PBISTOMERirS. 509' 



apically glabrous and nitidulous above. Scittellum glabrous and 

 mtidulous, with its apex finely aud longitudinally aciculate ;. 

 postscutellum closely and distinctly striate. Abdomen rufescent, 

 with the two basal segments apically and ventrally, and the basal 

 half of the first, flavidous ; third basally black in the centre ;, 

 apical half of first segment and whole of the second except their 

 apices, as well as the base of the third centrally, finely and closely 

 aciculate ; terebra 2 niillim. in length. Legs flavidous, with the 

 hind coxae, except apically, black ; hind femora rufescent, their 

 tibiae subconcolorous and their tarsi dark; hind femora serrate 

 between their apices and the elongate, oblique teeth. Wings 

 hyaline ; tegulse flavidous, stigma and nervures black ; subinarginal 

 nervure slightly more than half the length of the space bounded 

 by it and the recurrent nervure. 



Length 6-9 millim. 



c? . I have seen a rf , which appears to belong almost un- 

 doubtedly to this species. Prom the above it differs only in 

 having the inner orbits immaculate, the epistorna hardly convex, 

 mandibles and whole of the prothorax pale testaceous, sides of 

 scutellum narrowly but conspicuously concolorous ; apical half of 

 first abdominal segment and the whole of second, except laterally 

 at base, black ; genital valvulse exserted and apically truncate ;. 

 hind tarsi flavous, with the onychii alone dark, and the submar- 

 giual nervure about as long as the space between it and the second 

 recurrent nervure. The last is the only feature of much note in. 

 these divergences, though the locality is distant. 



Length 6 millim. 



BAJPUTANA : Mt. Abu (Col. Nurse, J ) ; UNITED PROVINCES : 

 Mussoori, vi. (E. Brunetti Ind. Mus.) ; SIKKIM (Col. Bingham) ; 

 BENGAL : Calcutta (Ind. Mus.) ; ASSAM : Margherita (Ind. Mus.), 

 Shillong, v. 03 (Turner} ; TENASSEEIM : Mergui ( W. Dohertij IncL 

 Mus.); CEYLON (ThwaitesOxf. Mus., rf ) 



I am not entirely satisfied that the present species is indeed 

 distinct from the well-known P. vulnerator, Grav. ; the above 

 sexes differ somewhat in coloration, and further, the 6 from 

 Mt. Abu has the head mainly and the thorax entirely bright red, 

 with the legs nearly entirely' black, yet I can trace no structural 

 distinctions, in the absence of which it is idle to consider it a new 

 species. P. vulnerator is known to range throughout nearly the 

 whole of Europe, and quite possibly extends to Asia. 



401. Pristomerus testaceus, sp. n. 



d 1 $ . A pale testaceous species with only the mandibular apices, 

 the claws, apex of first and disc of second segment, and occasionally 

 the frons and occiput (except their orbits), black ; antennal flagellum 

 (except basally) and anus subinfuscate. Head with face nitidulous 

 and distinctly punctate, epistoma tuberculiforrnly prominent ; 

 scrobes large and extending nearly to ocelli, separated by a carina. 

 Antennae extending to apex of postpetiole. Thorax nitidulous. 



