On three New Species of Ichneumonidae

Extract

Rhyssa persuasoria himalayensis, subsp. n.

May be separated from Rhyssa persuasoria, L., only on colour differences, of which the most important are as follows : Mesonotum with white signature, which is anteriorly acute and posteriorly broader, with sometimes the posterior angles somewhat drawn out behind ; all coxae black and white, except in the male, in which the four anterior coxae are almost entirely white ; hind legs, particularly hind femora, mainly dark to nigrescent or deep black, except in the male, in which the hind femora are mostly white ; the white lateral markings of the 7th tergite contiguous with their white apical spots respectively, except in the male.