Fumift/ of Ifi/tuenoj>ler(i from South A/'rioi. Ill) 



niulticariiiate. Ahdomeii attaclicil lii<^lj up on piopudeoii 

 posteriorly and provided witli a Iimij; ovipositor. 



DlNAl'SlS, gcii. nov. 



? . IK-ad lar^'c, traiisverso, wider than thorax, with a 

 crenuhite colhir-likccuiina poatoriorly at junction with thorax. 

 Eyes witlcly apart, surrounded by an orbital carina, the 

 inter.sj)ace, which is wider posteriorly, crenuiafe. Fioui 

 above the lieail is lenticular, narrowed behind the eyen, and 

 ile8cendin<; evenly to shortly above the toruli where there is 

 a strong parabolic carina which rests at ei'lier end on the 

 corner of the mouth, completely shutting off the intlexed 

 lower face andclypcns. Toruli near mouth-i'dge, Mandiblea 

 short, robust, similar, 3-dentate, Antmnje 14-jointe<l, labnini 

 nearly membranous, maxillary palpus 5, labial 3-jointed. 

 Prothorax invisible from above. Mesonotum without sutures, 

 but with a complete longitudinal median, moderately deep 

 punctate sulcus. Propodeon quadrate, flattened, laterally 

 margined from just below the level of the spiracle backwards 

 and above the insertion of the abdomen. On the depressed 

 dorsal aspect arc six longitudinal keels connected by shoit 

 ])arallel transverse ridges. Abdomen sessile, somewhat 

 globose from above. Last sternite in profile projecting, 

 vomeriform, 1st segment longest, exceeding the next three 

 taken together. Legs robust, all the femora stout. Tro- 

 chanters two-jointed, 1st joint of all tarsi long, 2ik1 to 4th 

 short (esi)ocially in hind pair), oth again longer. Claws 

 simjile, a little expanded basally in hind tarsi. 

 Genotype, the following species. 



Dinaj^sis turneri, s[). n. 



$ . A shinini/ black species loith banded antennw, broadly 

 bifaseiate winys, and pale trochanters. 



Antenna.' |)iceous, ])edicel, apex of scape, and base of first 

 funicular clear brown ; 0-7 of tunicle still paler, yellowish 

 brown. JMandibles brown, darker basally. Tropin piceous, 

 joints 3-0 of the maxillar}' palpus iiicieasingly paler. Fore 

 wings hyaline with two transverse brownish bands : (u) not 

 (|uite reaching the costa along the transverse and basal veins, 

 (/>) complete and a little broader than the stigma and the 

 ladial cell combined. llind wings hyaline. All veins 

 piceous or brown. Legs, trochanters, apex of coxk, and 

 extreme base of femora pale. Ist and 5th taisal joints blaek 

 (hind legs) or picuous (anterior pairs), 2nd to 4ili obscurely 

 paler basally. 



