habits of certain species of Eurytomides. 327 



Eurytoma taprohanica, Westw. (PL XIV., figs. 23 & 25). 



Species magna et insignis. Mas, rufo-luteus, capitis 

 vertice, dorso pro- et meso-noti, scutello, metanoto tenui, 

 pedunculo abdomine et segmentis apicalibus abdominis 

 nigris; antennis crassioribus, 9-articulatis, articulo 

 2ndo parvo, 3tio longo, reliquis 6- magnitudine de- 

 crescentibus, omnibus (Imo excepto) setis numerosis 

 obtectis, pedibus fulvo-rufis femoribus intermediis_ in 

 fossula inter coxas et basin alarum receptis. Fcemina, 

 capite et thorace ferrugineis valde punctatis, metanoto 

 brevi nigro, abdomine late-ovali nigro glaberrimo, an- 

 tennis nigris articulis duobus basalibus rufescentibus 

 8-articulatis articulo ultimo, ut videtur 3-articulato ; 

 pedibus nigris geniculis tarsisque rufescentibus, alis in 

 utroque sexu fere hyalinis iridescentibus vix infumatis 

 nubila fusca substigmaticali. Long. corp. 6 mm. Ex- 

 pans, alar. 10 mm. 



Hab. In insula Taprobana in gallis Ficus Tjielse 

 (D. Thwaites) mecum amicissime communicata. In 

 Mus. Oxonige. 



From the same galls of Ficus Tjiela were also reared 

 by Mr. Thwaites a number of Ichneumonideous parasites, 

 of which only females were sent to me. The following is 

 their description : — 



Bracon sculptilis, Westw. (PI. XIV., fig. 27). 



Capite luteo, vertice nigro, antennis gracillimis nigris ; 

 thorace brevi ovato, fulvo, metanoto nigro glabro ; ab- 

 domine obscure-luteo, segmentorum dorso nigro punc- 

 tatissimo, singulo segmento serie transversa basali 

 punctorum majorum obiongorum, segmentis terminali- 

 bus, fere omnino lutescentibus ; pedibus pallide luteis, 

 femoribus et tibiis 2 posticis nigris genicuhs luteis ; alis 

 fere hyalinis, vix infumatis, iridescentibus, cellulis Ima 

 et 2nda submarginalibus fere sequalibus, oviducfcu cor- 

 poris longitudine sub pectus incurvo. Long. corp. 5^ mm. 

 Expans. alar. 14 mm. 



Hab. In insula Taprobana. In gallis Ficus Tjiela 

 parasitica (D. Thwaites) mecum communicata. In Mus. 

 Oxonise. 



