niger, albo varius; alis hyalinis.
_Female._ Length 7 lines. Black; the clypeus, mandibles, palpi, the
joints of the antennae from the sixth to the thirteenth, and a broad
stripe at the inner orbits of the eyes white. Thorax: an ovate spot on
each side of the prothorax above, a similar spot in the middle of the
mesothorax, the tegulae, scutellum and postscutellum, a T-shaped spot
reversed on the metathorax, a large quadrate one on its sides, three
irregular-shaped maculae beneath the wings, and the anterior and
intermediate legs white, the legs with a black line above; the posterior
legs have a large spot on the coxae behind, the trochanters, the tibiae,
and tarsi white, the tibiae black at their apex, and the femora palish at
their base outside; the wings hyaline and iridescent, with the nervures
black. The abdomen beneath, and the apical margins of the segments
above, white.
_Male._ Rather smaller than the female, but only differs otherwise in
the colour of the legs, the anterior and intermediate pairs being
entirely yellowish-white, excepting the intermediate tibiae and tarsi,
which are slightly fuscous above; the posterior femora are ferruginous,
the tibiae and tarsi white, with the base and apex of the two former
black as well as the apical joint of the tarsi.
_Hab._ Key Island.
Gen. PIMPLA, _Fabr._
1. PIMPLA OCHRACEA. _P._ ochracea; antennis ferrugineis; facie lutea;
alis hyalinis, apice fuscis.
_Female._ Length 5 lines. Entirely ochraceous, with the face and scape
in front yellow; the body beneath is pale ochraceous; the antennae
ferruginous, above dusky; the eyes emarginate within; the tarsi have the
tips of the claws black; the wings flavo-hyaline, with the apex of the
anterior pair fuscous, the nervures black, becoming yellow at the base
of the wings. The head, thorax, legs and base of the abdomen smooth and
shining; the abdomen, except at the base, finely punctured; a transverse
impressed row of punctures a little before the apical margin of each
segment, and the space between impunctate.
_Hab._ Aru.
2. PIMPLA BRACONOIDES. _P._ rufo-flava; antennis tarsisque et abdominis
dimidio posteriori nigris; alis fuscis, dimidio basali flavis.
_Female._ Length 6 lines. Ferruginous; the posterior tarsi and the
fourth and following segments of the abdomen black; the head is reddish
yellow, the eyes brown; the scape and two or three of the basal joints
of the flagellum ferruginous, the rest fuscous; the
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