1 88 Cameron, Hymenoptera Orientalia. 



middle, dilated at the base and apex, the basal dilation 

 being the larger; the yellow on the mesopleurse is more 

 extended, the basal part being entirely yellow, as is also 

 the sternum ; the yellow lines on the abdomen are also 

 more extended. 



Chrysopimpla persimilis, sp. nov. 



Long. 9 mm. $ . 



This species looks like a small form of the preceding 

 (P. ornatipes), with which it agrees closely in general 

 coloration ; but it is, I believe, quite distinct. Apart from 

 the size, it differs in having the thorax quite smooth, 

 without any punctures ; the areolet is not petiolated ; the 

 abdominal depressions are very indistinct; the hinder 

 coxse not black marked with yellow, but yellow and 

 fulvous marked with black above and at the side. 



Antennae slightly longer than the body; the scape 

 yellow ; the base and apex of the flagellum more or less 

 brownish. Head shining, impunctate ; the front broadly, 

 the ocellar region, the vertex and occiput, except at the 

 sides, black. Mandibular teeth black. Thorax shining, 

 impunctate, except behind the metathoracic spiracles, 

 where it is rough and irregularly punctured, and the 

 extreme apex of the mesopleurse, which is crenulated. 

 On the mesonotum are two lines, dilated at the base, 

 narrowed towards the apex, running from the base to the 

 scutellum ; the scutellum, postscutellum, the base of the 

 propleurse, a large mark on the mesopleurae, broad at 

 the base and continued narrowly there to the sternum, 

 and irregularly rounded behind, and the metapleurae, 

 except the base and a line running obliquely to the 

 spiracles, yellow. The median segment is yellow, except 

 for a broad, hourglass-shaped mark, down the centre. 

 Legs fulvous; the four front coxse and trochanters, and 



