REVISION OF LEUCOSPIDAE 211 



Neleucospis masculina sp. n. 



(Text-figs 243, 244) 



$. 4-8 mm. Black, with following pale yellow markings : scapus, broad cross-band anteriorly 

 on pronotum and narrow line at hind margin interrupted medially, side margins of mesoscutum, 

 lateral spots on scutellum, dorsellum, spot on metapleurum, dorso-basal and ventro-apical 

 spots on hind coxa, ventro-basal and apical spots on hind femur, fore and mid tibia along anterior 

 edge, fourth (second apparent) tergite dorsally, oblique spot on either side of fifth tergite before 

 middle and small median spot apically; antennal flagellum brown; paler brown are: pedicellus, 

 tarsi, apex of hind tibia, more or less rest of fore and mid femora and tibiae and ovipositor 

 sheaths. Pubescence of body white, moderately long but not dense. Fore wing subhyaline 

 but infuscate anteriorly beyond marginal vein and, rather abruptly, in apical fifth; veins dark 

 brown. 



Head hardly narrower than mesoscutum, in dorsal view about 1-75 times as broad as long 

 (Text-fig. 244), in facial view about 1-2 times as broad as high. Lateral ocellus about one 

 diameter from eye. Eye nearly 1-5 times as long as broad, long pubescence above twice as 

 long as beneath. In lateral view frons moderately protruding. Relative measurements: 

 width of head 51, frontovertex 25, POL : OOL as 10-5 : 4-0, ocellar triangle 19 : 9, width of 

 scrobes 20, length of scape 10-5, width of lower face 20, its height 18, eye 35 : 23, maximum 

 length of eye pilosity 2, malar space 3-5, width of mouth 20, combined length of flagellum plus 

 pedicellus 54. 



Puncturation on thorax dense, narrow interspaces finely cross-striate, on disc of mesoscutum 

 partly raised and indicating cross-rugae. Scutellum about i-i times as broad as long, hind 

 margin arched, produced, admarginal interstices forming fine longitudinal rugae. Dorsellar 

 plate about two-fifths as long as scutellum, with coarse piliferous punctures. Interspaces of 

 punctures on upper mesopleurum extremely narrow, without microsculpture. Hind coxa: 

 dorsal edge rounded, sparsely hairy; depression above with smooth streak widening posteriorly 

 and joining another smooth strip just above lateral edge, space between strips rather coarsely 

 but not densely punctured. Hind femur rather densely and coarsely punctured; lower edge 

 with teeth as in Text-fig. 243; on one femur second tooth is advanced to the first. 



Gaster about 1-35 times as long as thorax, very slightly narrower than mesoscutum. First 

 tergite 0-47 the width of the broadest part, itself about 1-2 times as long as broad, rather 

 coarsely punctured, interspaces smooth and dorsally about half as broad as punctures; hind 

 margin straight and only very narrowly impunctate. Fourth tergite fully 3 times as broad 

 as long. Fifth tergite forming the ovoid carapace, dorsally about 1-65 times as long as broad, 

 its punctures posteriorly distinctly coarser than on first tergite, interspaces anteriorly about 

 half, posteriorly about one-third as broad as punctures, posteriorly with traces of microsculpture. 



$. Unknown. 



Biology. Unknown. 



Holotype $, Sierra Leone: Njala, vi. 1936 (E. Hargreaves) (BMNH). 



MIC RAP ION Kriechbaumer 



Micrapion Kriechbaumer, 1894 : 3 I 5 _ 3 I 6- Type-species: Micrapion bilineatum Kriechbaumer, 



by monotypy. 

 Callismicra Kieffer, 1905 : 245, 247-248. Type-species: Callismicra flavocincta Kieffer, by 



monotypy. Syn. n. 



For a long time Micrapion had been misunderstood, which resulted in its 

 synonymization with Leucospis Fabricius by Weld (1922 13, 5). Only Steffan 

 (1948) recognized it rightly as a valid genus, redescribed it and added to it, at the 



