﻿Hymenoptera 
  Orient 
  alls. 
  45. 
  

  

  the 
  third 
  antennal 
  joint 
  ; 
  eyes 
  rounded 
  inwardly, 
  converging 
  

   beneath 
  ; 
  the 
  pubescence 
  on 
  the 
  head 
  in 
  front 
  long 
  and 
  

   dense 
  ; 
  the 
  punctuation 
  finely 
  rugose. 
  Scutellum 
  above 
  

   flat, 
  laterally 
  obliquely 
  margined 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  metanotum 
  

   rounded, 
  without 
  lamin?e. 
  Median 
  segment 
  above 
  laterally 
  

   obliquely, 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  below, 
  transversely 
  striolate, 
  the 
  stria- 
  

   tions 
  wide 
  apart 
  and 
  stout 
  ; 
  shining, 
  impunctate, 
  metapleurse 
  

   finely 
  rugose, 
  obliquely 
  striated 
  ; 
  the 
  spine 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   median 
  segment 
  stout, 
  acute. 
  Abdomen 
  shining, 
  aciculate 
  ; 
  

   densely 
  pilose 
  ; 
  pygidial 
  area 
  acutely 
  pointed, 
  the 
  pubescence 
  

   fulvous 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  dense; 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  petiole 
  depressed, 
  

   striolated. 
  The 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  is 
  received 
  somewhat 
  

   beyond 
  the 
  basal 
  third 
  of 
  the 
  radial 
  cellule. 
  Length 
  6 
  mm. 
  

   Hab. 
  Nugata, 
  Ceylon 
  {George 
  Lewis). 
  

  

  Explanation 
  of 
  Plates. 
  

  

  PLATE 
  IX. 
  

  

  FIG. 
  

  

  1. 
  Tacky 
  (es 
  Rotluieyi, 
  Cam. 
  

  

  2. 
  Notoqonia 
  biteipennis. 
  Cam. 
  

  

  3. 
  Tachytes 
  iarsahis, 
  Smith. 
  

  

  4. 
  AniDiophila 
  violaceipennis. 
  Cam. 
  

  

  5. 
  Notogojiia 
  erythropoda. 
  Cam. 
  

  

  6. 
  Gastroserictis 
  Wroughloni, 
  Cam. 
  

  

  7. 
  Sphex 
  xantJioptera, 
  Cam. 
  

  

  8. 
  Piagetia 
  fasciatipomis. 
  Cam. 
  

  

  9. 
  Rhinopsis 
  rtcfico^-iu's. 
  

  

  10. 
  Sphex 
  dmbolicus, 
  Sm. 
  cJ 
  organs. 
  

  

  11. 
  Ammophila 
  ty^-annica. 
  Cam. 
  

  

  12. 
  Sphex 
  aurulenta, 
  $ 
  organs. 
  

  

  13. 
  Nysson 
  rtigosus, 
  head, 
  13'' 
  antenna. 
  

  

  14. 
  Gorytes 
  orientalis, 
  head, 
  14* 
  antenna. 
  

  

  15. 
  Do. 
  amatorhis, 
  head, 
  15" 
  antenna. 
  

  

  16. 
  Amptilex 
  cotnpressa,Yzh. 
  

  

  17. 
  Piagetia 
  rtificoriiis, 
  Cam. 
  face. 
  

  

  18. 
  Nysson 
  erythivpoda, 
  head, 
  iS* 
  antenna, 
  

  

  