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the sides of the petiole are wide and deep ; the sutnriform articulation 

 is smooth and deep ; on either side behind it is a shallow, wide, oblique 

 furrow. 



Pycnobeacon, gen. nov. 

 Eyes hairy. Head and wings as in Bracon, Abdomen ovate, the 

 petiole broad, clearly separated from, and much narrower than, the 

 second segment, which is enormously large, much larger than all the 

 rest of the abdomen together ; it is rounded and narrowed at the base, 

 transverse at the apex ; the suturiform articulation is distinct and is 

 placed shortly beyond the middle; the sides of the third and fourth 

 segments project broadly ; the fifth and sixth segments are smooth and 

 shining ; the ovipositor is nearly as long as the abdomen. 



The antennae have about 40 joints and are placed well up on the 

 head, which is obliquely narrowed behind the e5'es • the stigma is 

 large ; the radial cellule is distinctly bordered in front ; the posterior 

 nervure originates from near the middle of the nervure ; the median 

 cellule in the hind wings is large and clearly limited ; the transverse 

 discoidal nervure is interstitial. The mandibles become gradually 

 narrowed to the apex ; the palpi are longish ; the metathoracic spira- 

 cles are placed beyond the middle, are distinct and oval. 



The form of the mouth refers this genus to the Cyclostomi. The 

 form of the abdomen gives it the appearance of one of the Cryptogastres 

 to which, however, it has no relationship otherwise. The abdominal 

 form is not unlike what we find in some species of Spinaria. Charac- 

 teristic are the hairy eyes, a feature not known to occur with any 

 genus of the Cyclostomi^ but which is found in Chelonus. 



PyCNOBR^ON NIGER, sp. nOV. (PI. fig. 13.) 



Niger, abdomine rugoso, alis fusco-hyalinis, nervis stigmateque 

 nigris. 9. 



Long : 5, terebra fere 2 m.m. 



Habitat : Simla. 



Antennae 40-jointed, moderately stout, not tapering much towards 

 the apex, slightly longer than the body ; the scape smooth, shining 

 and covered with short pubescence. Front and vertex smooth and 

 shining and covered with short pale pubescence ; the face coarsely aci- 

 culated, opaque, tuberculated in the middle below and covered with 

 short pubescence, and some long hairs. Clypeus smooth, shining and 

 bare. Mandibles black, shining, dull piceous before the apex. Palps 



