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  Cameron, 
  Hymcnoptcva 
  Oricntalia. 
  

  

  shining 
  ; 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  strongly 
  transversely 
  striolated 
  ; 
  

   the 
  mesopleurse 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  punctured, 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  

   more 
  closely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  central 
  part 
  impunctate 
  and 
  

   with 
  a 
  few 
  striations. 
  Wings 
  hyaline, 
  the 
  nervures 
  

   fuscous 
  ; 
  the 
  cubitus 
  a 
  little 
  narrowed 
  at 
  the 
  top, 
  being 
  

   there 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  the 
  space 
  bounded 
  b}- 
  the 
  second 
  trans- 
  

   verse 
  cubital 
  and 
  the 
  recurrent 
  nervures, 
  which, 
  as 
  is 
  also 
  

   the 
  second 
  trans^'erse 
  cubital, 
  are 
  widel}- 
  bullated. 
  Legs 
  

   rufo-testaceous 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  hinder 
  femora 
  and 
  the 
  

   hinder 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi, 
  black. 
  Abdomen 
  black; 
  the 
  petiole 
  

   rufous 
  ; 
  covered 
  closely 
  with 
  short 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  closel}' 
  

   and 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  petiole 
  with 
  the 
  sides 
  strongly 
  

   keeled 
  ; 
  the 
  keels 
  at 
  the 
  dilated 
  apex 
  being 
  continued 
  

   slightly 
  obliquely 
  to 
  the 
  apex 
  down 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  the 
  

   genital 
  armature 
  white. 
  

  

  PIMPLIDES. 
  

  

  PiMPLA 
  PULCHRIMACULATA, 
  Sp. 
  110V. 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  late 
  flavo-inaculata 
  ; 
  pcdibits 
  fulvis 
  ; 
  alis 
  hyalinis, 
  

   apicc 
  violacco-niaculatis. 
  2 
  . 
  Long. 
  14 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Trincomali, 
  Ceylon 
  (Ycrhury). 
  

  

  Head 
  smooth, 
  shining; 
  yellow; 
  the 
  ocellar 
  region, 
  a 
  

   band 
  leading 
  down 
  from 
  it 
  to 
  a 
  broad 
  transverse 
  band 
  

   over 
  the 
  antenna;, 
  and 
  the 
  occiput 
  broadh', 
  black. 
  

   Antennae 
  nearl}- 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  body, 
  black. 
  Palpi 
  

   testaceous. 
  Pronotum 
  narrowly 
  edged 
  with 
  yellow 
  ; 
  the 
  

   mesonotum 
  black, 
  with 
  two 
  lines 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  running 
  

   from 
  the 
  base 
  to 
  the 
  tegulas, 
  becoming 
  gradually 
  narrower 
  

   as 
  they 
  do 
  so 
  ; 
  the 
  scutellum, 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  post- 
  

   scutellum 
  and 
  two 
  broad 
  curved 
  lines 
  on 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  

   the 
  median 
  segment 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  propleura;, 
  a 
  large 
  

   mark 
  on 
  the 
  mesopleurai 
  much 
  narrowed 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  

   side, 
  the 
  tubercles, 
  a 
  mark 
  before 
  the 
  middle 
  coxae, 
  and 
  

   the 
  metapleurai, 
  except 
  a 
  black 
  oblique 
  line 
  leading 
  to 
  

   the 
  spiracles, 
  }'ellow. 
  A 
  broad 
  black 
  mark, 
  narrowed 
  

  

  