﻿Hymenoptera 
  Orientalis. 
  19 
  

  

  <-€erceris 
  NOVAR./E, 
  Sauss., 
  (PI. 
  X. 
  f. 
  8, 
  a, 
  b). 
  

  

  Clypeus 
  flat, 
  slightly 
  convex 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  

   projecting 
  a 
  little 
  beyond 
  the 
  lateral 
  pieces 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  trun- 
  

   cated, 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  sides 
  rounded. 
  Eyes 
  a 
  little 
  converging 
  

   beneath. 
  Ocelli 
  not 
  forming 
  a 
  triangle, 
  the 
  anterior 
  being 
  

   too 
  much 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  ; 
  the 
  posterior 
  separated 
  

   from 
  the 
  eyes 
  by 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  than 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  

   antennal 
  joint, 
  and 
  by 
  its 
  length 
  from 
  each 
  other. 
  Front 
  and 
  

   vertex 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  face 
  and 
  clypeus 
  with 
  

   shallow 
  punctures. 
  The 
  face, 
  oral 
  region, 
  antennal 
  keel 
  and 
  

   the 
  orbits 
  to 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  scape 
  above 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   antennae; 
  the 
  mandibles, 
  exceptattheapex, 
  and 
  aspot 
  behind 
  

   the 
  eye 
  near 
  the 
  top, 
  yellow. 
  The 
  vertex 
  is 
  sparsely 
  pilose. 
  

   Thorax 
  more 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  than 
  the 
  head; 
  thepunctures 
  

   larger 
  and 
  wider 
  apart, 
  the 
  pleurae 
  more 
  coarsely 
  punctured 
  

   than 
  the 
  mesonotum. 
  Trigonal 
  area 
  impunctate, 
  furrowed 
  

   down 
  the 
  centre, 
  the 
  furrow 
  crenulated. 
  Two 
  marks 
  on 
  the 
  

   pronotum, 
  a 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  mesopleura, 
  tegulae, 
  a 
  small 
  mark 
  on 
  

   the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  scutellum, 
  the 
  metanotum 
  and 
  two 
  large 
  

   oblong 
  marks 
  on 
  the 
  median 
  segment, 
  yellow. 
  Mesopleural 
  

   furrow, 
  wide, 
  deep. 
  Apex 
  of 
  median 
  segment 
  gradually 
  

   rounded 
  above, 
  the 
  apical 
  part 
  rather 
  abrupt, 
  and 
  with 
  two 
  

   deep, 
  shining, 
  somewhat 
  triangular 
  depressions 
  at 
  the 
  

   extreme 
  apex. 
  Petiole 
  longer 
  than 
  broad, 
  slightly 
  bulging 
  

   out 
  at 
  the 
  middle, 
  coarsely 
  punctured. 
  The 
  other 
  segments 
  

   are 
  also 
  strongly 
  punctured. 
  Pygidial 
  area 
  an 
  elongated 
  

   oval, 
  narrowed 
  at 
  base 
  and 
  apex, 
  the 
  surface 
  irregularly 
  

   rugose. 
  Hypopygial 
  incision 
  not 
  reaching 
  to 
  the 
  middle 
  

   of 
  the 
  segment, 
  longer 
  than 
  broad, 
  rather 
  acutely 
  pointed 
  

   at 
  the 
  apex. 
  The 
  lateral 
  hair 
  fringe 
  dense, 
  golden-fulvous. 
  

   There 
  is 
  a 
  broad 
  band 
  on 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  segment, 
  

   the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  segment, 
  except 
  a 
  somewhat 
  semi- 
  

   circular 
  black 
  mark 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  a 
  similar 
  

   amount 
  of 
  black 
  on 
  the 
  fifth, 
  yellow. 
  The 
  legs 
  are 
  yellow, 
  

  

  