268 Mr. J. O. Wcstwood on Evania and 



Species insignis, brevis ; caput nigrum, nitidtim ; antennae breves, 

 crassiores, nigrae, articulisduobusbasalibiis rufis, 10 — 14 albis 

 (dimidio apicali ultiini nigro excepto) ; thorax rufus, striatus, 

 lobis anticis mesothoracis valde elevatis ; pedes rufi, tarsorum 

 articulo ultimo fusco ; alae hyalinae stigmate apiceque lato 

 nigris ; abdomen breve, ovatum, petiolobrevi, nigrum, nitidum, 

 lunula versus basin flavescenti; oviductusabdominevix dimidio 

 longior, fere erecta (fig, 7 a) ; terebra rufa, vaginis nigris. 

 Fig. 71), caput et prothorax, ex latere visa; Ih, ungues. 



Sp. 18. Aulacus signalus, 

 " Niger, scapo antennarum pedibusque t anticis rufo-testaceis ; 



" alis byalinis, macula ad stigma brunnea." Shuckard in 



Entomologist, p. 124. 

 Long. 5| lin., exp. alar. d\ lin. 

 Habitat Ceylon. 

 In Mus. Shk. 



On comparing the characters of the preceding genera together 

 we find that in effect they present but little uniformity, inter se, 

 if we except the number of joints of tlie antenna; and the unusual 

 place of insertion of the abdomen. 



The upper lip of Fceims and Evania is nearly alike, but those 

 of Pelccinus and Aulacus materially differ from the preceding, as 

 well as from each other ; the mandibles oflTer a better character in 

 their very strong, broad and dentate form, but those of Pclecimis 

 resemble those of the majority of the Idmeumonidce. The 

 maxillary palpi, although generally G-jointed and the labial 

 4-jointed, are respectively only 5- and 3-jointed in Pelecimis. 

 The veining of the fore wings offers no uniformity, except in the 

 presence in all of a distinct costal cell, by which they are sepa- 

 rated from all the IchneumonidcB, in which the cell is obliterated 

 by the union of the postcostal vein with the costa. Moreover, in 

 the hind wings the veins are almost obsolete in all the genera yet 

 reviewed. The form of abdomen, the length of the ovipositor, 

 and the form of tlie feet, afford no uniform characters ; neither is 

 the toothing of the ungues constant, being simple in Fcenus and 

 Pclecinus. 



There are, however, several other genera which are so closely 

 allied to the preceding groups that I consider myselt authorised 

 in regarding them as equally belonging to the family. 



