90 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XV 11. 



TENTHEEDINID.E. 



Nematus orientalis, sp. nov. 



Pale straw-green (probably bright green when alive), the centre of the front 

 and vertex and the mesonotum fulvous. The antennae, a mark at the base of 

 the scutellum on either side, a large elongate mark on its sides, a narrow line 

 bordering the cenchri behind, a large mark behind them, a narrow line 

 bordering the blotch and one or more transverse marks on the base of the abdo- 

 men, black. Wings hyaline, the costa and stigma green, the nervures bkck- 

 Legs coloured like the body, the tarsi blackish. £ . 



Length 5-6 mm. 



Quetta, August. 



The 3rd joint of the antennae is as long as the 4'th. Head smooth and 

 shining ; frontal area flat, clearly defined laterally, the sides being raised, the 

 raised part reaching to the inner side of the laterally ocelli ; at its end are 2 

 large round tubercles, below which the front is depressed. Ocellar region 

 raised ; there is a deep furrow between the ocelli. Apex of clypeus rounded. 

 Mandibles fulvous at the apex ; the apical tooth long. Palpi green, infuscated. 

 Middle lobe of mesonotum furrowed on the basal half in the middle. Cerci 

 long, infuscated. Sheaths of saws broad, projecting, its apex infuscated, roundly 

 narrowed from the top to the bottom. The 1st transverse cubital nervure 

 faint in the middle ; the 3rd cubital cellule is fully one-third longer than its 

 width at the base, not much wider at the apex than at the base; the 2nd 

 recurrent nervnre is received not far from the 2nd transverse cubital — about 

 one-fourth of the length of the latter. Tarsal joints not spinose at the apex ; 

 patellae distinct, becoming gradually longer ; claws bifid, 



The $ is black above, including the middle of the vertex and front broadly 

 and the occiput still more broadly ; the antennas are thicker, distinctly closely 

 pilose ; brownish, black above, longer than the body, the mesopleuras are ful= 

 vous, as are also the hind femora ; the hind tibiee are broadly infuscated. It is 

 smaller (3*5 mm.) than the ?. 



The occurrence of a species of Nematus in Baluchistan is of much interest. 

 The genus is one of the most abundant in arctic and Northern Europe and 

 America, being rare in the temperate regions and very rare in the South of 

 Europe. Its occurrence clearly indicates the presence of a Palasarctic element 

 in the Fauna. The species belongs to the group of N. miliaris, Pz. 



Cynipid^;. 



Onychia rufithorax, sp. nov. 



Black ; the antennee, thorax except the mesosternum, and base of abdominal 

 petiole rufous, the forelegs rufous, the 4 posterior black, their coxse rufous ; 

 wings clear hyaline, the nervures pale fuscous, the areolet knob-shaped, 

 darker coloured. $ . 



Length 3 mm. 



Quetta, August. 



