Ichneunionidae. 33'7 



Descriptions of New (Jenera and Species of 

 Iclineumonidae l'roin India. (Hym.) 



By P. C a m e r o n, 



(Conti uued.) 



1. D. pleiiralis sp. uov. o. 



Biack, the face, clypeus, labrimi, the upper iuner orbits 

 narrowly, the lower eutirely from shortly above the middle 

 of the eyes to the base of the mandibles, a short narrow 

 liue on the apex of the pronotimi, tlie sides and apex of the 

 seutellum, the postscutellum, the upper apical arène of the 

 metanotum, the lower edge of the proplenrae, the lower half 

 of the mesoplenrae and the mesosternum, pale yellow. The 

 4 anterior legs are entirely pale yellow, the coxae paler in 

 tint, the hinder legs black, the trochanters and soniewhat 

 more than the basai half of the tibiae and the spurs, pale 

 yellow. Wings hyaline, the stignia fuscous, the costa and 

 nervures darker. — Length 13 mm, 



Hab. Darjeeling. 



Antenuae serrate, brownish at the apex ; the scape 

 bcneath and the 15tli — 23r'^^l joints white. Face, distinctly 

 but not very closely, punctured, the clypeus less closely and 

 sparsely covered with white pubescence. Front and vertex 

 sniooth and shiuing. Mesonntum opaque, closely punctured 

 and thickly covered with short fuscous pubescence. Seutellum 

 distinctly, but uot very closely, punctured. Median segment 

 closely rugosely punctured; the base and apex of the areola 

 smooth; the posterior median area closely transversely 

 striated except at the base, where there are 3 or 4 irregulär, 

 semilongitudiual keels. Proplenrae minutely punctured above; 

 the meso- closely minutely punctured, except in the middle 

 behind ; the meta- more strongly, closely and uuiformly punc- 

 tured ; ail are covered with short white pubescence. The 

 ventral surface of the abdomen, the apex of the pétiole 

 narrowly, of the other segments more broadly pale yellow; 

 the yellow bands on the S'd and followiug segments are 

 broadly dilated backwards along the sides ; the apical segment 

 is similarly coloured from shortly behind the middle. 



