70 Cameron, Hymenopteva Orientalia, 



Bracon himalayensis, sp. nov. 



Luteus, abdomine flavo ; antennis nigris ; alts nigro- 

 fuscis, basi flavis. ? . 



Long. II mm. 



Scape of antennae thickly covered above with short, 

 below more sparsely with longer, black hair ; the flagellum 

 thickly covered with short, black hair; the scape at the 

 apex on the under side is hollowed and with a leaf-like 

 expansion, roundly incised on the top ; the second joint 

 on the under side has the basal half roundly and rather 

 deeply incised. Head shining, luteous; the face of a 

 more pallid yellow colour; the apex of the mandibles 

 black ; the palpi pale yellow. Front and vertex shining, 

 impunctate, glabrous, except for a few scattered black 

 hairs ; the ocellar region black, and surrounded by a 

 narrow furrow ; from it a distinct deep furrow runs to the 

 antennae; the space over each antenna is depressed. 

 Thorax uniformly luteous, shining, impunctate, except the 

 metapleurae, which are obscurely punctured and covered 

 with long, white hair; the base of the mesonotum gra- 

 dually rounded; the rest of it, including the scutellum, 

 flat; on the scutellum at the apex in the middle is an oval, 

 flat depression and, on the sides, is a similar depression, 

 but narrower. The median segment is flat, elongate, 

 smooth above, except for a few stout longitudinal stria- 

 tions in the middle at the apex. The propleurae deeply 

 furrowed at the top and bottom throughout, the middle 

 raised, carinate. Legs thickly covered with long, pale 

 hair; pale on the femora and tibiae, more fulvous coloured 

 on the hinder tibise and tarsi ; the apex of the tarsi black. 

 Wings flavo-hyaline to the transverse basal nervure, 

 including the nervures ; the rest of them deep fuliginous ; 

 the hind wings are yellow for the same distance as the 

 anterior ; the base of the stigma is broadly luteous ; the 



