﻿Hymenoptera 
  Or 
  lent 
  alls. 
  47 
  

  

  decidedly 
  yellow 
  or 
  rather 
  of 
  a 
  ferruginous 
  colour, 
  but 
  in 
  

   this 
  respect 
  the 
  wings 
  vary. 
  

  

  Common, 
  Mussoorie 
  hills 
  {RoiJiney). 
  Shanghai 
  {Sat(s- 
  

   sure). 
  

  

  .^\. 
  Tachytes 
  ORNATIPES, 
  Sp. 
  IIOV. 
  

  

  Niger, 
  geniculis, 
  tibiis 
  tarsisque 
  anterioribus, 
  rufo-testa- 
  

   ceis 
  ; 
  alls 
  fere 
  flavo-hyalinis, 
  nervis 
  testaceis 
  ; 
  clypeo, 
  facie 
  

   tlioraceqtie 
  loiige 
  fulvo-hirtis. 
  Long. 
  12 
  mm. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  stout 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  joint 
  hardly 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  

   fourth, 
  and 
  three 
  times 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  second. 
  The 
  hair 
  

   on 
  the 
  face 
  and 
  clypeus 
  is 
  long 
  and 
  dense, 
  the 
  front 
  and 
  

   vertex 
  sparsely 
  haired, 
  opaque 
  and 
  sparsely 
  punctured 
  on 
  

   the 
  vertex, 
  which 
  is 
  depressed 
  and 
  furrowed 
  in 
  the 
  centre. 
  

   Eyes 
  at 
  top 
  separated 
  by 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  antennal 
  

   joint. 
  Mandibles 
  reddish 
  at 
  the 
  basal 
  half; 
  punctured 
  and 
  

   covered 
  with 
  silvery-golden 
  hair 
  ; 
  palpi 
  reddish 
  testaceous. 
  

   Thorax 
  opaque. 
  Clypeus 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  margin 
  depressed, 
  

   incised 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  the 
  scutellum 
  distinctly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  

   the 
  hair 
  moderately 
  long 
  and 
  thick 
  ; 
  the 
  pronotum 
  above 
  

   with 
  a 
  fringe 
  of 
  silvery 
  pubescence. 
  Abdomen 
  shining 
  ; 
  the 
  

   segments 
  bordered 
  (except 
  in 
  the 
  centre) 
  with 
  silvery 
  

   pubescence. 
  Pygidial 
  area 
  densely 
  covered 
  with 
  stiff 
  

   golden 
  hair 
  ; 
  sharply 
  narrowed 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  which 
  is 
  

   rounded. 
  Ventral 
  surface 
  (especially 
  towards 
  the 
  apex) 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  dark 
  brown 
  pubescence 
  and 
  with 
  some 
  

   scattered 
  longish 
  hairs. 
  Legs 
  cinereous 
  pilose 
  ; 
  the 
  femora 
  

   with 
  scattered 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  anterior 
  tibiae 
  are 
  entirely 
  testa- 
  

   ceous 
  ; 
  the 
  middle 
  pair 
  are 
  broadly 
  blackish 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  ; 
  

   the 
  posterior 
  are 
  black, 
  testaceous 
  at 
  base 
  and 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  

   hind 
  tarsi 
  black, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  testaceous 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  and 
  at 
  

   the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  basal 
  joints 
  ; 
  the 
  spines 
  pale 
  testaceous 
  ; 
  

   the 
  spurs 
  and 
  claws 
  for 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  rufo-testaceous. 
  

   The 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  cubital 
  cellules 
  are 
  subequal 
  at 
  the 
  

   top 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  is 
  received 
  at 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  

  

  