242 Eev. T. A. Marshall's monograph of 



punctulate ; scutellum shining ; metathorax rugulose, carinated. 

 Segments 1 — 2 siibstriato-rugulose. Terebra hardly as long as ^ 

 the abdomen." 



" Head shining, indistmctly pmictuved; face almost rugose, with 

 short erect hairs, iu the middle with a cariuiform elevation, some- 

 what dull, clypeus more shining. AutenniB nearly as long as the 

 body, hairy, fuscous above, reddish testaceous beneath. Pleurae in 

 front and j)ectus punctured, with a narrow and hardly crenulate 

 furrow. Segment 1 a little longer than broad, hardly wider behind, 

 the basal half elevated and impressed in the middle ; segments 1 — 2 

 rugulose, 2 flat, longer than 3 ; segments 1 — 2 black, the others 

 more or less fusco-testaceous on the hind margin, seldom almost 

 wholly testaceous. Belly entirely fusco-testaceous, almost whitish 

 at the base. Valvula ventralis large, acuminated. First abscissa 

 of the radius rather obliquely inserted in the stigma ; 2d cubital 

 areolet small, complete. Legs stout; trochanters almost whitish ; 

 hind coxae incrassated." — Ruthe. 



I have not seen the 2 , from which the 3" differs in some 

 respects. Abdomen black, the 1st segment edged with yellow at 

 the sides ; belly pale at the base. Hind coxae infuscated above. 

 Segment 1 2J times longer than broad, margined, with parallel 

 sides, the apex rounded ; canaliculated in the middle and impressed 

 with a basal fovea ; segment 2 broader than 1, shorter than 3, 

 aciculated in the middle, smoother at the sides. Antennae longer 

 than the body ; scape testaceous at the base ; flagellum reddish 

 beneath. Second cubital areolet elongate, incomplete at both ends. 

 Trochanters concolorous with the legs. J^ J . Length, 1^ ; wings, 

 2| lin. 



Smaller than marginatus and connexus, Nees, from 

 which it is distinguished by the rufous hind coxse, rugu- 

 lose metathorax, and exserted terebra of the ? . Ruthe 

 says little about the ^ , and, the proportions of the abdo- 

 men differing from those of the ? , the specimens were 

 for a long time doubtful. 



Only two males are now at hand, but sixteen were bred 

 by Bignell from PortJtesia siniilis, Fues., July 25th, 1884. 

 Not to be confounded witli M. connexus, Nees, a commoner 

 parasite of the same moth. 



3. Microgaster Jiavij^es, Hal. 



Microqaster fiavipes, Hal., Ent. Mag., ii., 241, $ ; 

 riuthe, Berl. ent. Zeit., 1860, p. 152, <? ? . 



Slender, black ; palpi, antenna) beneath, belly at the base, sides 

 of segment 1 narrowly, and legs, pale testaceous ; claws and hind 



