Parasitic Hymenoptera. 463 
Legs coloured like the body, the 4 anterior paler below; the 
4 posterior coxae broadly at the base below, the apical half 
of the hind tibiae, the base of the basal joint of the hind 
tarsi narrowly, its apex still more narrowly, and the other 
joints, black ; the rest of the metatarsus and the spurs 
white. Wings short, hyaline, the apex slightly smoky ; 
the stigma and nervures black. — Length 12 mm. 
Deesa. September (C. G. Nurse). 
Antennae black, slightly brownish below, densely 
covered with short stiff pubescence ; the 3rd joint not 
much longer than the 4th. Face and clypeus closely, 
strongly punctured ; the apex of the latter fulvous, broadly 
rounded, depressed; both (as are also the mandibles) 
thickly covered with white pubescence. Middle of front 
with a broad, stoutly transversely striated space; the 
upper part more finely and irregularly striated ; the rest 
of the front and the vertex closely, but not very strongly 
punctured. ‘Fhorax strongly and closely punctured ; the 
metanotum more closely, but as strongly punctured, the 
punctures not so distinctly punctured. Post-petiole 
strongly, closely punctured ; the middle segments finely 
punctured. 
Phygadeuonini. 
2. Finchra gen. nov. 
Metanotum with 6 areae at the base, in 2 rows of 
3; the apical slope without an area; its sides stoutly 
spined; the spiracles small, oval. Abdominal petiole long 
and slender, not much dilated at the apex. Parapsidal 
furrows narrow, but distinct, not reaching to the middle. 
Areolet large, not much narrowed in front; disco-cubital 
nervure unbroken, broadly roundly curved; the radius 
issues from before the middle of the stiema; disco-cubital 
cellule at base not quite twice the width of the 2nd dis- 
coidal cellule at the apex. Fransverse median nervure in 
hind wings broken clearly below the middle. Basal joints 
of flagellum elongated. Legs long and slender; the hind 
_ tibiae curved and narrowed at the base. 
The transverse basal nervure is interstitial. There is 
a small, but distinct tubercle on the face below the an- 
tennae. Temples sharply, obliquely narrowed; the occiput 
is transverse. Legs long and slender, especially the 
posterior; the hind tarsi are ringed with white. The d'is 
