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  Mr. 
  Cameron 
  07i 
  

  

  — 
  ^MMOPHILA 
  ORIENTALIS, 
  s/>. 
  IIOV. 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  argetiteo 
  hirta 
  ; 
  femoribus, 
  tibiis, 
  tarsis, 
  petiolo, 
  

   abdominisqiie 
  segmento 
  i° 
  fere 
  toto, 
  rufis, 
  a 
  lis 
  Jiyalinis 
  vel 
  

   fusco-hyaliftis, 
  apice 
  fiiiiiatis, 
  costa 
  testacca 
  ; 
  nervis 
  nigris 
  ; 
  

   abdoviine 
  aeruleo. 
  ?. 
  Long. 
  17 
  — 
  19 
  mm. 
  

  

  Similar 
  to 
  the 
  preceding 
  species, 
  but 
  smaller, 
  with 
  the 
  

   pubescence 
  shorter 
  and 
  sparser, 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  more 
  silvery 
  tint 
  ; 
  

   the 
  wings 
  without 
  such 
  a 
  decided 
  yellowish 
  tinge, 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  

   nervures 
  blackish 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  abdominal 
  segment 
  is 
  red, 
  except 
  

   at 
  the 
  apex, 
  and 
  the 
  third 
  antennal 
  joint 
  is 
  shorter, 
  not 
  being 
  

   twice 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  fourth. 
  Mandibles 
  broadly 
  red 
  at 
  the 
  

   base, 
  which 
  is 
  striated 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  punctured, 
  densely 
  covered 
  

   with 
  a 
  silvery 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  its 
  apex 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  shallow 
  

   sinuation 
  ; 
  front 
  and 
  vertex 
  shagreened, 
  sparsely 
  and 
  shortly 
  

   pilose. 
  Antenna; 
  with 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  first 
  joint 
  testaceous, 
  the 
  

   flagellum 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  pale 
  pile. 
  Pro- 
  and 
  mesonotum 
  

   strongly 
  transversely 
  striolated 
  ; 
  metanotum 
  more 
  closely 
  

   and 
  not 
  so 
  strongly 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  strongly 
  longitudinally 
  

   striolated 
  ; 
  propleura 
  perpendicularly 
  striolated, 
  meso- 
  and 
  

   metapleura 
  obliquely 
  rugosely 
  striolated 
  ; 
  the 
  raised 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  metanotum 
  shield-shaped. 
  The 
  tubercles 
  and 
  the 
  sides 
  

   of 
  the 
  middle 
  segment 
  densely 
  silvery 
  pilose. 
  The 
  second 
  

   joint 
  of 
  the 
  petiole 
  is 
  black 
  above 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  

   has 
  a 
  silky 
  pile 
  ; 
  the 
  hind 
  coxae 
  are 
  white 
  with 
  a 
  dense 
  

   silvery 
  white 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  trochanters 
  are 
  red, 
  blackish 
  

   towards 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  apex, 
  the 
  anterior 
  broadly 
  black 
  at 
  

   the 
  base 
  ; 
  the 
  tips 
  of 
  four 
  anterior 
  tarsi 
  and 
  the 
  posterior 
  

   from 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  joint 
  blackish 
  ; 
  spurs 
  blackish. 
  

   Alar 
  cellules 
  pretty 
  much 
  as 
  in 
  A. 
  budd/ia. 
  The 
  ocelli 
  do 
  

   not 
  form 
  a 
  triangle 
  ; 
  the 
  anterior 
  not 
  being 
  placed 
  very 
  far 
  

   in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  posterior. 
  

  

  The 
  clypeus 
  and 
  tegulse 
  in 
  some 
  specimens 
  are 
  tes- 
  

   taceous 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  petiole 
  may 
  be 
  

   black 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  antennae 
  may 
  be 
  testaceous,, 
  

  

  