Hyrnenopterological Notices. i§5 



■oryzce. Cf. A preliminary account of the wheat and rice 

 weevil in India ^ by E. C. Cotes, p. 5. 



COTESIA, gen. nov. 



Antennae i7-jointed,the third joint longer than the fourth. 

 First abscissa of radius is longer than the thickness of the 

 stigma, originating somewhat beyond the middle ; the other 

 abscissae obsolete. First abscissa of the cubitus originating 

 from the transverse praebrachial, and becoming obsolete 

 l)eyond the curved transverse first cubital nervure ; the other 

 and anal nervures obsolete. The recurrent nervure received 

 l>efore the middle of the cellule. Axillary nervure not 

 <livided. Radius and cubitus in hind wings obsolete. 

 Parapsidal furrows obsolete. Abdomen curved ; ventre 

 convex ; ovipositor curved. 



Apparently comes nearest to Pygostolus ; but differs in 

 having the antennae 17-jointed ; in having no radius, and 

 •only one cubital cellule. 



COTESIA FLAVIPES, Sp. nov. (PI. I. f 3 & id). 



Black, shining ; the antennae for the greater part testa- 

 ceous beneath ; the legs yellow, the ventral surface and 

 sides yellowish-testaceous ; the ovipositor short, black. 

 Thorax covered with a whitish pubescence ; wings hyaline, 

 the nervures fuscous ; stigma large. Head well developed 

 iDehind ; the base of abdomen piceous-black ; the abdomen 

 shorter than the thorax, the segments edged with yellow. 

 Median segment aciculate. The antennae longer than the 

 ibody. 



Length 2^ mm. 



A parasite of the moth, whose larva proved injurious to 

 Gorghum vulgare at Poona. See Indian Museum NoteSy 



:no. I. 



Mr. Cotes sends two species of Pimpla. 



