40 P. Cameron. 
the sides slightly oblique, the inner longer than the outer ; 
from the angles, the areae become narrowed to a rounded 
point; the sides of the metanotum are bordered by a keel. 
— Length 7 mm; terebra 1 mm. 
Sikkim. 
Face closely, but not strongly punctured, thickly 
covered with white pubescence ; the front and vertex 
smooth, bare. Thorax entirely smooth; the parapsidal 
furrows deep and wide at the base. Basal segment and 
the 2nd to the transverse furrow smooth, shining ; the 
others closely, not very strongly, but distinctly punc- 
tured; the ıst is hardly one fourth longer than wide, 
longer than the 2nd, which is longer than it is wide 
at the apex; the middle segments wider than long; 
the apical furrows on the apex of the 2nd to 5th are 
distinct, curved, striated; on the 3rd is a crenulated 
basal furrow. On the apex of the hind tibiae are 3 pairs 
of bright red spines. 
5. Gen. Pimpla. 
1. Pimpla latisulcata, sp. nov. d.. 
Black, the 4 anterior legs pale fulvous, their coxae 
and trochanters yellow; the hind legs rufous, the tibiae 
darker below, paler above, their tarsi black, a short line 
in the centre of the apex of Ist abdominal segment and 
narrow lines on the apices of the 2nd to 6th, yellow, 
tinged with rufous ; wings hyaline, highly iridescent, the 
nervures and stiema black ; the areolet wide along the 
cubitus, receiving the recurrent nervure in the apical 
fourth ; the transverse cubital nervures meeting in front; 
the transverse median nervure interstitial. — Length 12 mm. 
Sikkim. 
Face and clypeus closely, strongly punctured, thickly 
covered with longish fuscous pubescence ; the rest of 
the head smooth, bare, shining. Pro- and mesothorax 
shining, sparsely, weakly punctured; the scutellum with 
a wide furrow, slightly narrowed towards the apex, 
down the centre; it is more strongly punctured than the 
mesonotum ; metanotum to the pleural keel strongly closely 
punctured and thickly covered with white pubescence. 
Abdomen more than twice the length of the thorax, 
strongly rugosely punctured, the punctures much stronger 
on the basal segments ; the basal furrows crenulated. 
