﻿Hynienoptera 
  Orientalis. 
  -^^j 
  

  

  apex 
  broadly 
  projecting, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  distinct 
  incision 
  in 
  the 
  

   middle. 
  Thorax 
  half 
  shining, 
  coarsely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  

   metathorax 
  more 
  closely 
  punctured 
  than 
  the 
  mesothorax, 
  

   and 
  densely 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  pleurae 
  and 
  sternum 
  

   shining, 
  the 
  punctures 
  widely 
  separated. 
  Pro- 
  and 
  meso- 
  

   thorax 
  closely 
  covered 
  with 
  dull 
  whitish 
  pubescence. 
  Pro- 
  

   notum 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  projecting 
  into 
  the 
  mesonotum, 
  which 
  is 
  

   thus 
  incised 
  broadly. 
  Meta- 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  mesothorax, 
  

   the 
  apex 
  perpendicular, 
  indistinctly 
  furrowed 
  in 
  the 
  

   centre. 
  Abdomen 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  thorax 
  ; 
  covered 
  

   closely 
  with 
  white 
  pubescence 
  (sparsely 
  on 
  the 
  top 
  oi 
  

   the 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  segments), 
  the 
  apex 
  rather 
  acutely 
  

   pointed. 
  Pygidial 
  area 
  punctured 
  ; 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  soft 
  

   white 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  not 
  keeled, 
  the 
  apex 
  incised. 
  

   The 
  basal 
  two 
  segments 
  are 
  red, 
  broadly 
  black 
  in 
  the 
  

   middle 
  ; 
  the 
  ventral 
  segments 
  are 
  pale 
  at 
  their 
  junction, 
  

   Legs 
  covered 
  with 
  soft 
  cinereous 
  pubescence, 
  tibial 
  and 
  

   tarsal 
  spines 
  white 
  ; 
  calcaria 
  black 
  ; 
  metatarsal 
  brush 
  pale. 
  

   The 
  second 
  cubital 
  cellule 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  is 
  half 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  

   third 
  and 
  hardly 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  space 
  bounded 
  by 
  the 
  

   current 
  nervures. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Tirhoot, 
  Bengal 
  {Rothney). 
  

  

  -^^. 
  Larra 
  nigriventris, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  fere 
  nitida, 
  prumosa, 
  metatJiorace 
  opaco, 
  striolato, 
  

   fere 
  longiore 
  quani 
  mesothorace 
  ; 
  alis 
  fere 
  fiavo-hyalinis 
  ; 
  

   apice 
  fuscis, 
  nervis 
  flavo-testaceis. 
  Long. 
  12 
  mm. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  thorax, 
  rather 
  stout, 
  covered 
  

   with 
  a 
  silvery 
  pile 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  joint 
  one-third 
  of 
  the 
  length 
  

   of 
  the 
  third, 
  which 
  is 
  hardly 
  one-fourth 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  

   fourth. 
  Head 
  wider 
  than 
  the 
  thorax 
  ; 
  opaque, 
  alutaceous 
  ; 
  

   eyes 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  separated 
  by 
  more 
  than 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  

   third 
  antennal 
  joint; 
  vertex 
  depressed, 
  a 
  wide 
  furrow 
  along 
  

   either 
  side, 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  eyes 
  ; 
  a 
  shallow 
  and 
  less 
  distinct 
  

   furrow 
  in 
  the 
  centre, 
  leading 
  to 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  ocellus 
  round 
  

  

  