Ichneumonidae. 77 



Oh a New Genns and Some New speeies of 

 Ichneamonidae from the Sikkim Himalaya. 



(Hym.) 

 By P. Cameron. 



I. Tryphonini. 



Ephonites gen. nov. 



Eyes distinctly ernarginate within; large, alraost touching 

 the base of the mandibles ; above the antennae, on the inner- 

 side, are two large, stout tubercles. Clypeus raised and 

 distinctly separated from the face. Occiput fineîy margined. 

 Areolet -triangulär ; the récurrent nervure united to the 2nd 

 trans verse cubital; the traust erse median nervure received 

 shortly beyond the transverse basal ; the transverse median 

 nervure in the bind wings broken close to the top. Scutellum 

 roundly convex. Median segment short, not ariolated. First 

 abdominal segmeut distinctly longer than the 2&à ; tubercles 

 prominent; there is no carina; the spiracles are placed at the 

 apex of the basal third of the segaient. Sheaths of ovipositor 

 projecting. The whole abdomen is smooth and shining, 

 without dépressions, keels or thyridia. Legs stout, the hiuder 

 coxae much larger than the others ; the long spur of the 

 hinder tibiae extends beyond the middle of the metatarsus. 

 — Length 9 mm. 



Hab. Darjeeliug. 



Clypeus smooth. Face somewhat closely and strongly, 

 the front and vertex more sparsely and minutely, punctured. 

 Thorax closely and distinctly punctured, except on the scu- 

 tellar dépression ; the scutellum is more sparsely punctured 

 than the mesonotum ; there is a semicircular dépression on 

 the metanotum, which is thickly covered with white hair. 

 The tarsi are spinöse ; and the apices of their joints bear 

 longer spines. Antennae 34-jointed ; the basal joints of fla- 

 gellum longer than broad, the others broader than long. 



1. Ephonites ruficornis sp. nov. Q. 



Black ; the flagellum of the antennae rufous ; the clypeus, 

 sides of face broadly, the autennal tubercles, the centre of 

 the front, the inner orbits — the vellow line continued to 



