﻿Hyinenoptera 
  Orientalis. 
  59 
  

  

  Astata^ 
  Latn, 
  Hist. 
  Nat. 
  Gen. 
  et 
  part, 
  des 
  Crust, 
  et 
  Inst. 
  

   t. 
  III., 
  p. 
  116. 
  

  

  Over 
  thirty 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  genus 
  are 
  known 
  from 
  various 
  

   parts 
  of 
  the 
  world, 
  but 
  more 
  particularly 
  from 
  America. 
  

   Only 
  two 
  have 
  hitherto 
  been 
  recorded 
  from 
  our 
  region. 
  

  

  -^. 
  ASTATA 
  MACULIFRONS, 
  Sp. 
  nov, 
  

  

  Niger, 
  fronte 
  proparte 
  tegulisque 
  flavis 
  ; 
  abdominis 
  seg- 
  

   mentis 
  2 
  — 
  5 
  riifis 
  ; 
  alis 
  fnsco-hyalinis. 
  $, 
  Long. 
  9 
  mm. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  thickened 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  the 
  scape 
  and 
  

   second 
  and 
  third 
  joints 
  covered 
  with 
  longish 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  

   second 
  joint 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  third, 
  and 
  both 
  are 
  

   perceptibly 
  thinner 
  than 
  the 
  succeeding 
  joints. 
  Front 
  and 
  

   vertex 
  strongly 
  punctured, 
  almost 
  rugose 
  ; 
  the 
  clypeus 
  al- 
  

   most 
  impunctate 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  broadly 
  rounded 
  ; 
  mandibles 
  

   rugosely 
  punctured 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  piceous-red. 
  The 
  

   yellow 
  mark 
  on 
  the 
  front 
  is 
  broader 
  than 
  long, 
  and 
  is 
  

   rounded 
  at 
  the 
  sides, 
  and 
  is 
  incised 
  in 
  the 
  middle. 
  Pro- 
  

   and 
  mesothorax 
  shining, 
  sparsely 
  but 
  distinctly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  

   the 
  pleurae 
  more 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  than 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  ; 
  

   metathorax 
  opaque, 
  coracious, 
  striolated 
  at 
  extreme 
  base; 
  

   the 
  central 
  part 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  sides 
  by 
  a 
  curved 
  deep 
  

   furrow 
  ; 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  indistinct 
  keel 
  down 
  the 
  centre, 
  and 
  the 
  

   apex 
  is 
  rugosely 
  punctured. 
  Abdomen 
  red, 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  

   the 
  apical 
  two 
  segments 
  black. 
  The 
  second 
  cubital 
  cellule 
  

   is 
  about 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  third, 
  and 
  half 
  the 
  

   length 
  bounded 
  by 
  the 
  recurrent 
  nervures 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  recur- 
  

   rent 
  nervure 
  is 
  received 
  not 
  far 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  

   a 
  little 
  before 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  cellule. 
  The 
  stigma 
  and 
  

   the 
  nervures 
  beyond 
  its 
  base 
  are 
  testaceous 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  

   the 
  wing 
  is 
  almost 
  hyaline. 
  The 
  legs 
  are 
  covered 
  with 
  

   long 
  black 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  anterior 
  knees, 
  tibiae, 
  and 
  tarsi 
  in 
  front 
  

   are 
  sordid 
  testaceous, 
  the 
  posterior 
  tarsi 
  have 
  the 
  apices 
  of 
  

   the 
  joints 
  testaceous. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Mussoorie 
  hills 
  {Rothney). 
  

  

  