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g; the ovipositor black. _Hab._ Celebes. This species is closely allied to the _P. trilineata_ of Brulle. Fam. BRACONIDAE. 1. BRACON INSINUATOR. _B._ capite, thorace pedibusque ferrugineis; antennis, tibiis tarsisque posticis et abdomine nigris; alis nigro-fuscis, macula hyalina sub stigmate. _Female._ Length 7-1/2 lines. Head and thorax smooth, shining, and ferruginous, the legs ferruginous, with the posterior tibiae and tarsi black; the antennae black, with the scape and following joint ferruginous; wings dark brown, with their extreme base pale testaceous; a hyaline stripe runs from the stigma across the first submarginal cell and passes a little below it. Abdomen black, smooth, and shining, with the lateral margins of the basal segment pale yellow-testaceous; this segment has on each side a longitudinal carina, and between them is a highly polished bell-shaped form; the second segment with deep oblique depressions at the sides, and deeply longitudinally rugose-striate, leaving the apical margin smooth and shining; the second segment is similarly sculptured, and the third has a transverse groove at its base. _Hab._ Celebes. 2. BRACON INTRUDENS. _B._ rufescenti-flavus, antennis setisque caudalibus nigris; alis nigro-fuscis, basi fasciaque angusta transversa flavis. _Female._ Length 9 lines. Pale reddish-yellow; the eyes, flagellum, and ovipositor black; the scape and the following segment yellow; the head and thorax smooth and shining, both pubescent at the sides and beneath, the legs covered with a similar pale pubescence; the face with an upright horn between the antennae, and a raised flattened plate in front of it. Abdomen: the basal segment with the lateral margins raised, and having on each side an elongate broad depression extending its entire length; the three following with an oblique depression on each side at the base of the segment; the third, fourth, and fifth segments distinctly margined at their apex; the ovipositor the length of the insect. _Hab._ Celebes. Genus AGATHIS, _Latr._ 1. AGATHIS SCULPTURALIS. _A._ nigra, prothorace, pedibus anticis mediisque ferrugineis; abdomine laevigato nitido. _Male._ Length 5-1/2 lines. Black; the mouth, prothorax, anterior and intermediate legs, ferruginous; the face with two teeth or horns between or a little before the insertion of the antennae, and another at the side of each, close to their insertion. Thorax: the mesothorax with two d
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