﻿Hymetioptera 
  Orientalis. 
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  Rhinopsis 
  is 
  chiefly 
  distinguished 
  from 
  Avipulex 
  by 
  the 
  

  

  wings 
  having 
  only 
  three 
  cubital 
  cellules, 
  the 
  first 
  and 
  second 
  

  

  being 
  confluent, 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  body 
  not 
  being 
  metallic 
  green 
  

  

  or 
  blue. 
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  '^RHINOPSIS 
  RUFICORNIS, 
  Sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Niger, 
  antefinis, 
  ore, 
  thorace, 
  petiolo, 
  tarsisgiie, 
  rufis 
  ; 
  alls 
  

   kyalmis, 
  fiisco 
  bifasciatis 
  ; 
  nervis 
  sordide 
  testaceis. 
  ? 
  Long. 
  

   10 
  mm. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  thorax 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  joint 
  curved, 
  

   as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  third, 
  which 
  is 
  two-thirds 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  

   fourth. 
  Head 
  coarsely 
  alutaceous, 
  almost 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  

   front 
  keeled, 
  but 
  not 
  distinctly, 
  the 
  keel 
  being 
  interrupted 
  

   at 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  apex 
  ; 
  eyes 
  parallel. 
  The 
  keel 
  on 
  the 
  

   clypeus 
  projects 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  into 
  a 
  stout 
  sharp 
  tooth, 
  and 
  

   there 
  is 
  a 
  shorter 
  and 
  blunter 
  tooth 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  this. 
  

   Prothorax 
  a 
  little 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  head 
  ; 
  the 
  top 
  part 
  raised, 
  

   narrowed 
  and 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  lower, 
  and 
  deeply 
  fur- 
  

   rowed 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  ; 
  the 
  prosternum 
  and 
  extreme 
  base 
  of 
  

   pronotum 
  black. 
  Mesonotum 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  prothorax, 
  

   parapsidal 
  furrows 
  slightly 
  diverging 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  

   there 
  is 
  an 
  indistinct 
  furrow 
  between 
  them. 
  Meta- 
  longer 
  

   than 
  the 
  meso-thorax 
  ; 
  the 
  metanotum 
  with 
  a 
  broad, 
  shallow, 
  

   somewhat 
  oblique, 
  depression 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  

   centre 
  (between 
  the 
  depressions) 
  are 
  three 
  keels, 
  the 
  central 
  

   straight, 
  the 
  lateral 
  converging 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  but 
  none 
  

   of 
  them 
  reach 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  metanotum. 
  The 
  meta- 
  

   pleurae 
  are 
  smooth, 
  shining, 
  impunctate 
  ; 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  

   metathorax 
  strongly 
  transversely 
  striolated, 
  running 
  in 
  parts 
  

   into 
  reticulations. 
  The 
  apex 
  is 
  rounded, 
  margined 
  ; 
  a 
  blunt 
  

   tooth 
  on 
  either 
  side, 
  and 
  the 
  apex 
  roundly 
  and 
  shallowly 
  

   incised. 
  The 
  apex 
  is 
  almost 
  perpendicular, 
  broadly 
  fur- 
  

   rowed 
  in 
  the 
  centre, 
  and 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  moderately 
  long 
  

   white 
  pubescence. 
  Pro- 
  and 
  mesonotum 
  coarsely 
  aciculated, 
  

   sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  white 
  pubescence. 
  Petiole 
  smooth, 
  

   shining, 
  clavate 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  second 
  abdominal 
  segment 
  as 
  

  

  