184 Timehri. 
shortly beyond the middle ; the four front spurs white, the posterior black. Wings 
hyaline, the nervures and stigma black ; the transverse median nervure received 
shortly beyond the transverse basal ; the recurrent half i's length beyond the 
transverse cubital. Female. 
Length 5 m.m. 
Head closely, minutely punctured, the front obscurely, closely obliquely 
striated, especially on the sides. Mesonotum finely punctured in the middle, 
the sides irregularly transversely striated, scutellum margined on the sides, an 
obscure keel down the middle, the rest finely rugose. Metanotum rugosely 
punctured, the centre closely, distinctly striated, this striated part margined 
by keels, which converge slightly at the base. Propleure finely rugose, striated 
at the base andapex ; mesopleure with a broad curved striated belt, commencing 
at the base above and reaching to the apex below. Metapleure finely irregularly 
punctured, the lower basal part irregularly striated. The pubescence on the 
metathorax is longer and denser than elsewhere. 
Charops latiannulatus, sp.n. 
Black, the antennal scape except for a line on the outerside, the mandibles, 
tegule, the forelegs except the coxe and basal joint of the trochanters testaceous, 
the four hinder black, the basal two-thirds of the middle tibiz and a broad ring on 
the hinder, commencing near the base and extending shortly beyond the middle ; 
the four front spurs testaceous, the hinder black ; wings hyaline, the nervures and 
stigma black, the nervures as in the preceding species. There is a pale, testaceous 
spot on either side of the middle of the second abdominal segment ; the apices of 
the ventral segments pale testaceous. Male. 
Length 7 m.m. 
Face closely, the clypeus sparsely punctured ; the space below the ocelli 
closely irregularly striated, the frontal depression shining. Mesonotum finely 
closely punctured, the furrows irregularly widely closely transversely striated. 
Scutellum smooth. Base of metanotum finely, closely, irregula ly longitudinally 
striated, the rest of it almost rugosely punctured ; the middle space widely, 
the sides closely obliquely, the centre at the apex more transversely striated, 
the apical slope more strongly transversely striated, the strize more or less twisted, 
the spines large, conical, broad at the base. Base of propleure with some stout 
vertical strie, the rest finely, closely, longitudinally striated above, below much 
more strongly striated. Mesopleure closely longitudinally striated except for 
the usual smooth, shining space at the apex above. Metapleure more strongly 
obliquely striated, the strie# more or less twisted. Abdomen smooth. 
PRISTOMERIN. 
Pristomerus tricarinatus, sp.n. 
Black, the prothorax, meso- and metapleure and sternum pale rufous, as is 
also the extreme apex of the metanotum ; the basal half of first abdominal seg - 
ment pale yellow, the sides of the third and fourth testaceous, the four front 
legs pallid yellow, the femora slightly tinged with fulvous ; the band legs black, 
