﻿Hymenoptera 
  Orietitalis. 
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  golden 
  hue 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  cubital 
  cellule 
  is 
  longer 
  in 
  com- 
  

   parison 
  with 
  the 
  third 
  ; 
  the 
  recurrent 
  nervures 
  are 
  more 
  

   widely 
  separated 
  ; 
  the 
  pygidial 
  area 
  is 
  less 
  strongly 
  pilose, 
  

   and 
  wants 
  the 
  bristles 
  on 
  the 
  surface 
  and 
  apex, 
  being 
  also 
  

   shorter, 
  broader, 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  apex 
  incised. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Bangalore 
  {Mtis. 
  Cal.), 
  Poona 
  ( 
  Wrotightoii). 
  

  

  PIAGETIA. 
  

  

  PiAGETiA, 
  Ritzema, 
  Ent. 
  M. 
  Mag., 
  IX, 
  120 
  ; 
  Kohl, 
  Verh. 
  

   z.-b. 
  Ges. 
  Wien, 
  1884, 
  p. 
  

   I. 
  Piagetia 
  Ritsemcs, 
  Ritzema, 
  Eitt. 
  M. 
  Mag. 
  IX., 
  p. 
  120. 
  

   Hab. 
  Sourubuya, 
  Java. 
  

  

  C-- 
  2. 
  PlAGETI 
  RUFICORNIS, 
  Sp. 
  IIOV. 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  antennis, 
  ore, 
  clypeo, 
  prothorace, 
  metatJiorace 
  {medio 
  

   metanoti 
  nigrd) 
  petiolo 
  pedibusque, 
  riifis 
  ; 
  alis 
  hyalinis, 
  fascia, 
  

   siibstigmatali 
  fiisca 
  ; 
  nervis 
  testaceis. 
  ?. 
  Long. 
  9 
  mm. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  rather 
  slender, 
  almost 
  bare. 
  The 
  second 
  joint 
  

   half 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  fourth, 
  which 
  is 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  third. 
  

   Head 
  wider 
  than 
  the 
  thorax, 
  opaque, 
  finely 
  granular 
  ; 
  a 
  

   furrow 
  runs 
  down 
  from 
  the 
  ocellus 
  to 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   antennae, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  wider 
  curved 
  furrow 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  

   of 
  the 
  front 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  broadly 
  keeled 
  (the 
  keel 
  narrowed 
  at 
  

   base), 
  densely 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  silvery 
  pubescence, 
  the 
  apex 
  

   with 
  an 
  incision 
  in 
  the 
  middle. 
  Eyes 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  separated 
  

   by 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  antennal 
  joint. 
  Mandibles 
  

   black 
  at 
  the 
  apical 
  half 
  Thorax 
  finely 
  aciculated, 
  

   covered 
  with 
  a 
  close 
  silvery 
  pile 
  ; 
  the 
  metanotum 
  finely 
  

   rugose, 
  with 
  a 
  shallow 
  depression 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  

   having 
  a 
  fine 
  keel 
  in 
  the 
  middle. 
  The 
  mesopleurae 
  and 
  

   sternum 
  are 
  entirely 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  mesopleural 
  suture 
  rather 
  

   indistinct 
  ; 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  is 
  broadly 
  rufous 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  

   at 
  the 
  base. 
  Pygidial 
  area 
  almost 
  bare, 
  and 
  marked 
  all 
  

   over 
  with 
  large 
  punctures. 
  The 
  second 
  cubital 
  cellule 
  at 
  

   the 
  top 
  is 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  third 
  ; 
  the 
  recurrent 
  nervures 
  are 
  

  

  