328 1CIINEUMONID-E. 



Abdomen testaceous, subfusiform and a little longer than the head 

 and thorax, pilose and nitidulous; basal segment slightly darker 

 discally, bicarinate and subcon- 

 stricted basally ; terebra not ex- 

 serted, basally concealed by the 

 hypopygium. Leys not elongate 

 or incrassate, testaceous, with 

 the claws and the apices of all 

 the posterior tibiae and tarsal 

 joints black ; hind tibiae sub- 

 sinuate, with their calcaria pale. 

 Wings ample and somewhat in- 

 fumate throughout ; radix and 

 tegulae testaceous, preceded by 

 Fig. 91 . a black dot ; costa, stigma and 



Labrossyta mgriceps, Cam. costa l Da8e o f hind wings black- 



ish ; basal nervure curved above 



and continuous through the median ; nervelet wanting ; areolet 

 distinct and irregularly oblique, petiolate and emitting the broadly 

 fenestrate second recurrent almost from its apex ; nervellus of 

 hind wings intercepted almost at its lower angle. 

 Length 7 millim. 



PUNJAB : Simla, viii.98 (Col. Nurse). 

 Type in Col. Nurse's collection. 

 Described from the type specimen. 



Genus MESOLEIUS, Holmg. 



Mesolcius, Holmgren, Sv. Ak. Handl. 1854, p. 62, et op. cit. 1855, 

 p. 130. 



GEXOTYPE, Tryplion aulicus, Grav. 



Head transverse and not buccate, nor posteriorly dilated, with 

 the vertex emargiuate ; clypeus not elevated, usually distinctly 

 discrete, apically truncate or emarginate, rarely rounded ; man- 

 dibles with two subequal apical teeth ; labrum hardly exserted. 

 Antennae setaceous and often longer than the body, with the 

 scape ovate ; basal flagellar joint usually half as long again as the 

 second. Thorax with the notauli usually very distinct ; metanotal 

 areola sometimes obsolete or wanting, though generally entire ; 

 petiolar area nearly always distinct and entire. Scutellum sub- 

 convex. Abdomen sessile or subsessile, oblong ovate or elongate 

 fusiform, and in $ often apically subcompressed ; first segment 

 gradually constricted basally, with discal sulcus not very distinct, 

 and but shortly bicarinate a little beyond theantecentral spiracles ; 

 terebra straight. Legs slender, with the hind femora elongate 

 and the tarsal claws not pectinate. Wings subainple, with the 

 areolet, in the restricted genus, entirelv wanting. 



Range. Palaearctic and Nearctic Kegions. 



