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t; i 



fältig gefasst unci in AVasserbebälter , in denen 

 sich nebenbei bemerkt Hyla meridionalis Böttger, 

 der südliche Laubfrosch , tummelt , geleitet . von 

 welchen aus die Ländereien zu bestimmten Tages- 

 zeiten abwechseld nach Gemeindeordnung berieselt 

 werden. So kommt es, dass bereits hier die beiden 

 östlich und westlich den Ort tangierenden Barrancos 

 um diese Jahreszeit fast vollkommen ausgetrocknet 

 waren und nur eine halbe Stunde weiter aufwärts 

 beide einen kleinen dünnen Wasserfall aufweisen, 

 der zwar bald zwischen Geröll verschwindet, aber 

 doch eine üppige Vegetation , namentlich mit 

 Polstern von Cinerarien, hervorzaubert. Derartige 

 Stellen sind es vor allem, die den, der die land- 

 schaftlichen Reize einer Gegend nur nach seinen 

 natürlichen, ungekünstelten Naturschönheiten ein- 

 schätzt, für mancherlei Enttäuschungen auf den 

 Canaren zu entschädigen vermögen. 



Unsere Fonda hatte eine nach Nordosten frei- 

 liegende Veranda, von der man über den kleinen 

 davorliegenden Garten , über ein Kartoifelfeld 

 weit hinweg bis zu dem sterilen Höhenzug im 

 Osten blicken konnte. Wenn auch ab und zu 

 eine frisch geschlüpfte Vanessa indica v. vidcanica 

 God. , die wir schon in Las Palmas an Blumen- 

 beeten bemerkt hatten, uns beim Frühstück störte 

 und infolge der zu .schonenden Anpflanzungen 

 nur zu einer vergeblichen Jagd verleitete, so war 

 es doch anderseits erstaunlich zu bemerken, dass 

 abends an die von der Veranda weithinleuchtende 

 Lampe , so gut wie kein Anflug von Insekten 

 stattfand. 



(Fortsetzung folgt.) 



57.92 Braconidae (9L1) 



On some New Bornean Species of Braconidae. 



By P. Cameron, New Mills by Stockport, England. 

 (Continuation.) 



Iphiaulax obesculus, sp. nov. 



Entirely black , except the basal ventral 

 segments, which are obscure white; wings hyaline, 

 slightly obscured with fuscous, the nervures and 

 stigma black; the 2"* transverse cubital nervure 

 is very obliquely sloped ; the recurrent nervure 

 is received distinctly in front of the transverse 

 cubital. Abdomen broad, ovate ; closely, finely, 

 but distinctly punctured ; the 2^"^ segment with 

 out an area or keel, the 3''^, 4* and 5'" with a 

 transverse furrow at the base. Head and thorax 

 smooth and shining , covered with a short white 

 pile, as are also the legs. ?. 



Length 3 mm , terebra 2 mm , longer than 

 the abdomen. 



Kuching, Borneo, July (John Hewitt, B. A.) 



Hind legs thickened; the metatarsus thicker 

 than the other joints , as long as the following 

 2 joints vmited ; tibial spurs short, the longer as 



long at the S"" tarsal joint. Temples wide, 

 obliquely narrowed. Front very slightly depressed ; 

 a narrow, shallow furrow down its centre. The 

 pubescence is denser on the pleurae than it is 

 on the mesonotum. Parapsidal furrows narrow 

 but distinct. There is no transverse furrow 

 ('suturiform articulation') on the 2"'' abdominal 

 segment. 



Iphiaulax varireticiilata, sp. nov. 



Black , the prothorax except the lower part 

 of the pleurae , the mesonotum , scutellum and 

 the mesopleurae above the oblique basal furrow ; 

 red ; the rest of the mesopleurae and the base 

 of metapleurae tinged with red ; wings hyaline, 

 tinged with fulvous , the stigma and costa at 

 apex, pale ochraceous, the radius, cubitus and the 

 anal nervure from near the base of a paler 

 ochraceous colour; the costa behind the stigma 

 and the basal nervures black ; the recurrent 

 nervure received distinctly before the transverse 

 cubital nervure. $. 



Length 9 mm, terebra 5 mm. 



Kuching, Borneo (John Hewitt, B. A.) 



Face finely rugose , opaque ; there is shallow 

 furrow , widened below on its lower two-thirds ; 

 the sides of the face below are more strongly 

 and distinctly punctured. Palpi black , densely 

 covered with white pubescence. Front deeply' 

 furrowed down the middle , the furrow deepest 

 in the middle, with the sides oblique. Metanotum 

 opaque , densely covered with white pubescence ; 

 on the sides it is finely closely reticulated; the 

 apex is depressed and bears some , more or less 

 oblique, striae. Pro- and mesopleurae smooth, the 

 metapleurae closely shagreened and densely pilose. 

 Basal half of centre of 1^' abdominal segment 

 closely , rugosely punctured , the apex with a 

 straight central and 2 or 3 irregular stout keels 

 on either side ; the base laterally with some 

 oblique striae. Basal plate on 2"* segment 

 opaque , closely longitudinally rugose ; the keel 

 extends shortly beyond the middle ; the part 

 bordering it stoutly widely reticulated, bordered 

 on the outerside by an oblique keel ; outside this 

 keel it is obliquely striated, stoutly at the base, 

 more weakly and closely towards the apex. The 

 furrow is crenulated , curved and is without an 

 apical branch ; the other segments are closely 

 longitudinally striated , more or less punctured 

 and do not have furrows. 



Iphiaulax saitis, sp. nov. 



Black, the thorax rufous, broadly fuscous on 

 the apex of metanotum laterally, the wings 

 hyaline, a little tinged with fuscous, the nervures 

 and stigma black ; mandibles yellow, tinged with 

 rufous above , the teeth black ; palpi blackish, 

 the apical 2 joints of maxillary pale fuscous. 

 Head , metanotum , sternum and legs densely 



