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The following Ichnenmonids, etc., have been determined by Mr. Claude 

 Morley : 



Ophion obscurus F. 



3 (sex not stated) ; Bordj Ferjan, 41 kilom. E. ofTonKgonrt, April 1909. 



1 ? ; Ghardaia, 19. iv. 1911. (Hon. W. Rothschild and E. Hartert.) 

 Paniscus plaitipes Tosq. 



2 ? ? ; Ghardaia, 19 and 22. v. 191 1. (Hon. W. Rothschild and E. Hartert.) 

 Paniscus rufescens Tosq. 



1 ? ; Oued Mya, iv. 1912. 

 Paniscus elegans Szept. 



1 ? ; Bordj C'hegga, S. of Biskra, 21. ii. 1912. 

 Mesocho?'us sp. 



1 ? ; Ghardaia, 19. iv. 1911. (Hon. W. Roth.schild and E. Hartert.) 

 Rhogas sp. (Braconid). 



1 ; Ghardaia, 19. iv. 1911. (Hon. W. Rothschild and E. Hartert.) 



The following Braconids are as yet undetermined : 



1 ? ; from 8. of Ghardaia, 26-30. v. 1912. 

 1 (c? f) from Oned Mya, iv. 1912. 



Descriptions of the New Species. 

 Pomphilus polyspathus n. sp. S. 



Pompihis platyacanlho Kohl simillimus et affinis sed (nt videtur) maior, 

 totus niger (exceptis oculornm marginibus externis angustissirae et mandibulis in 

 medio riifescentibns), snbplumbeo-obscure sericans, alis valde iufnscatis. Metatarsi 

 antici serie dnplici spinularura armantiir, qnarnm non minus quam novem (!) in 

 serie exteroa ante apices acutos lanceolatim dilatantnr. Tempera pone ocnlos et 

 prosternnm pilis suberectis satisque longis sed tenuissimis mediocriter dense 

 vestiuntnr ; etiam in vertice, ])ropoileo, segmentis dorsalibus abdominis primo et 

 sexto pili similes sed rariores iuveniri possunt. (Long, corporis circa 22 mm.). 



The insect is extremely like a colossal, very dark, specimen of plati/ acanthus, 

 having precisely the same general structure— similarly formed head, propodeum, 

 etc., — very long and slender antennae, etc., and a double row of metatarsal spines. 

 But Herr Kohl, whom I have consulted on the subject, tells me that he thinks it 

 must 1)6 specifically distinct from his insect. Besides the much greater number 

 (nine instead of six) of the dilated spines, the face of polyspathus aj)i)ears to be 

 considerably more transverse than in platijacanthus, the post-ocelli are certainly 

 nearer to each other than to the comiiound eyes, and in the forcwings the second 

 cniiital cell is (at least in th(! present sitecinien) longer as compared with the third 

 than is the case with platijacanthus. 



1 notice that the surface of the abdomen, in a place where the pubescence is 

 slightly rubbed, aj)pearH shining when viewed with u hand-lens, but under the 

 comiiound mi(Toscope (one-inch power) is seen to be exceedingly closely and evenly 

 covered with transverse rows of minute punctures, or rather " j)unctula," almost 

 touching each other, but nut in the least confluent or rugnlose. Elsewhere the 



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