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half its length from the base of the first discoidal cell; recurrent 

 nervure entering nearly its own length before the apex of the 

 first cubital cell; second transverse cubitus half as long as the 

 first; basal part of radial cell in hind wing oval, one third as 

 broad as long. 



Type from Suene, Fiji (W. M. Mann). 

 Family Ichneumonidie. 

 Echthromorpha immaculata Krieger. 



Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berhn, vol. 4, p. 331 (1909). 



Morley, Revis. Ichneum. British Mus., pt. 2, p. 47 (1913) 

 (diversor). 



Bridwell, Proc. Hawaiian Ent. Soc, vol. 4, p. 110 (1919). 



Turner, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 1918, p. 344. 



There are numerous specimens of both sexes from Vunisea, 

 Labasa, Somo-somo, Wainunu, Vagasau, and Ovalau. Bridwell 

 records Viti Levu from material collected by Muir, and lists 

 E. diversor described from the Solomons or New Hebrides as a 

 synonym. 



Paniscus fijiensis sp. nov, 



9 Length 14-16 mm. Uniformly pale dull ferruginous, with 

 the head, except ocellar tubercle and posterior margin pale 

 yellowish; antennae blackened, except at extreme base; wings 

 hyaline, with the stigma ferruginous and the venation piceous. 

 Face very slightly narrowed below; clypeal fovese contiguous to 

 the eyes ; emargination of eyes strong and acute. Ocelli separated 

 by distinctly less than their diameter, the posterior ones touching 

 the eye margin. Apex of mandible long and acute, inner tooth 

 short and blunt. First joint of flagellum fully one-half longer 

 than the second which is barely longer than the third. Thorax 

 more noticeably pubescent than usual, its surface appearing 

 dull and conspicuously silvery; sculpture very delicate, con- 

 sisting of dense, very minute punctures; on the upper side of the 

 propodeum these merge to form extremely fine transverse 

 aciculations. Transverse carina of propodeum indicated only 

 as a lateral tubercular ridge; subspiracular carina complete, 



