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Quetta. May to August. 



Shining, the head and thorax smooth ; the abdomen closely minutely punc- 

 tured and striated. Body and legs thickly covered with short white pubescence. 

 There is no area on the base of the 2nd abdominal segment. Sheaths of 

 ovipositor thickly covered with short stiff black hair. 



The amount of black on the legs varies. In the male they may be testaceous, 

 with the femora lined above with black ; the apex of the tibiae broadly and 

 the tarsi black. The mark on the base of the metanotum may be entire 

 or divided ; its stigma, too, is darker. The apical abscissa of the radius is 

 about one-fourth longer than the basal two united. , 



Br aeon iridipennis, sp. nov. 



Rufo-testaceous, the antenna?, ocellar region, palpi, mandibles, occiput 

 broadly, apical half of mesonotum broadly on the sides, sternum, metanotum, 

 the basal abdominal segment and the others, less distinctly in the centre, black. 

 Legs black, the knees broadly testaceous, the spurs black. Wings hyaline,, 

 highly iridescent, the stigma dark fuscous, the costa and nervures black. ft . 



Length 3 mm. 



Quetta. May. 



Head and thorax smooth and shining, sparsely covered with white pubes- 

 cence. The 2nd and 3rd abdominal segments are closely finely punctured,, 

 more or less obscui'ely striated laterally. Third abscissa of radius nearly twice- 

 the length of the basal two united. Suturiform articulation and the fuirow at 

 the base of the 3rd segment closely striated. 



Apart from the differences in colouration this species should be known from. 

 quettaensis by the longer third and shorter second abscissa of the radius. 



Vipio nursei, sp. nov. 



Rufous, the antennae, ocelli, a small spot on the base of the middle lobe of" 

 the mesonotum, a broad line on the apical half of the lateral, the meso- and 

 metasternum, the 4 hinder coxae below and the posterior at the apex: 

 above, the apex of the hind tibiae and the hind tarsi, black. Wings dark 

 fuscous, the nervures, costa and apical half of the stigma black, the basal half 

 of the latter yellow. 9 and ft. 



Length 8-12 mm.; terebra 40 mm. 



Quetta. June — August. 



Face minutely closely punctured ; malar furrow distinct ; there are a few 

 long hairs over the clypeus. Mandibles covered with long fulvous hair.. 

 1 horax smooth ; the metanotum punctured, but not closely or strongly ; the 

 apical slope with a shallow furrow. Basal two abdominal segments coarsely 

 rugosely punctured ; the 3rd less strongly on the basal two-thirds, the 4th 

 on the basal half. The basal triangular area on the 3rd segment smooth ; the- 

 furrows, tranverse and the curved ones on the base of the 3rd crentllated ; the- 

 apical segments are smooth. Hypopygium large, cultriform, projecting largely 

 beyond the dorsal segment. The middle ventral segments are marked with, 

 black. 



