Ichneumonidous Group Tryphonidcs schizodonti. 421 



colorous calcaria ; tarsi not longer than the tibia?, of which the hind 

 pair is very slightly intumescent before the flavescent base. Wings 

 hyaline with the stigma luteous, tegulse and base of costa pale 

 flavous ; areolet sessile, twice broader than long ; nervellus opposite 

 and intercepted distinctly below the centre. 

 Length, 6 mm. (Terebra, 4 mm.) $ only. 



There can be no doubt that this anomalous species, 

 from the conformation of the mandibles and spatulately 

 compressed abdomen, belongs to this genus as set forth by 

 Thomson (Opusc. Ent., xiv, 1474); and perhaps also to 

 Phthorima, Forst, (Verh. pr. Rheinl., 1868, p. 162), but the 

 latter's diagnosis is too short and he presents no type. It 

 is closely allied to P. compressus, Desv., but differs abund- 

 antly in the posteriorly broader head, distinct notauli, 

 the metathoracic structure, abdominal puncturation, 

 strongly exserted terebra and very much broader areolet. 



The Rev. F. D. Morice took a single specimen at Long- 

 cross, on June 17th, 1904 ; the type is in my collection. 



Promethus dodsi, sp. n. 



Black ; legs, scutellum, post-scutellnm and centre of abdomen 

 broadly, red ; antennas beneath, part of the face and of the mouth 

 flavous ; mesonotum closely and coarsely punctate, dull ; antennas 

 as long as the body ; clypeus bifoveolate. 



Length, 6 mm. ? . 



This species is so closely allied to P. scutellaris, Bridg., 

 as to require no detailed description. Therefrom it differs 

 in its twice longer antennse (which possess twenty-four, 

 not twenty-two, joints), its bifoveate clypeus which is sub- 

 dentately produced apically in the centre and distinctly 

 impressed transversely before the base; in its dull and 

 coriaceously punctate mesonotum, distinct and discally 

 coalesced notauli, strongly transverse areola ; in the broadly 

 flavous facial orbits, entirely rufescent clypeus, apically 

 black epistoma, the antennoe entirely flavidous beneath, 

 darker scutellum and red post-scutellum, immaculate 

 trochanters, testaceous stigma; and in having the abdomen 

 and especially its basal segment stouter, with segments 

 three, four, base of the fifth and apex of the second entirely 

 clear red, the last-mentioned being striolate from its base 

 nearly to its apex. In the dull and confluently punctate 

 mesonotum it resembles P. pulchellus, from which the 



