278 P. Cameron. 



Descriptions of sorae new species 



of Parasitic Hjmenoptera, chiefly from tbe 



Sikkim Himalaya. .nym.i 



By P. Cameron. 

 (Continuée!.) 



Face aad clypeus closely punctured, the frout below the 

 ocelli transversely closely striated, the rest obscurely punctured. 

 Pro- and mesothorax closely punctured. The basai central 

 slope of the metanotuin smooth ; the areola slightly wider 

 than long, its base slightly rounded, the apex transverse; the 

 base and apex smooth, the central part irregularly trans- 

 versely striated ; the posterior median area wide, of equal 

 width, its base with some irregulär longitudinal striae, the 

 rest transversely closely striated, the rest and the pleurae 

 closely punctured. Abdomen closely punctured, the post- 

 petiole striated in tbe middle. 



Cornes close to M. iridipennis which may be kuown 

 from it by the areola beiug longer compared to its breadth, 

 it not being distinctly broader than long and by the posterior 

 median area not being closely aud regnlarly transversely 

 striated, the striae being more irregulär, fewer in nnmber 

 and more widely separated, the longitudinal striae ou the 

 top, too, being fewer. 



7. Myermo iridipennis sp. nov. cf. 



Black, the areola wider than long, a stout, irregulär keel 

 down the centre, the sides depressed, the posterior median 

 area with 2 irregulär longitudinal keels; the rest sparsely, 

 transversely striated ; the face, clypeus, the inaudibles, except 

 the teeth, which are black and a browuish band behind them, 

 the inner orbits uarrowly, the lower half of the outer broadly, 

 the edge of the pronotum, the lower edge of the propleurae, 

 the tubercles, a broad band on the lower 6 half of the meso- 

 pleurae, a piriform spot below the hind wiugs, the scutellums, 

 2 marks, becoming gradually uarrowed towards the apex, the 

 apex of the post-petiole, 2 large marks, obliquely uarrowed 

 on the inner side, on the apex of the 2 D d segmeufc, an inter- 



