Oenera and Species of Uymenoptera. b'M 



This does not aj)|)ear to inc to he L. Jfumbertianits, a 

 Ceylon species leconled bv Bingham from l?iirm;i and Teiias- 

 seritn. The nietanotal furrow is ccrtuiidy not "supra bi- 

 spinosa," but the aj)ical teeth are distinct enou;^h and hiteous 

 in colour. The scutelhun in oursj)ecie3 can hardly be said to 

 be divided in the middle bv a furrow, except, perhaps, be- 

 tween the yellow marks, which have the a[)pearance of bein^ 

 8li<;htly raised. 



Bingham (' Fauna of India,' Hym. i. p. #-^48), it may be as 

 well to point out, omits from his generic and specific descrip- 

 tions one of the most characteristic features of this genus, 

 namely, that the posfscutellum is armed with a stout erect 

 spine. It is possible tiiat the Burnvse examples described 

 by Bingham as Uumhertiaiiiis may be different from Saussure's 

 species, which was Irom Ceylon. 



B. Descriptions of Two new Genera and Species of Braconid« 

 front Britain and Two Species o/ Pompilus //•(J/n India. 



Hakkckia, gen. nov. 



Kadialiiervure abbreviated, not reaching to tiie apex of the 

 stigma, the radial cellule therefore conHuent with tlie cubital; 

 the cubital nervure almost entirely obliterated, only indicated 

 by a stun)p beyond the first transverse cubital, which is rather 

 faint, but not bullated. The first culjital cellule is confluent 

 with the first discoidal, through the obliteration of the cubitus 

 at the base; tlie transverse median discoidal nervure is not 

 interstitial with the marginal discoidal, being received shortly 

 beyond it; the second discoidal cellule is completely enclosed, 

 it and the costal and the median cellules are the only complete 

 cellules. Stigma linear, elongate, narrow ; the pterostigma is 

 distinct. In the hind wings there is only one nervure, which 

 is |)robably the subcostal, which ends in what may be a 

 stiguia. Antennae filiform, ly-joiiited. Occiput margined. 

 Mandibles ending in a longish sharp tooth. Eyes prominent. 

 Parapsidal furrows distinct at the base. Scutellum lari^e, 

 roundly convex. Median segment large; it has a gradual 

 rounded slo])e to the apex, which has a large distinctly defiued 

 ana, rounded at the top on either side, and between them in 

 the middle a narrower one, which is not very distinctly defined 

 on the top. Abdomen with a distinct petiole, which is about 

 four times longer than broad; its apex is triangular and ends 

 in a short projecting ovipositor. 



This genus belongs to the Enphorides. h comes nearest 

 perhaps to Microtonus, with which it agrees in the paucity of 



