﻿Hymenoptera 
  Orien 
  talis. 
  5 
  

  

  pile; 
  lateral 
  edges 
  of 
  the 
  coxae, 
  the 
  knees 
  and 
  apices 
  of 
  the 
  

   tibiae 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  yellowish 
  ; 
  the 
  hind 
  femora 
  entirely, 
  and 
  

   the 
  four 
  anterior 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  underneath, 
  rufous 
  ; 
  the 
  hind 
  

   tibiae 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  rufous 
  beneath. 
  The 
  second 
  cubital 
  

   cellule 
  is 
  longly 
  pedunculated 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  

   is 
  almost 
  interstitial 
  ; 
  tegulfe 
  red. 
  

  

  The 
  tibiae 
  are 
  not 
  spined, 
  nor 
  the 
  clypeus 
  keeled 
  ; 
  the 
  

   metanotum 
  is 
  not 
  bilobate. 
  In 
  some 
  specimens 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  

   small 
  yellow 
  mark 
  on 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  and 
  fourth 
  

   abdominal 
  segments. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Barrackpore 
  {Rothney). 
  

  

  y^. 
  Nysson 
  erythropoda, 
  sp. 
  iiov. 
  (PI. 
  IX., 
  Fig. 
  head 
  i8, 
  

   1 
  8^ 
  antenna). 
  

  

  Niger, 
  argenteo 
  pilosiis, 
  capite 
  etthorace 
  rugoso-piinctatis 
  ; 
  

   aniejinis 
  siibtiis 
  pedibiisque 
  rnfis, 
  lima 
  pronoti, 
  tegtilis, 
  linea 
  

   scutclli 
  viaciilisqjie 
  abdominis 
  segmentis 
  i 
  — 
  2 
  flavis 
  ; 
  alls 
  

   ftiscis. 
  Long. 
  6'5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Agrees 
  closely 
  with 
  riigosus\ 
  differs 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  

   antennae 
  rufous 
  beneath, 
  the 
  legs 
  entirely 
  red, 
  except 
  the 
  

   base 
  of 
  the 
  coxae 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  is 
  not 
  red 
  ; 
  the 
  

   yellow 
  line 
  on 
  the 
  pronotum 
  is 
  continuous 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  joint 
  

   of 
  the 
  antennae 
  is 
  more 
  globular, 
  thicker, 
  and 
  shorter 
  ; 
  the 
  

   second 
  is 
  not 
  much 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  third; 
  the 
  eyes 
  are 
  

   more 
  curved, 
  the 
  ocelli 
  more 
  raised 
  ; 
  the 
  mesopleurae 
  at 
  its 
  

   hinder 
  edge 
  has 
  a 
  stout 
  keel 
  interrupted 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  and 
  

   prolonged 
  beneath 
  near 
  to 
  the 
  sternal 
  groove 
  ; 
  the 
  hypo- 
  

   pygium 
  is 
  more 
  sharply 
  convex 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  

   cubital 
  cellule 
  is 
  longer, 
  being 
  as 
  long, 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  side, 
  as 
  

   the 
  third, 
  whereas 
  in 
  rugosiis 
  it 
  is 
  clearly 
  shorter. 
  

  

  The 
  clypeus 
  is 
  bi-dentate 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  mandibles 
  

   and 
  palpi 
  obscure 
  rufous 
  ; 
  there 
  are 
  four 
  keels 
  on 
  the 
  median 
  

   segment; 
  its 
  sides 
  are 
  densely 
  covered 
  with 
  pale 
  pubescence; 
  

   its 
  spine 
  is 
  blunt 
  ; 
  the 
  white 
  pile 
  on 
  the 
  tibiae 
  is 
  very 
  dense, 
  

   almost 
  hiding 
  the 
  color. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Barrackpore. 
  

  

  