132 Timehrl. 



PROCTOTRYPTD.E. 



SCELIONIN^E. 



Trissolcus metallicus, sp. n. 



Head and thorax dark or bright metallic green or blue, the pleura? vio- 

 laceous, the front, vertex and occiput mostly black ; the basal half of the 

 dorsal surface of the abdomen and the ventral surface, except at the apex, 

 rufo-fulvous ; antennal scape fulvous testaceous, the flagellum dark fuscous, 

 almost black ; legs fulvous testaceous, the base paler coloured ; wings hyaline, 

 the. nervures testaceous ; the apex is distinctly ciliated and the surface is 

 pilose : when folded along the back they extend the length of the abdomen 

 beyond its apex . Abdomen sessile, broad at the base — broader than the 

 thorax — becoming gradually narrowed to a blunt point at the apex. Female. 

 Length. 75 mm. 



Egg-parasites," but it is not stated to what order of insects the eggs 

 belonged." Probably they were Hemipterous, as some species of Trissolcus 

 have been reared from the eggs of bugs. 



Antennae as long as the body, slightly, gradually thickened towards the 

 apex ; the pedicle is narrowed towards the base and is twice the length of the 

 2nd. the following five or six are longer than wide, the others wider than long. 

 Smooth, shining, sparsely haired ; parapsidal furrows fine. Scutellum large, 

 flat, almost semi-circular. The eyes are very large, converge slightly, but 

 distinctly at the top, where they are separated by about the length of the 

 basal two joints of the flagellum united. 



Telenomini. 



This group consists of minute insects which lay their eggs in those of 

 others, chiefly Lepidoptera and Hemiptera. 



Phanurus lorujiventris. sp. n. 



Black, shining, the antennal scape, pedide and legs rufo-fulvous ; wings 

 hyaline, thv. nervures pale fuscous, ciliated ; the antenna? in both sexes densely 

 pilose, the pile longer in the male the antenna? in female shorter, in 

 fpmale longer than the body ; the last five joints in female thick- 

 ened, forming a not very distinct club, the basal three joints of flag- 

 ellum (3rd-5th) longer than the others. Head smooth, shining, the 

 ocelli forming a large equilateral triangle, the hinder placed close to 

 the eyes. Mesonotum opaque, closely punctured, its apex closely striated, 

 thickly covered with white pubescence. Scutellum more shining, almost 

 smooth, the apex with a crenulated furrow. Metanotum short. Abdomen 

 nearly th/ee times longer than the head and thorax united, its base raised into a 



