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posteriorly, between the base of the stigma and the apex of the areolet, 

 yellowish-hyaline ; the areolet square, of equal width ; the hind wing fuscous, 

 the basal third yellowish-hyaline 5 stigma pale luteous. $. 



Length 8 mm. 



Abu. June. 



Head as wide as the thorax ; the temples roundly narrowed, the occiput 

 roundly incised ; frontal laminas stout. Areola large, obliquely narrowed 

 towards the base and apex ; the apical part the larger ; its knees not so stout ; 

 on either side of its base is a large, triangular area, its apex at the middle of the 

 areola ; from the apex a keel runs obliquely to unite with the keel bordering the 

 outer edge of the metanotum. Pro- and mesothorax punctured, the pleurae 

 more closely than the upper surface ; the basal half of the mesonotum has 2 

 parallel furrows down the middle. Pleural furrow oblique, weakly crenulated, 

 straight. Basal segment of abdomen large, triangular, longer than it is wide at 

 the apex ; the large wide central part of equal width, separated by furrows. 



This is a broader, stouter species than usual ; the abdomen is also wider, 

 broader and more sessile at the base, it differing also in being clearly trilobate 

 there. There is no stump on the 2nd transverse cubital nervure, but it is 

 thickened in front. The lateral keels on the front are stout, high. The 

 hind coxse can hardly be called " short " as they are by Szepligeti (Gen. Ins. 

 Brae. 124), for Disophrys, being more than twice longer than wide and reaching 

 to the apex of the 1st abdominal segment. Hind claws simple. 



ICHNEUMONID.E. 



Tryphonince. 



Metopius pulchripes , sp. nov. 



Black ; the head in front below the antennae, the upper inner orbits to the 

 anterior ocellus, the line obliquely narrowed above, mandibles, except the teeth, 

 palpi, a broad line on the apical half of the pronotum, the basal lateral edges 

 of the scutellum, a broad line on its apex, including the lateral teeth, post- 

 scutellum, tubercles, base of mesopleurae to near the middle, a spot on the sides 

 of metanotum to near the top of apical slope, basal half of 1st abdominal 

 segment, basal third of 2nd, the 3rd from near the middle, the 4th from shortly 

 behind the middle, the base of the band trilobate, the lateral lobes larger than 

 the central ; a band, half the size, on the apex of the 5th, its middle broadly, 

 squarely narrowed ; narrow bands on the apical two, similar bands on the 

 ventral segments ; and the 4 front legs, bright lemon-yellow ; the hind coxae 

 black, the trochanters and apex of femora narrowly yellow, the rest of the legs 

 bright red. Wings hyaline, the apex of the radial and the 3rd cubital cellule 

 smoky ; the stigma testaceous, the nervures black ; the antennal scape yellow, 

 the flagellum brown, darker above. $ . 



Length 13 mm. 



Abu. September. 



Front and vertex closely finely punctured, striated above the antennas; the face 

 is more strongly punctured, especially in the centre; in front sparsely, behind the 



