﻿Hymenoptera 
  Orientalis. 
  435 
  

  

  mark 
  in 
  the 
  centre, 
  the 
  mesosternum, 
  a 
  large 
  oblique 
  mark 
  

   on 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  mesopleurae, 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  scutellum 
  

   and 
  the 
  metanotum, 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  meso- 
  

   and 
  meta- 
  pleurae 
  and 
  the 
  median 
  segment, 
  reddish. 
  Abdo- 
  

   men 
  yellow; 
  the 
  first 
  segment 
  black 
  at 
  base 
  and 
  apex, 
  the 
  

   centre 
  reddish 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  black 
  and 
  red 
  at 
  the 
  

   apex 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  broadly 
  black 
  : 
  the 
  fourth 
  black 
  at 
  the 
  

   apex, 
  the 
  black 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  being 
  continued 
  to 
  the 
  base 
  

   of 
  the 
  segment 
  ; 
  the 
  fifth 
  black 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  the 
  black 
  being 
  

   continued 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  to 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  ventral 
  segments 
  

   broadly 
  black. 
  Legs 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  the 
  coxjb 
  yellow 
  and 
  

   red 
  ; 
  the 
  trochanters 
  blackish 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  hinder 
  tibiae 
  

   and 
  of 
  the 
  four 
  hinder 
  tarsal 
  joints 
  black. 
  Wings 
  yellowish 
  

   hyaline 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  both 
  wings 
  infuscated 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  

   cellule 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  and 
  bottom 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  third 
  ; 
  the 
  

   second 
  and 
  third 
  transverse 
  cubital 
  nervures 
  elbowed 
  at 
  the 
  

   middle, 
  thus 
  narrowiug 
  the 
  second 
  cubital 
  cellule 
  at 
  the 
  

   top 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  is 
  received 
  in 
  the 
  apical 
  

   third, 
  the 
  second 
  a 
  little 
  before 
  the 
  middle. 
  Antennae 
  

   ferruginous, 
  longish 
  ; 
  the 
  joints 
  curved 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  and 
  fourth 
  

   joints 
  sub-equal. 
  Apex 
  of 
  clypeus 
  bluntly 
  rounded 
  ; 
  the 
  

   sides 
  rounded. 
  Head, 
  pronotum, 
  and 
  median 
  segments 
  

   bearing 
  long 
  white 
  hair. 
  $ 
  . 
  

  

  Long. 
  14 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Poona 
  ( 
  Wroughton). 
  

  

  How 
  far 
  the 
  ferruginous 
  colour 
  is 
  natural 
  or 
  discoloured 
  

   by 
  cyanide 
  of 
  potassium, 
  I 
  can't 
  well 
  make 
  out. 
  Certainly 
  

   some 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  are 
  so 
  discoloured. 
  

  

  Macromeris, 
  Lep. 
  

  

  Lepeletier 
  de 
  Saint-Fargeau, 
  Gti^r., 
  Mag. 
  ZooL, 
  XIV, 
  

   pi. 
  29, 
  1831 
  ; 
  Kohl, 
  /. 
  c. 
  41. 
  

   I. 
  Macromeris 
  violacea, 
  Lep. 
  

   Lep., 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  d. 
  Ins. 
  Hyin. 
  HI., 
  463. 
  

   A 
  common 
  Indian 
  species. 
  

  

  