﻿Hymenoptera 
  Orientalis. 
  3 
  

  

  Antennae 
  subclavate, 
  the 
  flagellum 
  thin 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  the 
  

   third 
  joint 
  more 
  than 
  twice 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  fourth. 
  Eyes 
  

   large, 
  reaching 
  to 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  mandibles, 
  distinctly 
  con- 
  

   verging 
  there, 
  and 
  coarsely 
  facetted. 
  Ocelli 
  almost 
  forming 
  

   a 
  triangle 
  ; 
  separated 
  from 
  each 
  other 
  by 
  twice 
  the 
  length 
  

   that 
  the 
  posterior 
  are 
  from 
  the 
  eyes. 
  Clypeus 
  moderately 
  

   convex, 
  the 
  apex 
  margined, 
  almost 
  transverse. 
  Meso- 
  

   sternum 
  without 
  a 
  keel. 
  Basal 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  

   smooth, 
  shining, 
  glabrous, 
  and 
  limited 
  by 
  a 
  narrow 
  indistinct 
  

   furrow. 
  Petiole 
  nodose, 
  clearly 
  defined 
  from 
  the 
  second 
  seg- 
  

   ment, 
  which, 
  at 
  the 
  extreme 
  base, 
  is 
  equal 
  in 
  breadth 
  to 
  it, 
  

   but 
  from 
  there 
  it 
  becomes 
  much 
  wider. 
  Abdomen 
  elongate, 
  

   longer 
  than 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  united. 
  Pygidial 
  area 
  

   clearly 
  limited, 
  covered 
  with 
  short, 
  depressed, 
  coarse, 
  bristle- 
  

   like 
  hairs, 
  and 
  apparently 
  longitudinally 
  striolated 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  

   margined. 
  The 
  second 
  cubital 
  cellule 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  is 
  not 
  very 
  

   much 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  third 
  ; 
  and 
  more 
  than 
  the 
  length 
  

   bounded 
  by 
  the 
  recurrent 
  nervures 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  transverse 
  

   cubital 
  nervure 
  is 
  angled, 
  near 
  the 
  middle. 
  Fore 
  tarsi 
  and 
  

   tibiae 
  spinose. 
  

  

  Barrackpore^ 
  {Rotlmey). 
  Bombay 
  ( 
  Wroiighton). 
  

  

  NYSSON. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  64 
  described 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  widely 
  known 
  genus, 
  

   only 
  two 
  have 
  hitherto 
  been 
  recorded 
  from 
  our 
  region. 
  

  

  1. 
  Nysson 
  basalis. 
  

  

  Nyssoii 
  basalis^ 
  Smith, 
  Cat. 
  Hym. 
  Ins. 
  IV., 
  355, 
  11;^ 
  

  

  Handlirsch, 
  Sitz. 
  d. 
  Kais. 
  Akad. 
  d. 
  Wisse?i., 
  XCVIL, 
  401. 
  

   Had. 
  India.^ 
  

  

  2. 
  Nysson 
  Doriae. 
  

  

  Nysson 
  DoricB, 
  Gribodo, 
  Bull. 
  Soc, 
  Ent. 
  Ital. 
  XVI. 
  277,^ 
  

  

  Handlirsch, 
  /. 
  c. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Sarawak. 
  Borneo.^ 
  

  

  