IV. Hymenoptera Orientalia, or Contributions to a 

 knowledge of the Hymenoptera of the Oriental 

 Zoological Region. Part V. 



By Peter Cameron. 



[Communicated by J. Cosmo Melvill, M.A., F.L.S.] 



Received November 9th. Read November 17th, 1896. 



In view of the fact that Colonel C. T. Bingham is at 

 present engaged on a Monograph of the Indian Hymenop- 

 tera, I deem it advisable to give in this part of my paper 

 descriptions of new species only, leaving the information 

 I possess regarding the distribution and habits of the 

 known species to be dealt with in another paper. 



Compared with the immense number of parasitic 

 Hymenoptera (Ichneumonidse, Braconidae, &c.) known 

 from the Nearctic and Palsearctic zoological regions they 

 are but feebly represented, in fact the} 7 are almost absent 

 in the southern parts of the Indian Peninsula; but they 

 appear to be more numerous in Ceylon, and are probably 

 not uncommon in the Himalayas. 



ICHNEUMONIDiE. 



Ichneumon clotho, sp. nov. (PI. 3, f. 1). 



Niger, abdomine ccendeo ; linea antennarum, orbitis 

 oculorum, scutello, post-scutelloque albis ; alis fusco-hyalinis. 

 2. Long. 15 mm. 



Hab. Mussouri (Rothney). 



Head black, shining, the face strongly, the front and 

 vertex much less strongly punctured ; the orbits on the 

 top and bottom and on the inner side, on the bottom very 



Feb. 22nd, 1897. 



