550 Mr. R. E. Turner on (he 



14 to 16 between the hind limbs ; 23 to 27 femoral pores on 

 each side. 



2. Forma typica (N. Egypt). Subocular not bordering 

 tlie mouth ; 34 to 52 (usually 38 to 43) scales across middle 

 of body, 10 to 16 between the hind limbs ; 21 to 31 (usually 

 22 to 28) femoral pores on each side. 



3. Var. aspe7' (Palestine, Arabia, Saharan region and 

 Souilan). Subocular not bordering the mouth, 23 to 38 

 (usually 25 to 35) scales across middle of body, 8 to 14 

 between the hind limbs ; 15 to 27 (usually 17 to 24) femoral 

 pores ou each side. 



LIX. — Notes on the Ichiieumonid£e in th^- British 

 3Juseu)u. — I. By Rowland E. Turner, F.Z.S., F.E.S. 



Subfamily Pimplinjs. 



Tribe P I M P L I N I. 



Certonotus tasmaniensis, sp. u. 



$ . Brunneo-ferruginea ; mandibulisnigris, antennis 40-articulatis, 

 aiticulis 29-38 pallide flavis ; clypeo, labro, facie lateribus late, 

 orbitis, ruesonoto macula utrinque antice maeulaque magna 

 quadrata post medium, tegulis basi, mesopleuris fascia sub tcgulis 

 macula antice, fascia angusta margine postico, maeulaque augulis 

 infei'ioiibus posticis, scutello apice lateribusque, postscutello 

 lateribus, segmeuto mediano apice lats, tergitis 1-6 fascia angusta 

 apicali, coxis apice, trochanteribus, femoribus apice, tibiis apice, 

 tibiis posticis basi anguste, tarsisque anticis flavis ; tarsis inter- 

 mediis posticisque tibiisque posticis in medio uigris ; alis sub- 

 hyalinis, iridescentibus, veuis fuscis ; terebra valvulisque nigris. 



Long. 17 mm. ; terebrae long. 17 mm. ; antennarum long 12 mm. 



? . Olypeus very short, transverse ; eyes separated from 

 tlie base of the mandibles by a distance scarcely equal to half 

 the length of the scape. Face finely and sliallowly punc- 

 tured, with a few delicate transverse striae below the base of 

 the anteniiai and a groove along the inner margin of the eyes ; 

 front microscopically punctured ; vertex smooth and shining. 

 Pronotum not produced at the angles ; mesonotum irregularly 

 and coarsely transversely striated, with a well-marked longi- 

 tudinal lateral groove on each side ; scutellum finely punc- 

 tured ; mesopleur« shining, finely and sparsely punctured, 

 saiouth in the middle. Median segment smooth and shining. 



