•90 MB. L. O. HOWARD ON THE PARASITIC HYMENOPTEEA 



between the sharp occipital ridge and the rounded frontal ridge, 

 appearing triangular from side, the frontal ridge forming the 

 vertex of an obtuse-angled triangle, of which the facial side is a 

 trifle longer than the vertical, while the occipital side is much 

 the longest and is slightly convex ; eyes large and almost entirely 

 Jateral, the ocellar space broad, and the ocelli at the angle of a 

 slightly obtuse-angled triangle ; genal sulcus distinct but not 

 complete, reaching neither border of eye nor border of mouth. 

 Pronotum very short, completely hidden by occipital margin of 

 head in the only specimen at band. Scapulae just meeting at tip ; 

 mesoscutellum triangular, acute at tip, with two depressions 

 each side near tip, which may possibly be the result of shrivelling. 

 Abdomen subtriangular, flattened, terebra j ust visible. Marginal 

 vein of fore wings present, but shorter than stigmal ; postmar- 

 ginal present, nearly as long as stigmal ; stigmal rather long, 

 straight, slightly curved at tip, and forming a very acute angle 

 with the postmarginal. 



Habeolepoidea glaiica, sp. n. 



2 • Length 0'93 millim. ; expanse 2'2 millim. ; greatest width 

 of fore wing 0*35 millim. Head smooth, shining, with a very 

 faint striation and a few faint and very sparse fine punctures, a 

 row of small punctures at border of eyes. Mesonotum lustrous, 

 very faintly and finely reticulate. General colour dark brown, 

 black, or metallic ; head with steel-blue reflections, mesonotum 

 with golden-green reflections ; abdomen black ; antennae honey- 

 yellow, darker at articulations ; all legs honey-yellow, coxse 

 black. "Wings hyaline. 



Described from one female specimen. 



HoMALOPODA, gen. nov. 

 2 ■ Antennae 9-jointed ; scape reaching to vertex, cylin- 

 drical, slender ; pedicel slender, subcylindrical, nearly twice as 

 long as broad; the funicle-joints slender, cylindrical, subequal 

 in length, each longer than pedicel ; club as long as the three 

 preceding funicle-joints together, very elongate-ovate, slightly 

 wider than funicle or somewhat flattened, in which case it is 

 considerably wider. Head with long flattened face and deep 

 antennal grooves converging towards vertex; genal sulcus dis- 

 tinct, from eye to mouth ; vertex and dorsal surface of eyes flat, 

 making the head appear triangular from the side ; eyes rather 



