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79. Xanthopimpla minuta, Cam. 



Xanthopimpla minuta, Cameron, Spolia Zeylanica, 1905, p. 137 ($). 



$ . A flavous species, with the second segment immaculate. 

 Head with the face minutely punctate ; ocellar region triangularly 

 black. Antennae distinctly longer than the body, with the scape 

 mainly flavous, and the flagellum piceous, beneath. Thorax 

 smooth and shining, with the mesonotum discally immaculate, its 

 base transverse and the notauli distinct, with the central lobe 

 clearly discrete. Metathorax with the basal external areae clearly- 

 defined, broader than long, broad on the outer and becoming 

 gradually constricted acuminately on the inner side ; areola 

 wanting, lateral carinae distinct. Scutellum with the basal fovea 

 black. Abdomen closely punctate, with distinct and striate in- 

 cisions ; apical half of the basal segment elevated, clearly discrete, 

 smooth, parallel-sided, and twice as long as broad. Two marks 

 on basal segment, a transverse line on third, two closely approxi- 

 mate marks on fourth, two more broadly separated on fifth, two 

 further apart on sixth, and a line on seventh, black : terebra 

 short. Leys flavous, with the hind tibiae basally black-marked. 

 Wings hyaline, with the nervures and stigma black. 



Length 5 millim. 



CEYLON : Kandy (E. E. Green). 



This species is said by its author (Zoc. cit.) to be easily dis- 

 tinguished from X. parva, which I suspect of being its alternate 

 sex, " by the distinct parapsidal furrows and by the mesonotum 

 being transverse, not rounded, at its base " (? apex). 



80. Xanthopimpla parva, Cam. 



Xanthopimpla parva, Cameron, Spolia Zeylanica, 1905, p. 136 (<$). 



<S $ . A small pale flavous species, with the second segment 

 immaculate. Head with the face closely punctate ; ocellar region 

 triangularly black. Thorax impunctate, with the notauli only 

 indicated apically ; an irregular transverse basal band on the 

 mesonotum, a mark at the base of the scutellum, two basal 

 metanotal marks narrowed from the outer to the inner side, 

 black ; base of tnesonotum rounded ; metathorax with the basal 

 external areae large, semicircular, and enclosing the dark marks. 

 Abdomen closely punctate, with the two basal segments smooth ; 

 first, third, and following segments with black marks, broader 

 than long ; incisions striate. Legs flavous ; hind ones with two 

 small marks on the trochanters, one at the base of the tibiae, and 

 a smaller one at the base of the tarsi, black. Winc/s clear hyaline, 

 with the apices but slightly infumate ; nervures nigrescent.' 



Length 6 millim. 



