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Mandibles dark rufous, the teeth black at the apex. Palpi testaceous. Hind 

 coxae sparsely punctured in the middle. Calcaria testaceous, the longer, hinder, 

 two-thirds of the length of the metatarsus. Radial cellule short, wide, the 

 apical abscissa of the radius nearly as long as the basal 2 united. Transverse 

 median nervure interstitial, as is also the recurrent ; but the latter is angled 

 before uniting with the transverse cubital. The hinder trochanters are almost 

 half the length of the femora. Body and limbs (but especially the apex of 

 metanotum) covered with a white pile. Malar space nearly as long as the 2nd 

 joint of the flagellum — not half the length of the eyes. Temples wide, very 

 little narrowed. 



BkACONHXjE. 



Braconince, 

 Iphiaulax spilocephalus, sp. now 

 Reddish testaceous, the antennae, head above the antennae, and hind tarsi, 

 except at base, black; the face, mandibles, except at apex and a line on the 

 upper inner orbits, interrupted, or at least narrowed in the middle, pale-yellowish 

 testaceous ; wings yellowish hyaline to the top of the transverse basal nervure, 

 fuscous beyond, hyaline in the 1st cubital cellule, extreme base of radial, small 

 cloud in front of the recurrent nervure and a narrower one bordering the 2nd 

 transverse cubital nervure. Abdomen ovate, as long as the thorax and 

 broader than it ; there is no area on the base cf the 2nd abdominal segment, 

 which is, as is also the 3rd, closely, longitudinally striated ; the 4th and 5th 

 closely, strongly punctured, the apical smooth ; the middle lobe of 1st closely 

 striated, the middle striae stronger, more clearly separate and pale golden in 

 tint ; the lateral furrows wide, the inner part obscurely striated. Suturiform 

 articulation wide, deep, crenulated, as is also the 2nd furrow ; the apical are 

 distinct, smooth. Head, thorax and base of abdomen densely covered with 

 longish pale pubescence. Stigma ochreous yellow, black at the base. 9 & $ . 

 Deesa. April to October. 



A variable species in size ; a $ is 10 mm. long, with the ovipositor 4 mm. ; 

 another is 8 ; and a $ is only 7 mm. The species comes close to I. elizeus, 

 Cam., from which it may be readily separated thus : — 



A broad continuous line on the upper inner orbits and the face ivory- 

 white ; abdomen lcng, narrow ; apex of hind tibise and base of tarsi 



black elizeus, Cam. 



A narrow short interrupted or narrowed line on the upper inner orbits ; 



abdomen short, broad, ovate ; apex of hind tarsi not black spilocephalus, Care. 



Chelonus indicus, sp. nov. 

 Black, the abdomen immaculate, the apex of the 4 anterior femora (the 

 middle narrowly), their tibiae and tarsi, a broad band on the hind tibiae commenc- 

 ing near the base and extending shortly beyond the middle, the basal three- 

 fourths of the hinder metatarsus and the spurs, whitish testaceous ; wings 

 hyaline, a broad fuscous cloud in the middle filling the radial and basal 2 



