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category is convenient to use, and until the thoracic structure of its various 

 components is better understood, any subdivision is inadvisable. Dr. Lamborn has 

 reared a remarkable $ of this gi'oup, which I have described as fully as the condition 

 of the specimen admits. Unfortunately the abdomen has been damaged, and one of 

 the legs and an antenna are incomplete. The outline of the second and third tergites 

 is thus not quite certain. The specimen moreover, has died in the characteristic 

 Eupelmine ( 5) pose, with the head thrown back to the fullest extent and the 

 abdomen uplifted. It has not been possible to efiect complete relaxation, but 

 Mr. Terzi's patience has overcome many obstacles, and the outline figure he has 

 supplied is thoroughly satisfactory (fig. 8). The long sclerite below the axilla is 

 apparently the tegula (T) and the two minute triangular areas before this plate 

 and the axilla are membranous. The large size, banded antennae, moulding of 

 the head, tridentate mandibles, and the peculiar post-ocular bristly sulcus, along 

 with the structure of the thorax and stout abdominal tergites, render this species 

 easily recognisable. 



Eupelminus tarsatus, sp. nov. 



§. A large dull brownish to brownish black species, with (in the single type specimen) 

 few metalhc reflections. These occur as follows : — above the clj'^eus, faint bronzy ; 

 on the frons, between and near the scrobes, a slight violaceous lustre ; on the genae, 



Fig. 7. Eupelminus tarsatus, sp. n. ; a, head, profile ; h, head, front view ; c, stipes 



and maxillary palp ; d, mandible. 



behind the eyes, and malar keel, faint dark green ; on the mesonotum, chiefly on the 

 inside of the lateral ridges, and again on the upper surface of the hind coxae, dark 

 blue. Seventh antennal joint (except the base), eighth entirely, and ninth (except 

 the apex), pale, nearly white. The entire fore and hind legs (except the first tarsal 

 joint, w^hich is yellowish white), are blackish brown ; mid legs Hke the others, but 

 not so dark as the hind legs and with the first two tarsal joints narrowly pale above. 

 Pubescence on the dorsum of the abdomen brown, on the sides whitish. 



