48 HYMEN OPTERA FROM SARAWAK, 



the body ; the top of the four front femora, the extreme base of 

 the hinder, an oblique mark near the apex of the hinder and 

 their extreme apex; the basal two thirds of the four anterior 

 tibia?, the base of the hinder pair and a broad band on their 

 middle and the four hinder tarsi, black. The middle of the 

 petiole broadly, the sides at the base and the base of the 

 other segments broadly, black ; the bands on the apical 

 segments occupy more of the segments than on the basal ; 

 the segments and the transverse furrows are smooth, im- 

 punctate : there is an oblique furrow on the sides of the 

 second and third segments and a narrower one on the fourth. 

 The abdominal segments are all distinctly broader than long : 

 the middle of the mesonotum is distinctly raised at the base ; the 

 scutellum is roundly convex and is not raised above the level 

 of the mesonotum ; its sides are keeled. 



A species not difficult to separate from any of the described 

 species by the smooth thorax and abdomen, by the black 

 abdomen, banded with yellow, by the black mesonotum with two 

 yellow lines, and by the three large arete on the base of the 

 median segment. It has a very similar appearance to 

 Chrybopimpla ornatipes Cam. 



Charitopimpla, gen. nov. 



Apex, of the clypeus obliquely depressed and with 

 semicircular emargination ; its top separated from the face by a 

 straight furrow. Areolet small, triangular; the recurrent 

 nervure is received at the apex. Abdominal segments closely 

 punctured ; segments 2-4 with transverse depressions, which are 

 prolonged obliquely backwards ; there is also a shallow 

 transverse furrow at the apex. Median segment smooth with- 

 out keels. Tarsi spinose; the claws simple. The transverse 

 median nervure in hind wings is broken far below the middle. 



The areolet is straight, not oblique: the transverse basal 

 nervure is interstitial ; the eyes are large, parallel and reach 

 quite close to the base of the mandibles. The second to fourth 

 abdominal segments are, if anything, wider thin long, almost 

 square : the n.etathoracic spiracles are small, oval. The last 

 joint of the antennae is not longer than the preceeding two 

 united. The legs are short; the hinder tarsi are shorter than 



