﻿Hymenoptera 
  Orientalis. 
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  The 
  following 
  are 
  the 
  species 
  which 
  cannot 
  be 
  referred 
  

   to 
  their 
  proper 
  genus. 
  

  

  1. 
  Taciiytes 
  aurifex, 
  Smith, 
  /^?^r. 
  Linn. 
  Soc. 
  II., 
  loi. 
  

   Hab. 
  Borneo. 
  

  

  2. 
  T. 
  FERVIDUS, 
  Smith, 
  Cat. 
  Hym. 
  Ins. 
  IV., 
  298, 
  11. 
  

   Hab. 
  " 
  India." 
  

  

  3. 
  T. 
  NovAR.E, 
  Saussure, 
  Novara 
  Reise, 
  Hym., 
  69. 
  

   Hab. 
  Nicobar 
  Island. 
  

  

  -^i. 
  Taciiytes 
  erythropoda, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Niger, 
  nitidus, 
  argenteo 
  pubescens 
  ; 
  inandibulis, 
  pedibus 
  

   {coxis 
  nigris) 
  abdominisque 
  segmentis 
  i 
  — 
  3, 
  riifo-testaceis 
  ; 
  

   nlis 
  Jiyalinis, 
  apice 
  fere 
  ftunatis. 
  ?. 
  Long. 
  8 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Mussoorie 
  hills 
  {Rothney). 
  

  

  Head 
  broader 
  than 
  the 
  thorax, 
  shining, 
  sparsely 
  punc- 
  

   tured 
  ; 
  the 
  vertex 
  sparsely, 
  the 
  cheeks 
  and 
  clypeus 
  densely 
  

   covered 
  with 
  long 
  silvery 
  hair. 
  Antennae 
  short, 
  thick, 
  

   microscopically 
  pilose 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  joint 
  nearly 
  half 
  the 
  

   length 
  of 
  the 
  third, 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  fourth. 
  

   Eyes 
  but 
  slightly 
  converging 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  ; 
  separated 
  there 
  by 
  

   the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  first, 
  second, 
  and 
  third 
  joints 
  united. 
  

   Ocellar 
  area 
  longer 
  than 
  broad, 
  surrounded 
  by 
  a 
  furrow, 
  

   and 
  furrowed 
  down 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  and 
  a 
  furrow 
  winds 
  down 
  

   from 
  the 
  front 
  ocellus. 
  Lateral 
  prominences 
  indistinct 
  ; 
  

   the 
  clypeus 
  slightly 
  projecting 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  in 
  

   the 
  middle 
  gaping, 
  roundly 
  incised. 
  Thorax 
  shining, 
  im- 
  

   punctate 
  ; 
  the 
  pronotum 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  metanotum 
  irregu- 
  

   larly 
  transversely 
  striolated 
  and 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  silvery 
  

   white 
  hairs. 
  Abdomen 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  thorax 
  and 
  narrower 
  

   than 
  it, 
  shining, 
  covered 
  with 
  silvery 
  white 
  pubescence, 
  except 
  

   on 
  the 
  basal 
  segments 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  ; 
  pygidial 
  area 
  covered 
  

   closely 
  with 
  stiff 
  fulvous, 
  mixed 
  with 
  white, 
  bristles; 
  the 
  

   sides 
  keeled 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  rounded 
  ; 
  beneath 
  it 
  is 
  punctured. 
  

   Femora 
  slightly, 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  densely 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  

  

  