No. \.~]W. H, Ask mead — New parasitic Hymenoptera from India. 3 



furrow across the base, the metathorax opaque, wrinkled, the first 

 and second dorsal abdominal segments sculptured, the following 

 segments smooth, impunctate ; the scape and legs, including the 

 coxae, are honey-yellow, the flagellum being brown-black and pubes- 

 cent. Wings hyaline, the costa and stigma, except a large pale 

 blotch basally and within, are brownish, while the rest of the veins 

 are pale yellowish or whitish. 



Type."— -Cat. No. -6141, U. S. N. M. 



HOST. — Lepid., Scirpophaga auriflna. 



Described from one $ specimen. Comes apparently nearest to 

 Apanteles monagriss, Olliff., described from Australia. 



3. Macrocentrus Nicevillei, sp. nov. 



? . — Length, 2 to 2'5 mm. ; ovipositor longer than the whole 

 insect. Uniformly pale yellow except the eyes, which are brown- 

 black with purplish reflections in certain lights and a black or brown 

 spot enclosing the pale ocelli. The long antennae are faintly dusky 

 towards their tips. The wings are hyaline and iridescent, the 

 stigma and veins yellowish, the costal vein and the outer edge of 

 the stigma being brownish, the second cubital cell being narrowed 

 towards apex, the second transverse cubitus being only about half 

 as long as the first. 



<J. — Differs from ? only in having the flagellum and the apical 

 half of the abdomen brown, the latter being depressed and without 

 the prominent ovipositor. 



Type.— Cat. No. 6142, U. S. N. M. 



HOST. — Lepid., Nonagria inferens, Wlk., a sugar-cane-borer. 

 Described from many specimens, bred by (the late) Mr. de 

 Niceville from the host taken in Champaran, Behar. 



Mr. Ashmead makes the following note upon these species :— 

 Goniozus indicus, Ashm. There is only one other species 



described from Asia by Vollenhoven. 

 Apanteles scirpophagze, Ashm. No other species is known 

 from India, and it is represented by a single specimen. 

 I have kept this and a good series of the other species 

 mentioned for the National Museum. 

 Macrocentrus nicevillei, Ashm. It is the first species in the 

 genus to be described from Asia. 



