NEW PHILIPPINE HYMEN0PTEBA—A8HMEAD. 407 



tarsi, and the middle tarsi, black or fuscous; joints 8 to 15 of the 

 antenna^ and joints It), 17, and IS Ixneath are white. 



The large quadrate head is sniootii and shining and inipunctate; the 

 niesonotuni and the scutellum are distinctly, but not reticulately, 

 punctured; the lateral depressions on the prothorax and the nieso- 

 pleura are lineated, the former, as well as the sternum, the metapleura 

 and the hind coxi>?, l)eino- ulso punctate; the metathorax, except the 

 surface of the areola and the basal lateral areas which are smooth and 

 shining-, is rugulose with irregular raised lines and punctures, the sur- 

 face of the long petiolar area being transversely rugulose; the abdo- 

 men, except th(> second segment, is smooth and shining, the second 

 segment being distinctly punctured, the punctures more dense toward 

 the base, sparser toward apex, and obsolete on the white apical mar- 

 gin. Wings h3^aline, the stigma and veins brown. 



7}//>t^-Cat. No. 8959, U.S.N.M. 



Manila. One specimen. (Father Robert Brown.) 



This curious species is totallv unlike any other in the tribe Ichneu- 

 monini, the only place it could be arranged in according to the present 

 classification. 



Genus ISOTIMA Forster. 



i6. ISOTIMA ALBICINETA, new species. 



Ftiiiidt'. — Length 5 mm.; ovipositor half the length of the abdomen. 

 Head and abdomen, except the petiole and a white l)and at apex of the 

 second and last segments, black; the petiole of the abdomen is ferrugi- 

 nous, with a white band at apex; the thorax, all coxro, and the legs, 

 except the hind legs which are black with white tilnal spurs and a 

 white annulus at base of tarsi and in the incision of the joints, and the 

 first joint of the front and middle trochanters which are fuscous, are 

 ferruginous, the middle tiijite and tarsi more or less fuscous above, 

 paler beneath; palpi white; antenna^ black, the last three joints red; 

 wings hyaline, the front pair with a broad dark-brown band across 

 from the lanceolate stigma and the areolet; there is a paler, narrower 

 l)and before the ])asal nervui'e. 



The transverse head back of the eyes is smooth and impunctate. the 

 scrol)es emarginate, the vertex coriaceous and opaque, the face below 

 the antenna and the clypeus are shining, the eyes large, strongl}' 

 facetted; the thorax, except the metathorax, is smooth with distinct 

 ]mrapsidal furrows, but with some stria in the depressions laterally on 

 the collar and on the mesopleura, the metathorax, except the surface 

 of the three basal areas which is smooth and shining, is rugoso-punctate, 

 the areola ])eing defined only at base, the apical transverse carina being- 

 obsolete medially. 



Tiij)€.—Q^i. No. 8961, U.S.N.M. 



Manila. One specimen. (Father Robert Brown.) 



