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17. Cratichneumon rufofemoratus, sp. nov. J 1 . 



Black, the face, clypeus, inner orbits, the outer from 

 near the top to the base of fche inaudibles, the line obliquely 

 narrowed on the top, the palpi, the inaudibles except the 

 teeth ; the upper edge of the prouotum, the tubercles, tegulae, 

 scutellums, a large mark on either side of the apex of the 

 metanotum — irregularly obliquely truncated above aud 

 obliquely narrowed below — the mark, on the outerside extending 

 ou to the spiracnlar area, the apices of the basai 4 abdominal 

 segments, the 5 t!l with a short line in the middle, the 6th 

 with a large mark in the centre, extending backwards to 

 the middle aud rounded behind and the 7th, except at the 

 base, pale yellow. Legs pale yellow, the hinder coxae black, 

 except on the apex and on the inner apical half above ; the 

 femora red, the anterior with a paler tinge than the hinder; 

 the apex of the hinder femora, the base of the hinder tibiae 

 more narrowly, almost their apical half aud the apical joiut 

 of the tarsi, black. Wings hyaline, iridesceut, the costa, 

 stigma and basai nervures black, the apical nervures dark 

 fuseous. Anteunae stout, rather short; the scape beneath 

 and about 12 of the middle joiuts of the flagellum white, 

 marked with black above. cf. — Leugth 12 — 13 mm. 



Face and clypeus strongly punctured aud covered with 

 short white haïr ; the face broadly, rouudly convex in the 

 middle ; the part below the ocelli and the inner orbits cleariy 

 punctured. Mesonotnm and median segment closely aud 

 strongly punctured, the scutellum less closely punctured aud 

 thickly covered with long pale hair. Areola slightly, but 

 distiuctly broader than long, rounded backwards at the base 

 and iuwardly at the apex ; the inuersides bordered by a deep 

 furrow ; the posterior median area is strongly irregularly 

 punctured, the lower part irregularly striated. Pleurae aud 

 sternum closely aud distiuctly pnuctured. The raised central 

 part of the post-petiole aud the 2 n d and 3 r( l abdominal 

 segments closely punctured ; the basai aud apical slopes of 

 the gastroeoeli closely and distiuctly puuctnred. 



III. Cryptinae. 



18. Suvalta spinifrons sp. nov. Q. 



Black, the face, clypeus, base of maudibles broadly, the 

 inner orbits, the lower half of the outer with the malar 

 space, the upper aud lower edges of the prouotum — the 

 upper line the larger — 2 narrow Unes on the mesonotum, 



