56 JAMES WATERSTON. 



apical half, about 10 on the dorsal edge, and 20 on the inner surface evenly but sparsely 

 disposed. Surface, especially on the inside, with large-celled little- raised reticulation. 

 Pedicel (25 : 11) scarcely half the scape. Funicle shorter than either club or scape, 

 being about four-fifths of the former or three-fourths of the latter. First funicular 

 (9 : 7) (measuring to the ventral apical angle) equal to one-sixth of the scape. In 

 the same scale, the 2nd and 3rd funicular joints are (12 : 9) and (16 : 13) respectively. 

 The club (45 : 15) is five-sixths of the scape and bears 5-6 sensoria. Bristles of 

 pedicel sparse and evenly set, as on the scape ; on the first funicular, round the 

 insertion of the second and along the short dorsal edge are 6-7 bristles, and one 

 on the inner ventral angle ; from the 2nd funicular onwards the bristles are more 

 closely set, shorter and fewer ; on the club they are numerous and more appressed. 



Thorax : pronotum with the bristles weaker than in xiphidii, and an extra one on 

 the posterior edge near the middle. Proportions much as in xiphidii, scutellum longer 

 (5 : 6), mesophragma to scutellum as 17 : 10, and longer than mid lobe (17 : 15). The 

 four pairs of median bristles are in two nearly parallel lines, converging very slightly 

 anteriorly. In xiphidii the first pair immediately behind the pronotum are a little 

 nearer to one another, and the second pair (and sometimes the third) more outwardly 

 displaced, so that the lines are not parallel. 



Propodeon : the pre-spiracular propodeal fold is distinctly shown only for a short 

 distance anteriorly, i. e. , beside the spiracle. Posteriorly there are only some indistinct 

 longitudinal rugae ending at the side of the petiole. Spiracle relatively larger and 

 broadly oval, with two minute bristles outside. 



Wings (figs. 5 a, 6) : Forewings (3*1), length, *8 mm. ; breadth, *26 mm. ; broader 

 than in xiphidii with two more macrochaetae on the marginal and 1-2 additional 

 minute bristles below the submarginal distally (cf. also the disposition of* the 6-7 

 rows of longer bristles below the marginal to that vein). The bare area beyond the 

 radius smaller. Hind wings broader, not eight times as long as broad ; length, 

 •68 mm. ; breadth, '09 mm. ; numerous bristles at apex. Longest hairs of fringe 

 about three-fourths the breadth. 



Abdomen : free portion of sheath much as in xiphidii, but the long bristles are nearer 

 the apex. Above the sheath the short bristles are very numerous, 14-16, the last 

 (below the setigerous process) being longer. 



Length, '85 mm. ; alar expanse, 1 *8 mm. 



(J. Like the female, paler if anything on head and thorax, mandibles apically 

 darker. The fore legs darker than in the female. 



Antenna (fig. 4, b) : length, -28 mm. Forewings (fig. 4, c) : length, '54 mm. ; 

 breadth, -18 mm. Hind wings : length, "44 mm. ; breadth, '07 mm. 



Paraphelinus tomaspidis, How. (1914). 



$. Head : from in front, ciliation of eyes very short and sparse. Clypeal teeth 

 distinct. Between and above the toruli three pairs of bristles, 2-3 bristles inside 

 each genal keel ; between the orbits and mid line at the level of the anterior ocellus 

 merely 2-3 bristles. At the same level the frons is one- half the width (just wider than 

 in xiphidii). 



