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flagellum of the antenne from the seventh*to the thirteenth 
joint and the front and vertex of the head, except a rectan- 
gular black space enclosing the ocelli, creamy white, the back 
of the head emarginate; the thorax black; the pro- and 
mesonotum smooth and shining, the latter divided above by 
deeply impressed obliquely longitudinal lines into three sub- 
triangular portions; the scutellum prominent, convex; the 
metanotum opaque, very finely punctured ; the tegule, two 
spots on the side beneath the wings, the scutellum, and the 
apical half of the metathorax creamy white; the wings 
hyaline, the nervures testaceous brown; legs, the anterior 
and intermediate cox, the tibie, and the last two joints of 
the tarsi of the posterior legs black; the trochanters of the 
anterior and intermediate legs on the outside and the three 
basal joints of the posterior tarsi white ; the rest of the legs 
testaceous brown, on the posterior pair deepening to reddish 
brown; the abdomen black, very finely and closely punc- 
tured ; ‘the posterior margins of the first, second, and fourth, 
and the whole of the apical segment, white, the ovipositor 
black. 
24. Cryptus prepes, sp. n. 
9. L. 10 millim., exp. 18 millim. 
Ferruginous, the apical third of the antenne and the eyes 
jet-black. 
Head broad, as broad as the thorax, yellow, lighter in 
front and ferruginous towards the vertex; the mandibles 
yellow, black at the tips; the clypeus transverse and slightly 
convex; antenne with their basal third ferruginous, the 
middle yellow and the apex black ; thorax ferruginous, very 
finely punctured ; the scutellum prominent ; the metathorax 
posteriorly slightly rugose, with three slightly. raised but 
well-marked longitudinal carine and a short obtuse tubercular 
spine on each side; the wings hyaline yellow, the nervures 
ferruginous ; legs ferruginous, the anterior legs in front and 
the intermediate and posterior tarsi yellowish, the claws 
blackish ; the abdomen ferruginous, finely punctured, beneath 
slightly paler, the ovipositor yellowish. 
25. Pimpla (Hucxorides ?) furcifer, sp. n. 
6. L. 17 millim., exp. 30 millim. 
Black, variegated with white; the wings hyaline; the 
anterior and intermediate legs white, the posterior pair black, 
variegated with white and testaceous brown. 
Head black, smooth, emarginate behind; cheeks rather 
swollen; the clypeus, mandibles, and front of the scape of the 
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