﻿Hynienoptcra 
  Orientalis. 
  21 
  

  

  pleurae 
  aciculate, 
  the 
  base 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  stout 
  strise. 
  Petiole 
  

   wider 
  than 
  long, 
  bulging 
  out 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  ; 
  sparsely 
  and 
  

   finely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  fifth 
  segment 
  also 
  sparsely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  

   the 
  others 
  obscurely 
  aciculate. 
  Pygidial 
  area 
  large, 
  rounded 
  

   at 
  apex, 
  not 
  narrowed 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  transversly 
  striolated 
  ; 
  

   incision 
  in 
  hypopygium 
  not 
  reaching 
  to 
  the 
  middle, 
  a 
  little 
  

   longer 
  than 
  wide, 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  Hinder 
  tibiae 
  very 
  

   stoutly 
  and 
  closely 
  spined. 
  Second 
  cubital 
  cellule 
  longer 
  

   than 
  broad, 
  rounded 
  above, 
  above 
  shortly 
  pedunculated 
  ; 
  

   the 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  received 
  shortly 
  before 
  the 
  middle. 
  

  

  The 
  $ 
  has 
  the 
  face 
  from 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  antennal 
  ridge 
  

   entirely 
  yellow 
  ; 
  the 
  clypeus 
  flattish 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  rounded, 
  

   almost 
  transverse 
  ; 
  the 
  lateral 
  plates 
  incised 
  ; 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  

   small 
  yellow 
  mark 
  below 
  the 
  tubercles 
  ; 
  there 
  are 
  two 
  large 
  

   yellow 
  marks 
  on 
  the 
  median 
  segments 
  ; 
  the 
  fourth 
  segment 
  

   is 
  almost 
  entirely 
  }'ellow 
  ; 
  the 
  fifth 
  has 
  a 
  narrow 
  yellow 
  

   border 
  on 
  the 
  apex, 
  the 
  sixth 
  is 
  almost 
  entirely 
  yellow 
  ; 
  the 
  

   sides 
  of 
  the 
  apical 
  segment 
  are 
  yellow 
  : 
  the 
  legs 
  are 
  clear 
  

   yellow 
  ; 
  the 
  hinder 
  femora 
  are 
  marked 
  with 
  black, 
  the 
  hind 
  

   tibiae 
  are 
  broadly 
  black 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  and 
  the 
  hind 
  tarsi 
  are 
  

   fuscous 
  ; 
  otherwise 
  coloured 
  as 
  in 
  9. 
  Pygidial 
  area 
  with 
  

   large 
  punctures, 
  the 
  apex 
  almost 
  transverse. 
  Length 
  11 
  mm. 
  

  

  Easily 
  recognised 
  by 
  the 
  smooth 
  impunctate 
  abdomen. 
  

  

  Cerceris 
  pictiventris, 
  Dbm. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  no 
  doubt 
  identical 
  with 
  C. 
  novar<^, 
  at 
  

   least 
  that 
  species 
  agrees 
  with 
  the 
  rather 
  laconic 
  description 
  

   given 
  by 
  Dahlbom 
  — 
  Abdomen 
  nigrum, 
  flavo-fulvo 
  — 
  aut 
  

   albo-fasciatum 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  petiolus 
  nigrum 
  , 
  . 
  . 
  segmenta 
  

   ventralia 
  plurima 
  flavo-fasciata 
  aut 
  maculata 
  — 
  Corpus 
  sub- 
  

   parvum 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  abdomen 
  fasciis 
  citrinis 
  pleurumque 
  3 
  rare 
  

   pluribus 
  ; 
  ? 
  segmento 
  ventrali 
  valvutae 
  proximo 
  ad 
  marginem 
  

   apicalem 
  intergerrimo. 
  

  

  Schletterer 
  {Zool. 
  Jahrb. 
  II., 
  p. 
  499) 
  quotes 
  doubtfully 
  

   C. 
  pictiventris 
  oi 
  Gqxs\.'3lcV&x 
  {Monatsb. 
  Berl. 
  Akad. 
  Wiss., 
  509) 
  

  

  