HYMENOPTEROUS FAMILY STEPHANIDiE. 823 



Habitat : Toli-Toli, North Celebes. Type in Hungarian 

 National Museum, Budapest. 



31. SZEPLIGETII Enderl. 



DiastephaniLS szepUgetii Enderl, (2), p. 476, $ . 



5 • Frons ii^regularly rugose ; vertex with two transcarinse ; 

 occiput densely granulate rugose. Temples inflated. Scape 

 shorter than second flagellar joint, which is scarcely twice as long- 

 as first; third and fourth of equal length and shorter than first 

 and second together. Pronotum polished smooth ; propleuree 

 very finely punctate in front, centrally finely and densely acicu- 

 late, smooth behind, separated from pronotum by a deep sulcus. 

 Mesonotum dull, difli"usely punctate, anteriorly rugose. Scutellum 

 smooth, with large difi'use marginal punctures. Mesopleurfe 

 rugose and finely punctate ; metapleurpe coarsely reticulate 

 rugose, separated by a longitudinal carina from median segment, 

 which is somewhat smooth, diflTasely and deepl}^ punctate, apically 

 rugose. Abdomen rough, finely and densely punctate ; j^etiole 

 shorter than rest of abdomen. Terebra shorter than body 

 (sheaths broken). Hind coxas finely and densely punctate, 

 posteriorly finely striate. 



Black : head ferruginous, except apices of mandibles, vertex, 

 and occiput; scape, first flagellar joint, apices of femoi-a, tibia? a,nd 

 tarsi except last tai-sal joint, ferruginous. Wings hyaline, stigma, 

 brown-yellow, nervures golden-brown. 



Length 15mm.; abdomen 9 mm.; petiole 3| mm.; spicula 

 13 mm. ; fore wing 8 mm. ; expanse of wings 17^ mm. 



Habitat : Sierra Leone, West Africa. 



32. STMILLIMUS Elliott. 



Diastephanus sbnillimus Elliott (3), p. 82, $ . 



$ . Head extremely finely trans-striate; flagellar joints normal. 

 Neck rather finely trans-striate, semiannular smooth ; mesonotum 

 punctate ; mesopleurse smooth above, punctate benea.th ; median 

 segment and meta.pleura? cribrate punctate. Petiole very finely 

 trans-striate, slightl}' longer than the remaining smooth segments. 

 Terebra much shorter than body, sheaths black. Hind coxje 

 trans-striate; femora smooth, bidentate ; tibias compressed to 

 middle. 



Black; front of head coloured exactly as in D. triUneattts 

 Elliott, to which it bears a strong resemblance. Wings hyaline. 



Length 12| mm. ; abdomen 7| mm.; petiole 4 mm. ; terebra 

 9 mm. 



Habitat: Hoabinh, Tonkin. Aug. 1918; R. Y. de Salvaza. 



This species appears to differ from D. trilineatus Elliott chiefly 

 in the proportional length of the second flagellar joint, in 

 sculpture, and in the entirely black terebral sheaths. Type in 

 British Museum. 



