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Cameron, Hymenopteva Orientalia. 



Ichneumon ^elvanus, sp. nov. 



Capite, abdomine pedibusque rufis ; thorace nigro, rufo- 

 maculato ; antennis rufis, apice late nigro; pedibus rufis, coxis 

 posticis nigris ; alis fusco-violaceis. 6. Long. 23 mm. 



Hab. India, South-east Provinces. 



Head entirely rufous, strongly punctured all over; the 

 orbits distinctly margined on the inner side ; the vertex 

 broadly depressed ; the tips of the mandibles black. 

 Antennae stout, the flagellum bare, from the 15th joint 

 deep black. Thorax strongly punctured, black; the pro- 

 notum in front in the middle, its sides, a mark in front 

 of the scutellum, the scutellum and post-scutellum, the 

 tubercles and the lower part of the mesopleurae in front, 

 rufous ; median segment strongly punctured, except in 

 the middle at the base ; the supramedian area rounded 

 and narrowed at the base. Legs closely covered with 

 short hair ; the tibiae and tarsi are paler than the femora. 

 Wings uniformly fuscous violaceous ; the areolet longish, 

 narrow ; at the top slightly narrower than the space 

 bounded by the recurrent and second transverse cubital 

 nervures. The basal half of the petiole black; coarsely 

 punctured, especially toward the apex ; the sides there 

 depressed, and there is near the base of the dilated part 

 a shining, impunctate, somewhat triangular space ; the 

 gastrocceli longitudinally striated from the base to near 

 the apex ; the striae stout, all distinctly separated and of 

 nearly equal thickness. The apical segments are thickly 

 covered with short fulvous hair. 



Ichneumon Godwin-Austeni, sp. nov. 



Cceruleus, orbitis ocidorum, genictdis tibiisque anticis 

 flavis ; alis fusco-violaceis. 2. Long. 15 mm. 

 Hab. Khasi (Godwin-Austen). 



Antennae black, the nth and 12th joints white 

 beneath and at the sides, from these joints becoming 



