1901. J HYMENOPTERA FROM NEW BRITAIN. 231 



Abdomen rufous ; the basal five segments black above, the sides of 

 all the segments black at the base ; the basal tAvo segments have a 

 large mark, narrowed towards the base, on their apices above; the 

 3rd, 4th, and 5th have yellowish marks on their sides, and the 6th 

 and 7th indistinct ones. 



The fore tarsi appear to be longer than usual compared to the 

 tibiae, and the areolet has the pedicle much longer. 



Xanthopimpla insulabis, sp. nov. 



Lutea ; facie, orhitis oculorum, pleuris coaisqiie Jlavis ; alis hyalinis, 

 apiceficmatis. d" • 



Long. 14 mm. 



Scape of antennae yellow ; the flagellum black, brownish at the 

 base. Face closely and distinctly punctured and thickly covered 

 with short pubescence. Clypeus smooth, its upper part convex ; 

 labrum triangular. Mandibles yellow, black at the apex. Thorax 

 smooth and shining; the middle lobe of the mesonotum with a 

 triangular band of punctures on the base. Scutellum smooth, the 

 keels distinct on the sides and apex. On the base of the median 

 segment are two curved keels, which form large arese, wider than 

 long, which are indistinctly joined to the apical transverse keel by 

 two oblique ones ; the outer side of the latter is straight and 

 oblique and is united to the upper outer keel, which is more 

 distinct than the inner one. The lower half of the mesopleurae 

 closely and distinctly punctured, the upper half has the middle 

 depressed and less distinctly and more irregularly punctured. 

 The metapleurae behind the spiracles are minutely punctured. 

 The areolet is shortly appendiculated above. The abdomen has 

 the apices of the basal five segments yellowish ; the petiole has 

 on the basal half two curved stout keels ; the oblique apical furrow 

 is smooth, the furrows on the apices of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th are 

 striated, the oblique lateral ones on them are wide and smooth. 

 The ventral surface is pallid yellow. The ocellar region is deep 

 black ; the tibiae have no spines ; the top of the scutellum is 

 rounded and is clearly raised above and separated from the lateral 

 keels ; the raised apex of the petiole is depressed, the apex of the 

 depression being narrowed; there is a short wide depression on 

 the base of the second segment in the middle ; the petiole is 

 distinctly longer than the width of its apex and is as long as the 

 second segment ; the face is distinctly longer than broad ; 

 the tarsi bear short spines. 



Comes near to X. micJioUtzi, Kreiger, from New Guinea. The 

 metanotal areae are somewhat similar to those of X. octonotata, as 

 figured by Kreiger, Sitzung. d. naturf. G-es. Leipzig, 1898. 



Cryptesti. 



EuRYCBYPTFS, gen. nov. 



Head large, wider than the thorax. Eyes lai'ge, largely pro- 

 jecting beyond the temples, which are onlv slightly developed ; on 



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