NEW SPECIES OF INDIAN HYMENOPTERA. 567 



inner orbits of the eyes, pale yellow ; antennae piceous, sometimes 

 rufo-piceous ; apical margins of abdominal segments narrowly rufo- 

 testaceous ; apical two or three tarsal joints pale rufo-testaceous, calearia 

 pale whitish ; pubescence grey, long on head and thorax, somewhat 

 sparse on abdomen above, and forming sparsely ciliated apical bands, 

 more or less interrupted, on segments 2 — 4 ; wings clear hyaline, tegula? 

 testaceous, nervures pale testaceous. 



Long. 7-8 mm. 



Habitat — Peshin ; not uncommon. 



This species is nearest to A. erythrocnemis (Mor.) from Russia, but 

 may be distinguished from it by the posterior tibiae and mandibles being 

 entirely black. 



Melanapis rufifrons, n. sp. 



$ Head and mesonotum closely and finely, scutellum more sparsely, 

 punctured, median segment finely rugose, with a triangular area at 

 base less finely so ; at the extreme base of this area there is a smaller 

 depressed triangular space, produced into a median longitudinal furrow ; 

 abdomen microscopically aciculate, shining ; clypeus roundly incised, 

 a somewhat long, but not very broad, lamina at base of labrum very 

 slightly incised at apex ; front with a small carina between bases of 

 antenna? ; 2nd joint of flagellum longer than the two following united ; 

 an impressed longitudinal line on basal half of mesonotum, and two 

 short impressed lines parallel with the tegulai ; abdomen as long as 

 head and thorax united, the apices of the segments very slightly de- 

 pressed. Dark red, the head less dark than the thorax and abdomen, 

 which are more or less variegated with black ; legs black, variegated 

 with red, calearia and apical two or three tarsal joints rufo-testaceous ; 

 pubescence on head and anterior tarsi rufous, on thorax, legs and 

 abdomen black, sparse on the thorax, dense on the legs, abdomen bare 

 except the anal fimbria ; wings deep, shining fuscous, nervures piceous, 

 tegulse red. 



$ Similar, less stoutly built, head much wider than thorax, 2nd joint 

 of fla^eUum about as long as the two following, pubescence on head 

 darker rufous, head and thorax darker red, abdomen almost entirely 

 black. 



Long. 9 15-16 mm. $ 13-14 mm. 



Habitat — Quetta ; five specimens. 



