﻿Hymenoptera 
  Orientalis. 
  55, 
  

  

  to 
  silvery 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  metathorax 
  much 
  more 
  thickly 
  

   than 
  the 
  mesothorax 
  ; 
  strongly 
  (especially 
  the 
  pleurae) 
  

   punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  scutellum 
  not 
  so 
  strongly 
  as 
  the 
  mesonotum. 
  

   Metathorax 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  mesothorax, 
  broader 
  than 
  

   long, 
  almost 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  coarsely 
  rugose, 
  running 
  

   into 
  reticulations 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  strongly, 
  nearly 
  transversely 
  

   striolated. 
  Abdomen 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  

   united 
  ; 
  shining, 
  obscurely 
  shagreened 
  ; 
  the 
  segments 
  edged 
  

   with 
  silvery 
  bands 
  of 
  pubescence, 
  interrupted 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  

   the 
  apex 
  rather 
  acuminate 
  ; 
  pygidial 
  area 
  very 
  shining,, 
  

   margined 
  along 
  the 
  side, 
  sparsely 
  punctured. 
  Femora 
  

   sparsely, 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  densely 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  silvery 
  

   hair 
  ; 
  the 
  spines 
  and 
  claws 
  pale 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  the 
  calcaria 
  

   blackish, 
  reddish 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  side. 
  The 
  second 
  cubital 
  

   cellule 
  is 
  about 
  one-fourth 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  third, 
  the 
  latter 
  

   at 
  the 
  top 
  being 
  somewhat 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  space 
  bounded 
  

   by 
  the 
  recurrent 
  nervures. 
  The 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  radial 
  cellule 
  

   is 
  narrow, 
  not 
  sharply 
  angled 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  part, 
  but 
  rather 
  

   rounded, 
  and 
  reaches 
  near 
  to 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  cubitaL 
  

   The 
  appendicular 
  cellule 
  is 
  narrow, 
  but 
  distinct. 
  

   Hub. 
  Tirhoot 
  {Rot/mey). 
  

  

  — 
  4. 
  Tachysphex 
  AURICEPS, 
  Sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Niger, 
  aureo-hirtiis 
  ; 
  pedibiis, 
  abdominisque 
  seginentis 
  

   I 
  et 
  2 
  rufis, 
  coxis, 
  trochanteribus 
  basique 
  femoriiin,nigris,alis 
  

   flavo-hyalinis. 
  ^ 
  et 
  $ 
  . 
  Long. 
  12 
  mm. 
  ?, 
  9 
  mm. 
  ^. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  stout, 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  short 
  white 
  pile 
  ; 
  the 
  

   third 
  and 
  fourth 
  joints 
  subequal. 
  Head 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  the 
  

   thorax 
  ; 
  the 
  front, 
  cheeks, 
  face, 
  and 
  clypeus 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  

   golden 
  pubescence, 
  the 
  vertex 
  with 
  a 
  much 
  shorter 
  and 
  

   thinner 
  fulvous 
  to 
  golden 
  pile 
  ; 
  finely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  eyes 
  

   at 
  the 
  top 
  separated 
  by 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  nearly 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  

   third 
  antennal 
  joints 
  united 
  ; 
  the 
  vertex 
  furrowed 
  in 
  the 
  

   centre, 
  the 
  furrow 
  ending 
  in 
  a 
  short 
  A 
  -shaped 
  furrow 
  ; 
  ocellar 
  

   region 
  raised, 
  a 
  wide 
  and 
  shallow 
  furrow 
  in 
  the 
  centre. 
  

  

  