . Length, 13 mm. 



