﻿Hymenoptera 
  Orien 
  talis. 
  433 
  

  

  front 
  of 
  them, 
  and 
  a 
  minute 
  furrow 
  runs 
  down 
  from 
  

   them 
  to 
  the 
  antennae 
  ; 
  the 
  hinder 
  separated 
  by 
  a 
  

   somewhat 
  greater 
  distance 
  from 
  each 
  other 
  than 
  they 
  

   are 
  from 
  the 
  eyes. 
  Clypeus 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  margined, 
  forming 
  

   a 
  rounded 
  curve. 
  Antennae 
  stout, 
  brownish 
  beneath, 
  the 
  

   joints 
  curved 
  beneath 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  joint 
  a 
  little 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  

   fourth. 
  Pronotum 
  obliquely 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  sides. 
  Meta- 
  

   notum 
  densely 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  whitish 
  hairs 
  ; 
  median 
  

   segment 
  with 
  a 
  bluish 
  tinge 
  ; 
  and 
  a 
  gradually-rounded 
  slope 
  ; 
  

   alutaceous, 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hairs. 
  There 
  

   is 
  a 
  longitudinal 
  furrow 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  the 
  mesopleurae. 
  

   Abdomen 
  sessile, 
  granular, 
  the 
  basal 
  segment 
  covered 
  

   thickly 
  with 
  stout 
  white 
  depressed 
  hair, 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  

   abdomen 
  pruinose. 
  Legs 
  thickly 
  pruinose 
  ; 
  the 
  tibiae 
  

   sparcely 
  spined 
  ; 
  the 
  long 
  spur 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  fully 
  two- 
  

   thirds 
  of 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  metatarsus. 
  Wings 
  iridescent, 
  

   hyaline 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  from 
  the 
  basal 
  nervure 
  suffused 
  with 
  

   dark 
  fuscous, 
  darkest 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  cubital 
  cellule 
  

   at 
  the 
  top 
  and 
  bottom 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  third 
  ; 
  the 
  

   nervures 
  blackish. 
  

  

  Length 
  10 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Barrackpore 
  {RotJiney). 
  

  

  .--4. 
  Ceropales 
  CLARIPENNIS, 
  Sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Black, 
  shining, 
  the 
  mandibles, 
  clypeus, 
  face, 
  orbits, 
  except 
  

   narrowly 
  interrupted 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  ; 
  a 
  line 
  on 
  the 
  pronotum 
  

   behind, 
  the 
  angles 
  in 
  front, 
  a 
  broad 
  line 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  

   mesonotum, 
  a 
  line 
  on 
  the 
  scutellum, 
  the 
  metanotum, 
  a 
  

   narrow, 
  line 
  down 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  median 
  segment 
  ; 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   pleurae 
  beneath, 
  a 
  broad 
  oblique 
  band 
  on 
  the 
  mesopleurae 
  

   above 
  and 
  two 
  smaller 
  ones 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  half, 
  and 
  two 
  large 
  

   marks 
  on 
  the 
  metapleurae, 
  clear 
  yellow. 
  Abdomen 
  ferru- 
  

   ginous, 
  the 
  extreme 
  base 
  black. 
  Legs 
  reddish 
  ; 
  the 
  fore 
  

   coxae 
  yellow, 
  with 
  a 
  black 
  mark 
  behind 
  ; 
  the 
  four 
  hinder 
  

   coxae 
  black, 
  yellow 
  and 
  red 
  beneath, 
  the 
  tarsi 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  

  

  