ON PARASITIC HYMENOPTERA, 579 



Length 6 mm. 

 Deesa. 



Antennal scape as long as the following 2 joints united ; thick ; the 2nd 

 about 3 times longer than thick, as is also the last. Allied to D. rufipes, Kief., 

 from Malabar. 



Chalcididje. 



CTiahididince. 



Ccelochalcis carinigena, sp. nov. 



Black, densely covered with long white pubescence, the apex of the 4 ante- 

 rior tibiae and the greater part of the tarsi rufo-testaceous ; wings clear hyaline 

 the nervures black. 



$ Length 4 mm. 



Deesa. January. 



Head, pronotum, mesonotum and scutellum rugosely punctured. Cheeks 

 clearly longer than the eyes, keeled on the outer and inner sides ; the inner keel 

 indisiinct on the top. Scutellum large, narrowed towards the apex ; the apical 

 teeth large, as long as wide, irregular. Metanotum with 3 areas ; the central of 

 almost equal width, extending from the base to the apex; the lateral area? 

 wider, widened in the middle, the basal part rounded, the apical straight, 

 oblique. Propleurae rugosely punctured ; mesopleurse with the basal half 

 smooth, finely, widely longitudinally striated ; metapleuree rugosely punctured 

 with some round, separated punctures at the base. Basal segment of abdomen 

 strongly closely aciculated, bare, the others punctured, densely pilose. Legs 

 densely covered with short, white pubescence. 



The apex of the scutellum is more distinctly bidentate than it is in C. cari- 

 nifrons, Cam. (also from Deesa), which has also the legs red for the greater part. 



Euchalcis trichiocephala, sp. nov. 



Black ; the legs, except the forecoxse, red ; the antennae red, the apical joint 

 black, the preceding 2 joints infuscated, the head, especially below, thickly 

 covered with longish silvery white pubescence ; wings hyaline, the nervures 

 black. $. 



Length 5 mm. 



Deesa. January. 



Front and vertex irregularly punctured. Malar space distinctly longer than 

 the eyes, which converge slightly above. Temples obsolete ; the eyes behind 

 projecting beyond the occiput, which is narrowed laterally. Mandibles reddish 

 in the middle. Pro- and mesonotum rugosely punctured. Scutellar teeth stout 

 narrowed towards the apex ; the space between wider than long. Metanotum 

 with a central area which is slightly narrowed towards the base, the apex 

 rounded ; in the centre are 2 indistinct transverse keels ; at the sides, at the 

 base, are 3 areae, of which the central is much the larger ; the inner is 4-angled, 

 obliquely narrowed at the base, the 2nd is wider than long ; its apex is dilated 

 in the middle ; below, next to the central, is a large area, longer than wide 

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