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aoutellum faintly striated. Base of metanotum finely irregularly striated behind 

 the keel • the rest of the metanotum closely, atrongly reticulated. Pro- and 

 mesopleurae closely, rugosely punctured ; there is an oblique keel above the 

 middle of the former. Metapleurae closely rugosely punctured at the base ; 

 the apex stoutly obliquely striated, the striae intertwining. Base of post-petiole 

 strongly, but not closely punctured ; it has an oblique furrow on either side ; 

 the apex is much more sparsely punctured, smooth in the middle ; the 2nd, 3rd 

 and 4th segments are closely, strongly punctured. 



A variable species as regards size ; the hinder femora may be infuscated 

 towards the apex. 



Friona octobalteata, sp. nov. 



Black j the face, clypeus, basal half of mandibles, orbits, except the upper half 

 of the outer, palpi, base of prothorax, scutellar keels, scutellums, the pleurae 

 below the hind wings broadly, the apical slope of metanotum with an A-shaped 

 mark of the same length projecting backwards from its centre behind, tegulae, 

 tubercles, the base of the 1st abdominal segment to near the middle and the 

 apices of all the segments broadly, pale yellow. Legs yellow, tinged with fulvous; 

 the 4 anterior tarsi darker ; the hind coxae, trochanters and femora rufous, their 

 tibiae dark fuscous, broadly testaceous at the base, hind tarsi black, the apex of 

 the 1st, the 2nd, 3rd and base of 4th joints black, white. "Wings clear hyaline, 

 the nervures and stigma black, the latter with a white spot at the base. $. 



Length 11 mm. 



Deesa. October (Major Nurse). 



A stout keel runs down from the ocelli, the part bordering the ocelli stoutly, 

 obliquely striated. Raised central part of face closely, rugosely punctured. Pro- 

 and mesothorax smooth and shining. Metanotum, except at the base behind 

 the keel, irregularly, transversely, rugosely striated. There is a striated band 

 in the centre of the propleurae ; the meso- , as usual, closely, longitudinally 

 striated ; the meta- closely rugose, except at the base above. Areolet longer 

 than wide along the radius ; the recurrent nervure is received at the base of 

 the apical third ; the transverse median received behind the transverse basal. 



Ichneumonince. 

 Fileanta rufipes, sp. nov. 



Black ; a broad line, narrowed above and below, on the upper inner orbits, a 

 line on the apical half of the pronotum, scutellum, a narrow line on the apex 

 of post-scutellum, a line, dilated laterally, on the apex of the 1st abdominal 

 segment, a somewhat broader one on the 2nd and 3rd and the whole of the 

 apical 2, yellow ; the legs red, the apex of the hind tibiae and the hind tarsi, 

 black, the 4 front tarsi infuscated ; wings hyaline, very slightly tinged with 

 fulvous on the basal half ; the stigma and nervures black, antennae black, the 

 10th to 16th joints white ; the other joints infuscated below. $. 

 Length 11-12 mm. 

 Deesa. June. 



