46 P. CAMERON. HYMENOPTERA I. 



nervures and stigma black. Metapleurae thickly covered with long white pubescence. cf. 



Length 7 — S mm. 



Head, pro- and mesothorax shining, sparsely punctured and covered with fuscous hair. 

 The base of the mesopleurae coarsely, irregularly punctured above ; the lower part depressed, 

 bearing some stout keels and running into the crenulated longitudinal furrow below. Post- 

 scutellar keels black, angularly narrowed behind. Metanotum at the base, in the centre, with 

 2 stout keels which converge at the base; the outerside bordered by keels ; the whole stoutly, 

 transversely striated ; on the apical slope in the centre is a triangular area formed by stout 

 keels, the broad end being at the top; the sides are edged. Abdomen smooth and shining. Wings 

 long; the areolet longer than broad, of almost equal width throughout ; the transverse médian 

 nervure is received shortly beyond the transverse basai ; the praebrachial nervure is testaceous. 



Legs (especially the tibiae and tarsi) densely covered with white pubescence. 



The scutellum is roundly convex; its sides and apex are not keeled. A stout keel runs 

 from the outer side of the antennae to the hind ocelli. There is a keel near the base of the 

 propleurae which, below, extends to near the apex. The récurrent nervure is received shortly 

 before the transverse cubital. 



This species resembles in colouration E. eriophora Cam. from Bornéo; that species 

 has the areolet smaller and narrowed in front and the scutellum is keeled at the sides and apex. 



2. Euagathis papua sp. nov. 



Superior part of Jamûr, 4 August. 



Rufo-luteous; the flagellum of antennae, abdomen and hind legs, black; the wings 

 uniformly dark fuscous, slightly tinged with violaceous, the stigma black. Ç. 



Length 9 — 10 mm. 



Malar space nearly as long as the eyes. Head sparsely covered with white pubescence; 

 the face finely closely punctured. Space bordering the ocelli and middle of vertex depressed, 

 smooth and bare. Mandibles pallid yellow, black at the apex ; the palpi coloured like the 

 head, thickly covered with white hair. Mesonotum punctured closely, but not strongly, except 

 on the depressed middle of the apex; the middle lobe clearly raised and separated. Scutellar 

 dépression large and deep; its central keel short. Scutellum keeled ail round; the keel on 

 the base not so strong as the latéral ; the punctuation is strong and close on the top. The 

 depressed base of the metanotum is closely punctured ; in the centre is a large area, which 

 extends from the top of the basai slope to the apex of the segment; the base is obliqu-ely 

 narrowed, the keels uniting there ; the apex is also narrowed , but the keels do not unité 

 there; the upper part bears 3 or 4 stout, irregular transverse keels; the apical slope is smooth; 

 the sides and the inner side of the spiracular région are bordered by a keel. Propleurae 

 weakly punctured ; the lower part of the dépression with some striae. Mesopleurae closely 

 and strongly punctured, the oblique dépression wide, deep, with 9 stout keels, the lower iarger 

 and more widely separated. Metapleurae closely, distinctly punctured ; a keel runs obliquely 

 from the middle coxae to the apex above. Abdomen smooth; the ovipositor 1 mm. long. 

 Legs covered with white pubescence; the hind coxae and femora more thickly haired than 

 the rest ; the 4 front claws cleft, the hinder with a distinct tooth near the middle. Areolet 

 narrowed in front, the nervures uniting there ; the 2nd with a short, thick branch. 



