ON PARASITIC HYM&NOPTERA. 591 



line on the lower part of propleurse, dilated at the apex, a small, triangular 

 mark below the tegulse, a larger one in the middle below, a still larger, triangu- 

 lar mark below the hind wings and the apical half of metanotum, the spot 

 narrowly dilated in the middle above, yellow ; the ocellar region and the front 

 broadly — the mark broadest above, a mark on the base of propleurse in the 

 middle, the scutellar depression and keek, the lower sides broadly, a spot cover- 

 ing the spiracles on metanotum and the abdomen, except the basal half of 1st 

 segment (which is dull red), black. Four front legs ruf o-fulvous, the coxee 

 yellow ; the hind legs black, the coxae rufous, the femora largely rufous. 

 Wings hyaline, iridescent, not much longer than the head and thorax united ; 

 the stigma and nervures black. Antennae black, the scape rufous below. $ . 



Length 9 mm. 



Deesa. February. 



Face closely, the clypeus sparsely punctured ; the latter broadly black above, 

 narrowed below to a point which is bidentate ; the black central part of front 

 strongly, transversely striated and keeled down the middle, the sides punctured. 

 Vertex sparsely punctured laterally and between the ocelli. Mesonotum 

 reticulated, the base in the centre finely, minutely punctured, the sides trans- 

 versely striated ; the outer edges with large, clearly separated punctures. 

 Scutellum coarsely punctured ; the lateral keels black, distinct. Base of 

 metanotum bordered by a transverse keel, smooth, with 2 keels in the middle ; 

 the rest reticulated and thickly covered with longish white pubescence. 

 Proplurse smooth at the base, the apex above punctured, the rest stoutly, 

 longitudinally striated. Mesopleurse rugosely punctured ; more or less reticu- 

 lated, the top stoutly striated at the base, smooth at the apex ; the apex with 

 stout striae. Metapleurse reticulated. Abdomen at least 3 times longer than 

 the thorax, very smooth and shining. 



Pimplince. 

 Xanthopimpla maculifrons , sp. nov. 



Luteous, the abdomen largely marked with rufous ; the mesonotum with 

 3 rufous stripes, an elongated triangular spot covering the ocelli, an irregular 

 spot, broader than long, on the sides of metanotum at the base, 2 spots on 

 the 1st to 5th abdominal segments and 2 larger, more oval, spots on the 7th, 

 black ; wings hyaline, the nervures and stigma black, the latter testaceous at 

 the base ; areolet small, triangular, almost appendiculated. the recurrent 

 nervure received shortly beyond the middle. 5 . 



Length 11 ; terebra 2 mm. 



Deesa. June. 



Areola large, 6-angled, the lateral angles at the middle ; the apex transverse ; 

 it is longer than it is wide at the apex ; tooth-bearing area large, 4-angled 

 slightly narrowed on the innerside. Face strongly, but not very closely 

 punctured ; a longish depression, widest below, in its centre. Cljpeal foveee 

 large, deep. Thorax smooth ; the parapsidal furrows narrow, extending to 

 the middle. First abdominal segment about one-fourth longer than it is 



