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  Mr. 
  Alan 
  P. 
  Dodd's 
  Notes 
  on 
  

  

  with 
  a 
  strong 
  median 
  carina, 
  the 
  anterior 
  lialf 
  subglabrous 
  with 
  sub- 
  

   obsolete 
  transverse 
  rugosity 
  and 
  distinct 
  lateral 
  carinae, 
  the 
  posterior 
  

   half 
  rugose; 
  propleurae 
  smooth; 
  mesopleurae 
  smooth 
  for 
  dorsal 
  

   half, 
  the 
  lower 
  half 
  pubescent 
  ; 
  metapleurae 
  coarsely 
  rugose. 
  Fore- 
  

   wings 
  long, 
  broad, 
  slightly 
  tmted 
  ; 
  venation 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  stigma 
  semi- 
  

   circular, 
  longer 
  than 
  its 
  greatest 
  width; 
  radial 
  cell 
  very 
  narrow; 
  

   radial 
  vein 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  stigma, 
  continued 
  as 
  a 
  brown 
  line 
  toward 
  

   centre 
  of 
  wing; 
  other 
  veins, 
  except 
  the 
  submarginal, 
  marked 
  by 
  

   brown 
  lines. 
  Anterior 
  and 
  intermediate 
  tarsal 
  claws 
  bidentate; 
  

   large 
  spur 
  on 
  posterior 
  femora 
  nearly 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  basal 
  tarsal 
  

   joint. 
  Petiole 
  short, 
  transversely 
  striate; 
  abdomen, 
  including 
  

   oviduct, 
  hardly 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  thorax; 
  oviduct 
  straight, 
  not 
  half 
  

   as 
  long 
  as 
  rest 
  of 
  abdomen; 
  base 
  of 
  abdomen 
  not 
  striate, 
  with 
  a 
  

   long 
  median 
  groove. 
  Length, 
  7 
  mm. 
  

  

  Described 
  from 
  one 
  female 
  labelled 
  " 
  5000 
  feet, 
  Shillong, 
  

   Assam, 
  Sept. 
  1903 
  ; 
  R. 
  E. 
  Turner." 
  

   Type 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Family 
  CERAPHRONIDAE. 
  

  

  Megaspilus 
  mandibularis, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  5. 
  Golden-j^ellow 
  or 
  ochreous; 
  eyes 
  and 
  ocelli 
  black; 
  legs 
  

   wholly 
  yellow; 
  antennae 
  fuscous, 
  the 
  scape 
  yellow. 
  

  

  Head 
  rather 
  wider 
  than 
  thorax; 
  vertex 
  rather 
  broad; 
  viewed 
  

   from 
  in 
  front 
  no 
  wider 
  than 
  deep; 
  densely 
  rather 
  finely 
  reticulate- 
  

   punctate; 
  ocelli 
  very 
  close 
  together; 
  eyes 
  rather 
  small, 
  denselj?- 
  

   pubescent; 
  mandibles 
  very 
  large 
  and 
  conspicuous, 
  bidentate, 
  the 
  

   outer 
  tooth 
  long 
  and 
  acute. 
  Antennae 
  11 
  -jointed; 
  scape 
  as 
  long 
  

   as 
  next 
  four 
  joints 
  combined; 
  pedicel 
  cupuliform, 
  barely 
  one-half 
  

   longer 
  than 
  its 
  greatest 
  width 
  ; 
  funicle 
  1 
  cupuliform, 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  

   than 
  its 
  greatest 
  width, 
  2-8 
  twice 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  long. 
  Thorax 
  somewhat 
  

   longer 
  than 
  wide 
  ; 
  scutum 
  truncate 
  anteriorly 
  ; 
  scutum 
  and 
  axillae 
  

   sculptured 
  like 
  the 
  head; 
  parapsidal 
  and 
  median 
  furrows 
  distinct; 
  

   scutellum 
  fineh'- 
  granulate 
  and 
  with 
  moderately 
  dense 
  punctures; 
  

   postscutellum 
  with 
  a 
  stout 
  tooth. 
  Fore-wings 
  reaching 
  a 
  little 
  

   beyond 
  apex 
  of 
  abdomen; 
  broad; 
  somewhat 
  fumated; 
  venation 
  

   fuscous; 
  marginal 
  vein 
  thickened 
  for 
  aj)ical 
  Jialf; 
  stigma 
  semi- 
  

   circular 
  ; 
  stigmal 
  vein 
  almost 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  stigma. 
  Abdomen 
  

   slightly 
  longer 
  than 
  thorax, 
  not 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  its 
  greatest 
  wdth 
  ; 
  

   almost 
  flat 
  above, 
  convex 
  beneath; 
  basal 
  segment 
  occupying 
  a 
  

   little 
  more 
  than 
  half 
  of 
  surface, 
  striate 
  for 
  its 
  basal 
  half, 
  smooth 
  for 
  

   the 
  rest; 
  remaining 
  segments 
  finely 
  pubescent. 
  

  

  Posterior 
  femora 
  much 
  swollen. 
  Length, 
  2 
  mm. 
  

  

  