204 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



ON SOME BRACONID^ FROM THE HIMALAYA. 

 By p. Cameron. 



I AM indebted to Col. C. T. Bingham for the under-noted 

 species : — 



XiPHOZELE, gen. nov. 



First abscissa of cubitus long, angled below the middle, its basal 

 abscissa obliquely sloped to below the middle, where it receives the 

 recurrent nervure, the apex obliquely sloped upwards ; the first cubital 

 cellule is very large, much longer along the costa than it is wide at the 

 base ; the second cellule long, especially along the cubitus ; transverse 

 median nervure interstitial, much thinner than the others, angled 

 outwardly above the middle. First abscissa of radius long, as long as 

 the first transverse cubital nervure, about one-fourth shorter than the 

 second ; it is thicker than the second, the latter thicker than the third, 

 which is roundly curved forwards at the base. Stigma long, lanceo- 

 late ; the radius issues from behind its middle, but not much. Anal 

 nervure not interstitial. Eadial cellule in hind wings divided at the 

 apical third ; from the prsebrachial a longish nervure runs obliquely 

 downwards from beyond its middle to the probrachial, which it does not 

 quite reach. Glypeus roundly convex, clearly separated behind ; its apex 

 transverse, clearly separated, obliquely projecting. Eyes large ; malar 

 space small, but distinct. Ocelli large, the anterior smaller than the 

 others. Temples distinct, rounded, oblique. Mesonotum trilobate. 

 Abdomen strongly compressed, beyond the middle as in Ophion ; the 

 first segment cylmdrical, narrowed at the base to the spiracles, which 

 are prominent, and placed shortly but distinctly behind the middle. 

 Legs long, slender ; the spurs more than half the length of the meta- 

 tarsus ; claws broadly dilated at the base, narrowed and curved at the 

 apex ; hind coxae long. 



An easily recognized genus from the very large first cubital 

 cellule, caused by the obliquely sloped basal abscissa of the 

 cubitus, and by its being so distinctly angled shortly beyond the 

 middle. As a consequence of this slope, the praediscoidal cellule 

 is narrowed at the apex, it being there half the width it is at the 

 base. Characteristic, too, is the narrowed, angled, transverse 

 median nervure, which does not reach the praebrachial, but is 

 united to a short thickened nervure, which is more developed 

 beyond than behind it ; a similar but shorter thickened nervure 

 or cloud runs into the anal nervure. Palpi long, pilose. Meta- 

 notum transversely striated, without any longitudinal keels ; 

 the pleurae project beyond it ; spiracles linear. Occiput mar- 

 gined. 



This genus belongs to the Zelini, and from its divided radial 

 cellule comes near to Homolohus, Foerster ; from Zele, as well as 

 from the other genera, it should be easily known by the large 

 first cubital cellule, the angled basal abscissa of radius, the 

 peculiar transverse median nervure, narrowed at apex of first dis- 



