214 ICHXEUMONIJXI:. 



joint distinctly longer than the fourth, the claws sparsely and 

 finely but distinctly pectinate. Wings somewhat narrow and of 

 normal length, with no areolet ; first recurrent nervure of hind 

 wing intercepted below the centre. 



Mange. Assam, Ceylon, Sikkim, Shanghai. 



This genus is closely allied to Glypta in its oblique abdominal 

 incisions and general conformation, but the segments are basally 

 broader, with their spiracles prominent, the sculpture is altogether 

 coarser, and, above all, it is at once distinguished from any 

 Ichneumonidous genus with which I am acquainted by the 

 unique structure of the front calcaria, a modification suggesting 

 an association in life with some unusually glutinous substance, 

 necessitating extraordinary powers for cleansing the mouth parts. 

 A similar structure has since become known to me in the following 

 genus. 



I have seen two, somewhat doubtfully distinct, Indian species 

 of this genus ; and, in the British Museum, is a third, collected 

 at Shanghai by Mr. Fortune and presented in 1854. 



Table of Species. 



1 (t?) Scutellum flavous and nitidulous ; frcms 



shining 1 carinata, sp. n. 



2 (1) Scutellum black and rugose ; irons closely 



punctate metopiiformis, sp. n. 



148. Apophua metopiiformis, sp. n. 



c? . A dull black species, with the mouth, small callosities 

 before radix, base of the first and apices of the three basal seg- 

 ments, and the legs, pale ; the head coarsely sculptured 

 throughout, the immaculate scutellum 

 and metathorax rugose, and the hind 

 femora, tarsi, and apices of their tibia3 

 infuscate. 



Length 10 millim. 

 SIKKIM, iv.-vi. 1900 (Col. Bing- 

 Jiam). 



Type in the British Museum. 

 This species is obviously congeneric 

 with A. carinata and may possibly 

 constitute its male, though it is al- 

 together a little stouter and larger, 

 the head is much more roughly sculp- 

 tured, with the vertex dull and some- 

 Fig. 50. Apophua metopii- what closely punctate, the scutellum 



formis, Mori. is very rugosely punctate, more con- 



vex and immaculate, with the frenum 



alone pale ; the anteradical callosities are much shorter, the areola 

 of the more rugose metanotum is apically truncate; the basal 

 segment with a strong central carina, and the anus is immaculate 



