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  Cameron, 
  Hyuicnopicra 
  Oricntalia. 
  

  

  Head 
  black, 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  clypeus 
  and 
  the 
  greater 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  mandibles 
  in 
  middle 
  rufous 
  ; 
  the 
  eyes 
  very 
  

   distinctly 
  margined 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  side 
  ; 
  the 
  front 
  and 
  

   vertex 
  closely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  clypeus, 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  

   base, 
  with 
  very 
  few 
  punctures. 
  Antennae 
  stout, 
  sparsely 
  

   and 
  shortly 
  pilose 
  ; 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  flagellum 
  broadly 
  

   white 
  beneath 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  sides. 
  Thorax 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  

   pronotum 
  yellowish 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  

   coarsely 
  alutaceous; 
  the 
  scutellum 
  shining; 
  post-scutellum 
  

   narrowed 
  towards 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  the 
  part 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  

   scutellum 
  behind 
  with 
  strong, 
  stout 
  keels, 
  which 
  become 
  

   wider 
  from 
  the 
  inner 
  to 
  the 
  outer 
  side 
  ; 
  the 
  part 
  at 
  the 
  

   sides 
  of 
  the 
  post-scutellum 
  crenulated. 
  Median 
  segment 
  

   large 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  with 
  an 
  oblique 
  slope, 
  roundly 
  excavated 
  

   in 
  the 
  centre 
  ; 
  coarsely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  

   irregularly 
  obliquely 
  striated 
  ; 
  all 
  the 
  areas 
  completely 
  

   defined 
  ; 
  the 
  central 
  coarsely 
  transversely 
  striated 
  ; 
  there 
  

   are 
  two 
  stout 
  keels 
  bordering 
  the 
  central 
  depression 
  

   on 
  the 
  apical 
  part. 
  Propleurse 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  strongly 
  

   striolated 
  ; 
  the 
  part 
  above 
  this 
  coarsely 
  punctured, 
  the 
  

   puncturing 
  becoming 
  finer 
  towards 
  the 
  top 
  ; 
  above 
  the 
  

   front 
  coxae 
  are 
  two 
  stout, 
  sharp 
  keels, 
  forming 
  between 
  

   them 
  a 
  sharp 
  channel. 
  All 
  the 
  coxae 
  and 
  base 
  of 
  

   trochanters 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  and 
  the 
  

   tarsi 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  middle 
  tarsi 
  fuscous. 
  The 
  basal 
  half 
  

   of 
  the 
  petiole 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  rufous 
  ; 
  coarsely 
  punc- 
  

   tured 
  ; 
  and 
  with 
  two 
  sharp 
  keels 
  down 
  the 
  middle. 
  The 
  

   second 
  and 
  third 
  segments 
  entirely 
  rufous; 
  the 
  apical 
  two 
  

   cream 
  white 
  above, 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  penultimate 
  ; 
  

   the 
  ventral 
  surface 
  broadly 
  rufous 
  at 
  the 
  base; 
  gastrocoeli 
  

   striated 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  

  

  Ichneumon 
  vishnu, 
  ^p. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Long, 
  fere 
  lomm. 
  6. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Mussouri 
  (Rothney). 
  

  

  A 
  species 
  very 
  like 
  the 
  above 
  described 
  species. 
  It 
  

  

  