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Ichneumon taproban^e, sp. nov. 



Niger, pedibus flavis : coxis trochanteribusque nigris, alis 

 fulvo-hyalinis, stigmate fusco. 6 . Long. 11 mm. 

 Hab. Ceylon (Rothney). 



Head bearing a white down ; closely punctured, the 

 clypeus with the punctures widely separated ; the palpi 

 testaceous. Thorax closely punctured ; the depression at 

 the base of the scutellum wide, deep ; the scutellum finely 

 punctured, shining ; the centre fuscous ; its apex finely 

 longitudinally striated; the post scutellum finely rugose ; 

 the median segment rugose ; there are two straight keels 

 at the base, forming an almost square area ; the lateral 

 keels end in stout, blunt spines ; the apex oblique, with 

 two straight keels down the centre. The propleurae 

 finely longitudinally striated at the base ; the mesopleurae 

 punctured, an oblique band of fine striations in the 

 middle ; the metapleurae longitudinally striated, indis- 

 tinctly at the base, much stronger at the apex. The 

 front coxae on the lower side are thickly covered with 

 fulvous hair ; the middle femora are fuscous on the under- 

 side at the base. At the top the areolet is narrowed, 

 being there as long as the space bounded by the second 

 transverse cubital and the recurrent nervures. Abdomen 

 black; the apex of the petiole finely rugose, keeled down 

 the sides; the gastrocoeli finely striated at the base. 



Ichneumon intaminatus, sp. nov. 



Niger ; femoribus posticis rufis ; alis hyalinis, nervis 

 stigmateque nigris. 6. Long. 9 mm. 

 Hab. Mussouri {Rothney). 



Head entirely black ; the front and vertex very shining, 

 sparsely covered with white hair ; the face and clypeus 

 almost impunctate, covered with long white hair : the 

 mandibles and palpi black. Antennae as long as the bod} . 

 black, the scape with longish pale hair. Thorax shining. 



