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  Mr. 
  Cameron 
  on 
  

  

  curved 
  tooth 
  ; 
  metatarsus 
  curved 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  beneath 
  and 
  

   densely 
  pilose, 
  longer 
  than 
  all 
  the 
  other 
  joints 
  united. 
  

   Hypopygium 
  curved, 
  dilated 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  armed 
  there 
  

   with 
  two 
  stout, 
  curved, 
  sharp 
  teeth. 
  The 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  

   received 
  considerably 
  before 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  radial 
  cellule. 
  

   Length 
  7 
  — 
  8 
  mm. 
  

  

  ^^Crabro 
  ORIENTALIS, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Scape 
  and 
  second 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  antennae 
  clear 
  straw 
  

   yellow 
  ; 
  the 
  other 
  joints 
  black, 
  fuscous 
  beneath, 
  covered 
  

   with 
  a 
  white 
  microscopic 
  pile 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  joint 
  a 
  very 
  little 
  

   longer 
  than 
  the 
  fourth. 
  Vertex 
  opaque, 
  finely 
  and 
  closely 
  

   rugose 
  ; 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  short 
  fuscous-black 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  

   ocelli 
  in 
  a 
  curve, 
  the 
  hinder 
  separated 
  by 
  about 
  the 
  length 
  

   of 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  antennal 
  joints 
  united 
  from 
  the 
  

   eyes, 
  and 
  by 
  a 
  slightly 
  less 
  distance 
  from 
  each 
  other. 
  Front 
  

   deeply 
  excavated, 
  margined 
  at 
  the 
  top, 
  closely 
  covered 
  

   with 
  a 
  silvery 
  pile 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  slightly 
  convex 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  fine 
  

   keel 
  down 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  densely 
  covered 
  with 
  golden 
  pubes- 
  

   cence. 
  Mandibles 
  shining, 
  clear 
  yellow, 
  black 
  at 
  the 
  apex. 
  

   Thorax 
  opaque, 
  alutaceous. 
  The 
  furrow 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  

   scutellum 
  crenulated 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  longitudinally 
  striolated 
  

   (at 
  least 
  on 
  the 
  black 
  part), 
  rounded 
  behind 
  ; 
  metanotum 
  

   coarsely 
  longitudinally 
  striolated. 
  Median 
  segment 
  rugosely 
  

   punctured, 
  irregularly 
  obliquely 
  striolated 
  ; 
  the 
  centre 
  

   furrowed 
  (the 
  furrow 
  at 
  base 
  narrow). 
  Mesopleurae 
  opaque, 
  

   alutaceous, 
  the 
  furrows 
  crenulated 
  ; 
  metapleura^ 
  finely 
  trans- 
  

   versely 
  striated. 
  Petiole 
  fully 
  three-fourths 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  

   length 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen, 
  the 
  apex 
  nodose, 
  opaque, 
  the 
  base 
  

   shining, 
  finely 
  punctured. 
  Abdomen 
  opaque, 
  the 
  apical 
  

   segment 
  punctured. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  squarish 
  mark 
  on 
  either 
  

   side 
  of 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  petiole 
  ; 
  a 
  broad 
  elongated 
  mark 
  on 
  

   the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  ; 
  a 
  small 
  mark 
  on 
  the 
  side 
  

   of 
  the 
  third, 
  a 
  broad 
  band 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  fourth, 
  

  

  