﻿Hymenoptera 
  Orientalis. 
  37 
  

  

  beneath, 
  the 
  flagellum 
  obscure 
  brownish 
  beneath, 
  stout, 
  

   pilose 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  joint 
  narrow 
  at 
  base, 
  dilated 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  

   not 
  much 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  fourth. 
  Thorax 
  shining, 
  above 
  

   very 
  obscurely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  pleurae, 
  if 
  anything, 
  more 
  

   distinctly. 
  Pronotum 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  retreating, 
  the 
  sides 
  

   broadly 
  rounded, 
  the 
  top 
  not 
  raised, 
  and 
  having 
  a 
  gradually 
  

   rounded 
  slope 
  to 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  mesopleural 
  suture 
  wide, 
  crenu- 
  

   lated, 
  the 
  fovea 
  distinct. 
  There 
  is 
  an 
  indistinct 
  furrow 
  in 
  

   the 
  centre 
  of 
  the 
  mesonotum, 
  and 
  two 
  foveae 
  towards 
  the 
  

   base. 
  Median 
  segment 
  short, 
  the 
  base 
  dilated, 
  the 
  rest 
  with 
  

   a 
  sharp 
  oblique 
  slope 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  area 
  irregularly 
  reticulated 
  ; 
  

   the 
  centre 
  is 
  very 
  slightly 
  hollowed, 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  

   hollow 
  margined 
  by 
  keels, 
  which 
  unite 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  

   outer 
  edges 
  are 
  also 
  keeled, 
  the 
  keels 
  converging 
  beneath 
  ; 
  

   metapleural 
  shagreened, 
  and 
  bearing 
  some 
  irregular 
  striae. 
  

   Abdomen 
  shining, 
  covered 
  almost 
  all 
  over 
  with 
  a 
  pale 
  

   pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  segment, 
  becoming 
  gradually 
  dilated 
  

   to 
  the 
  apex, 
  which 
  is 
  slightly 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  total 
  length 
  ; 
  

   the 
  apical 
  segments 
  rather 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  pygidial 
  

   area 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  ventral 
  segments 
  punctured 
  

   at 
  the 
  apex. 
  Legs 
  pilose 
  ; 
  the 
  long 
  spur 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  

   reaches 
  to 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  metatarsus. 
  The 
  recurrent 
  

   nervure 
  is 
  received 
  near 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  radial 
  cellule. 
  

   Length 
  3^ 
  mm. 
  

  

  DASYPROCTUS, 
  Lep. 
  

  

  I. 
  DASYPROCTUS 
  CEYLONICUS. 
  

  

  Dasyproctus 
  ceylonictis, 
  Saussure, 
  Hym. 
  d. 
  Novara 
  Reise, 
  

  

  85,i. 
  51. 
  

   Hab. 
  Ceylon. 
  

  

  OXYBELUS. 
  

  

  1. 
  OxYBELUS 
  AGILIS, 
  Smith, 
  Cat. 
  Hym. 
  Ins. 
  IV., 
  387, 
  25.^ 
  

   Hab. 
  India.^ 
  

  

  2. 
  OXYBELUS 
  ARGENTEOLINEATUS, 
  Cd^m. 
  pOStea. 
  

   Hab. 
  Barrackpore 
  {Rothney). 
  

  

  