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verse gi"oove distinctly finely punctate; face and cheeks smooth; 

 occiput closely punctate; antennal flagellum with all joints thicker 

 than the pedicel; funicle with three subquadrate and well-separated 

 joints, the first joint a little longer than the pedicel; club ovate, a 

 little shorter than the two preceding funicle joints combined, 

 3-jointed, the apical joint terminating in a short spine. Prothorax 

 short, slightly narrower than mesothorax; declivous anterior aspect 

 of pronotum sculptured, separated from the dorsal aspect by a deli- 

 cate transverse carina, the dorsal portion perfectly smooth and shin- 

 ing ; mesoscutum shining but distinctly reticulated, the inclosed areas 

 along inner margin of scapulae and on posterior half of praescutum 

 elongate and giving the appearance of delicate striations ; parapsidal 

 grooves re*presented posteriorly by broad shallow depressions, effaced 

 anteriorly; scutellum with a smooth area medially extending from 

 base to apex and occupying approximately one -third the dorsal sur- 

 face, the lateral portions of scutellum distinctly reticulate-striate 

 like the mesoscutum; propodeum polished, with three carinae medi- 

 ally, a delicate median one and the usual two diverging ones; mar- 

 ginal veins of forewing distinctly longer than submarginal, the 

 stigmal and postmarginal short and subequal; submarginal dorsally 

 with two long bristles; hind tibial spur long and slender, as long 

 as the basitarsus and two-thirds of the second tarsal joint combined. 

 Abdomen conic-ovate, very nearly as long as head and thorax 

 together; petiole thick, slightly longer than the propodeum, very 

 finely granularly sculptured and opaque above ; second tergite equal 

 in length to the following tergites combined, smooth at base, the 

 apical half very finely but distinctly reticulated except a narrow 

 band at apex which is smooth; tergites beyond the second weakly 

 reticulated; ovipositor not exserted. General color black with a 

 tinge of bronze; antennal flagellum metallic green; scape black; 

 fronto-vertex slightly tinged with green; propodeum and smooth 

 portion of second tergite bright metallic green; wings hyaline; legs 

 greenish, all tarsi white. 



Male unknown. 



Type locality. — Palur, South Arcot district, India. 



Type.— C2it. No. 42224, U.S.N.M. 



Three females received from Ramachandra Rao are said to have 

 been reared from cocoons of Perisierola species attacking Nephantis 

 serinopa Meyrick. The type is from the above-named type locality, 

 one paratype from Tudiyalur and the other from Thirupatur, Coim- 

 batore, India. 



