68 On neio Tfymennptera from the Khaaia IliUs. 



covered \\\i\\ Avliite puljescence. Eyes parallel, slightly con- 

 verging at the top and bottom ; the hinder ocelli separated 

 from the eyes by double the distance they are from each 

 other. Thorax pruinose ; the median segment alutaceous, 

 finely and closely transversely striated, obscurely at the base, 

 more strongly at the apex ; on the basal region in the middle 

 is a broad shallow furrow. Legs pruinose, the tibice and 

 tarsi spinose ; the hmder femora ferruginous, except at the 

 base and apex. Wings hyaline, iridescent, a fuscous cloud 

 at the apex of the stigma, extending to the middle of the 

 discoidal cellule on the inner side of the second recurrent 

 nervure ; the first cubital cellule is slightly shorter than the 

 second ; the first recurrent nervure is received shortly, but 

 distinctly, in front of the middle, the second near the apex 

 of the basal fourth of the cellule. Abdomen pruinose. 



Comes nearest to P. hijpsipyle in Binghara^s Section D, 

 p. 108, but is abundantly distinct. 



Pseiidayenia excellens, sp. n. 



Ferruginoa, dense aureo-pilosa ; metanoto striate ; alis fere hyalinis, 



nervis fuscis. $ . 

 Long. 15 mm. 



Antennse of a paler ferruginous colour than the body, 

 bare ; the scape covered with short fulvous pubescence ; the 

 apical joints blackish. Front and vertex alutaceous, bare ; 

 the clypeus covered with depressed golden pubescence. 

 Clypeus roundly convex, the apex smooth, bare, shining ; 

 the sides of the apex oblique. Mandibles of a slightly paler 

 tint than the clypeus ; the apex black ; palpi with only the 

 basal joints pilose. Eyes parallel; distinctly curved on the 

 inner side. The propleurte before the tegul» raised, the 

 raised part at the base bounded by a deep furrow ; in the 

 centre of the mesopleurse is a narrow slightly oblique furrow, 

 from its end a broader furrow runs to the bottom, this 

 furrow being dilated at the top and bottom and irregularly 

 striated. Mesosternura black; the sides at the apex roundly 

 tuberculate. Legs of a brighter, slightly paler tint than the 

 body ; the apices of the joints of the hinder tarsi black. 

 Wings hyaline, with a distinct fulvous smoky tint ; the 

 nervures dark fulvous ; the second and third cubital cellules 

 are equal in length on the top ; the first recurrent nervure 

 is received in the middle, the second near the apex of the 

 jbasal third of the cellule ; the basal two transverse cubital 

 nervures are straight, oblique ; the third is roundly curved. 



