26 Sir S. S. Saunders' descriptions 



Explanation of Plates. 



PLATE I. 



Fig. 1. Eupristina masoni, male, magnified. 



2. Eetractile apex of abdomen of ditto. 



3. The male, seen laterally, with the abdominal segments 



extended. 



4. The female, magnified. 



5. The head of ditto, seen laterally. 



6. Mandible of the male. 



7. Antenna of ditto. 

 8.' Fore leg of ditto. 

 9. Coxa of the same. 



10. One of the mandibles of the female, seen from below, 



with its serrate basal appendage and appendiculated 

 serrate lateral lobe. 



11. The same, seen obliquely, showing the seven teeth of the 



lateral lobe, and the eleven teeth of the principal 

 appendage. 



12. The same, seen more obliquely. 



13. The same, seen transversely, showing the duplex series 



of teeth. 



14. Antenna of the female. 



15. Abdomen and ovipositor of ditto. 



PLATE II. 



16. Pleistodontes imperialism male, with abdomen fully ex- 



tended, magnified. 



17. The female, magnified. 



18. Head and prothorax of ditto, seen laterally. 



19. Mandible of the male. 



20. Antenna of ditto. 



21. Upper horizontal section of head of ditto. 



22. Lower section of ditto. 



23. Fore leg of the male. 



24. Mandible of the female, with its multiserrate basal 



appendage seen from below. 



25. The same, seen transversely. 



26. Antenna of the female. 



27. Middle leg of ditto. 



28. Hind leg of ditto. 



29. Abdomen and ovipositor. 



30. The ovipositor, extracted. 



