﻿Hymenoptera 
  Orientalis. 
  5 
  

  

  behind 
  the 
  eyes, 
  which 
  are 
  large 
  and 
  almost 
  parallel 
  ; 
  

   ■covered 
  with 
  a 
  short 
  sparse 
  white 
  down, 
  and 
  sparsely 
  with 
  

   longish 
  black 
  hairs 
  ; 
  front 
  and 
  vertex 
  obliquely 
  aciculated, 
  

   the 
  former 
  only 
  excavated 
  immediately 
  above 
  the 
  antenna; 
  

   and 
  without 
  a 
  longitudinal 
  furrow 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  sparsely 
  punc- 
  

   tured 
  ; 
  its 
  apex 
  almost 
  transverse 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  the 
  sides 
  

   somewhat 
  oblique 
  ; 
  the 
  centre 
  slightly 
  incised 
  ; 
  mandibles 
  

   obscure 
  reddish 
  towards 
  the 
  centre, 
  the 
  outer 
  side 
  broadly 
  

   at 
  the 
  base 
  striolated. 
  Thorax 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  fuscous 
  

   pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  tubercles 
  and 
  a 
  spot 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   median 
  segment 
  silvery. 
  Pro- 
  and 
  mesonotum 
  strongly 
  

   transversely 
  striolated, 
  the 
  striolations 
  rather 
  widely 
  sepa- 
  

   rated 
  ; 
  propleuras 
  obliquely 
  striolated 
  ; 
  meso- 
  and 
  meta- 
  

   pleurae 
  longitudinally 
  rugosely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  metanotum 
  

   transversely 
  rugosely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  longitudinally 
  

   striolated 
  ; 
  mesonotum 
  with 
  a 
  shallow 
  channel 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  ; 
  

   metanotum 
  not 
  elevated 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  ; 
  a 
  shallow 
  indistinct 
  

   furrow 
  below 
  the 
  spiracles. 
  Petiole 
  longish 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  

   joint 
  usually 
  blackish 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  Coxs 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  

   dense 
  moderately 
  long 
  silvery 
  pile 
  ; 
  the 
  trochanters, 
  tibije 
  

   and 
  tarsi, 
  with 
  a 
  shorter 
  and 
  thinner 
  one 
  ; 
  hind 
  coxa; 
  

   coarsely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  tarsal 
  spines 
  black 
  ; 
  fore 
  calcaria 
  red 
  ; 
  

   hinder 
  black, 
  reddish 
  at 
  base 
  ; 
  apex 
  of 
  tarsi 
  black. 
  Second 
  

   cubital 
  cellule 
  at 
  top 
  a 
  little 
  wider 
  or 
  a 
  little 
  narrower 
  than 
  

   the 
  space 
  bounded 
  by 
  the 
  recurrent 
  nervures 
  ; 
  third 
  cubital 
  

   cellule 
  a 
  little 
  wider 
  at 
  top 
  than 
  at 
  bottom, 
  the 
  second 
  

   transverse 
  cubital 
  nervure 
  bent 
  outwardly 
  at 
  the 
  bottom 
  ; 
  

   tegulae 
  blackish 
  to 
  piceous. 
  

  

  A. 
  Jmmbertiana, 
  Saus. 
  from 
  Java, 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  nearest 
  

   ally 
  of 
  this 
  species, 
  but 
  it 
  has 
  the 
  metanotum 
  " 
  postice 
  

   oblique 
  in 
  V-formam 
  elevato-strigato," 
  and 
  the 
  trochanters 
  

   are 
  not 
  black. 
  A. 
  basalis 
  is 
  also 
  nearly 
  related 
  to 
  it, 
  but 
  is 
  

   smaller 
  (15-17 
  mm.), 
  has 
  the 
  face 
  silvery 
  pilose, 
  densely 
  

   so 
  on 
  the 
  clypeus 
  ; 
  the 
  head 
  smooth, 
  impunctate, 
  wings 
  

   hyaline, 
  &c. 
  Barrackpore 
  ; 
  Allahabad, 
  N. 
  W. 
  Province. 
  

  

  