24. 
Indian Forest Records. 
[VoL. IX 
In E. armata however the anterior legs ( 6 ) appear to be more or 
less infuscated and two males examined from France and England 
respectively are smaller and duller than the Himalayan form. In 
particular the first tergite apically is slightly punctate. 
Family PERILAMPID^. 
Possibly the most interesting part of the collection consists of 2 series 
of 2 very well marked species of Perilampids, representing a genus which 
appears to be unnamed. Amongst described Perilampids I have found 
nothing suggesting either of these species — both parasitic on Platypodid 
(Coleoptera) species, but on going over the British Musuem collection 
I have found, amongst the Cameron types, a form from Borneo, un- 
doubtedly congeneric with the Indian species. This species Cameron 
placed in the genus Philomedes (Deutsch. Ent. Zeits. 1909, p. 205) but his 
account is defective besides being inaccurate in the description of the 
mandibles. Cameron’s specimens, which had evidently been subjected 
at some time to damp, were so overgrown with a fungus mycelium, 
that in a preliminary examination the sexes could not be determined 
and the individual selected for dissection and mounting proved to be a 
male. As however the sexes in the genus appear to be extremely 
alike this fact does not invalidate the comparative value of fig. 17. 
The condition of the ovipositor in the group is remarkable. Its 
piercing powers must be slight and notes on the method of egg laying 
would be of interest. 
Monacon gen. n. 
(J$. Head. Antennae 13 or 14 jointed, if the minute generally se- 
parate apical segment of the club be reckoned as a j oint. Scape slender, 
a little dorsoventrally flattened apically. Pedicel short, globose. Ring 
joint narrow with one whorl of short bristles ; funicle thick, with trans- 
verse joints, broader distally than the 1st joint, and tapering into the 
apically pointed club. Mandibles, (figs. 16, a, c.) right with three long 
acute teeth, the median shortest. Left with two teeth. Labrum 
(fig. 16, b.) with margin deeply cleft into processes bearing flat bristles. 
Palpi with long slender joints. Facial impression V-shaped, deep, 
sharply sunk, with or without bordering carinae. Frons with a distinct 
anteroventrally directed horn (figs. 14, 15, 17) or process. Wings. Sub- 
marginal long, marginal and radius moderate, postmarginal not longer 
than radius, submarginal cell rather broad, completely covered with 
bristles. Discal bristles evenly distributed, no isosclinal rows. Legs 
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