﻿Hyinenoptera 
  Orientalis. 
  477 
  

  

  ceous, 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  fulvous 
  down. 
  Abdomen 
  shining 
  ; 
  

   the 
  petiole 
  becoming 
  gradually 
  wider 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  so 
  

   that 
  it 
  is 
  there 
  more 
  than 
  twice 
  the 
  width 
  of 
  the 
  base. 
  

   Apical 
  segment 
  rugose, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  stiff 
  hairs 
  ; 
  

   the 
  sides 
  and 
  lower 
  surface 
  with 
  long 
  pale 
  soft 
  hairs. 
  

   The 
  second 
  cubital 
  cellule 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  more 
  than 
  twice 
  

   the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  ; 
  at 
  the 
  bottom 
  equal 
  in 
  length 
  to 
  it; 
  

   the 
  third 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  about 
  one-third 
  of 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  

   bottom 
  ; 
  third 
  transverse 
  cubital 
  nervure 
  with 
  a 
  gradual 
  

   curve 
  to 
  the 
  top 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  is 
  received 
  

   near 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  a 
  little 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle. 
  

   Legs 
  pruinose 
  ; 
  the 
  spines 
  sparse 
  ; 
  the 
  long 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  

   hind 
  tibije 
  short, 
  not 
  reaching 
  to 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  metatarsus. 
  

  

  Length, 
  15 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  South-East 
  Provinces. 
  

  

  Flaniceps 
  and 
  Aporus, 
  distinguished 
  from 
  Poinpihcs, 
  

   Sensu 
  str., 
  by 
  having 
  only 
  two 
  cubital 
  cellules, 
  are 
  treated 
  

   by 
  Kohl 
  as 
  sections 
  of 
  Pompilus. 
  

  

  -Flaniceps 
  orientalis, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  (PI. 
  III. 
  f 
  i). 
  

  

  Black, 
  shining, 
  pruinose 
  ; 
  the 
  wings 
  fusco-violaceous, 
  

   with 
  subhyaline 
  clouds. 
  Clypeus 
  at 
  apex, 
  subarcuate, 
  

   short, 
  the 
  sides 
  obliquely 
  truncated. 
  Clypeus 
  and 
  cheeks 
  

   to 
  the 
  antennae 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  pale 
  silvery 
  pubes- 
  

   cence 
  ; 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  head, 
  shining, 
  impunctate, 
  very 
  

   sparsely 
  pilose. 
  Ocelli 
  in 
  a 
  curve, 
  the 
  hinder 
  separated 
  from 
  

   the 
  eyes 
  by 
  a 
  distinctly 
  less 
  distance 
  than 
  they 
  are 
  from 
  

   each 
  other 
  ; 
  behind 
  them 
  is 
  a 
  longitudinal 
  furrow. 
  Occiput 
  

   transverse. 
  Prothorax 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  head, 
  arcuate 
  behind, 
  

   laterally 
  slightly 
  convex. 
  Median 
  segment 
  short, 
  the 
  base 
  

   with 
  a 
  moderately 
  rounded 
  slope 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  oblique. 
  On 
  

   either 
  side 
  towards 
  the 
  base 
  is 
  a 
  deep 
  semicrescentic 
  

   short 
  furrow. 
  Abdomen 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  

   united, 
  subsessile, 
  acutely 
  pointed 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  segment 
  

  

  