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hair. Antennae black ; the scape yellowish beneath ; the base of 

 the flagellum brownish. Mesonolum shining, impunctate ; in the 

 middle is a large, black mark, extending from near the base to the 

 apex ; its apex almost transverse, but slightly incised in the middle ; 

 beyond its middle the mark becomes narrowed gradually but dis- 

 tinctly, then becomes dilated into a triangle, which at its apex, is 

 slightly wider than the widest part of the basal portion ; the 

 lateral marks are slightly wider than the central ; they are as long 

 as the basal part of the central mark ; slightly dilated in the 

 middle on the outer side, and oblique at the apex ; median seg- 

 ment [metathorax] smooth; the central basal area almost square ; 

 from its centre and apex two stout keels run to the sides where 

 they unite with a longitudinal keel, thus forming two lateral areae 

 on each side ; pleurse very smooth and shining ; on the raeta- 

 pleurae is a curved keel in the middle. Scutellum pyramidal ; the 



Fig. 3Q.Xanthopimpla khasiana, Cam. 



top with a short, transverse keel-like projection ; the lateral keels 

 large, leaf-like and of nearly equal height throughout ; the post- 

 scutellum with the sides bluntly keeled. The first and second 

 segments of the abdomen are smooth and shining ; the keel on 

 the sides of the petiole extends to the middle to the base of the 

 black dot ; the transverse, curved furrow on the second segment 

 is longitudinally striated ; those on the other segments are also 

 striated, but not so distinctly ; the black marks on the petiole 

 small, on the second segment slightly larger and dilated in the 

 middle at the apex ; on the third and fourth larger, on the fifth 

 and tilth still larger, broader, being distinctly broader than they 

 are long ; on the sixth [sic] small and may be absent ; the sixth 

 has a ide, transverse band, incised in the middle at the apex ; the 

 oblique furrows on the last segment narrow, deep, and distinct ; 

 terebra 2 mm. Legs stout, thickly covered with fulvous hair ; 

 on the apical third of the hind femora, on the inner side at the 



