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  Cameron, 
  Hymcnoptcra 
  Oricntalia. 
  

  

  nervures 
  testaceous. 
  Abdomen 
  shining; 
  the 
  apex 
  sparsely 
  

   covered 
  with 
  long 
  pale 
  hair; 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  is 
  a 
  distinctly 
  

   bordered 
  longitudinal 
  furrow. 
  

  

  Except 
  the 
  radius, 
  the 
  alar 
  nervures 
  are 
  obsolete. 
  

  

  SCOLIID^. 
  

  

  ""^TlPHIA 
  TARSATA, 
  Sp. 
  IIOV. 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  tibiis 
  tarsisquc 
  aiiticis 
  rnjis 
  ; 
  alis 
  fusco-liyalinis. 
  

   6 
  . 
  Long. 
  9 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Mussouri 
  {Rothiicy). 
  

  

  Head 
  shining, 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  punctures 
  

   widely 
  separated 
  on 
  the 
  vertex 
  ; 
  the 
  front 
  and 
  vertex 
  

   covered 
  with 
  longish 
  pale 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  clypeus 
  and 
  lower 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  cheeks 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  

   the 
  base 
  and 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  mandibles 
  broadl}- 
  in 
  the 
  

   centre, 
  ferruginous. 
  The 
  scape 
  of 
  the 
  antenna; 
  strongly 
  

   punctured 
  beneath 
  and 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  

   hair 
  ; 
  the 
  flagellum 
  obscure 
  brownish 
  beneath. 
  Pronotum 
  

   punctured, 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  and 
  rather 
  thickly 
  covered 
  

   with 
  long 
  pale 
  hairs 
  : 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  

   fringe 
  of 
  large 
  punctures 
  round 
  the 
  sides 
  ; 
  the 
  scutellum 
  

   with 
  large 
  punctures 
  all 
  over, 
  which 
  are 
  much 
  closer 
  

   towards 
  the 
  apex. 
  Median 
  segment 
  alutaceous 
  ; 
  with 
  

   three 
  complete 
  keels 
  down 
  the 
  centre 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  at 
  the 
  

   sides 
  shining, 
  smooth. 
  Propleura^ 
  obscurely 
  punctured 
  

   round 
  the 
  edges 
  ; 
  the 
  rest 
  finely 
  obliquely 
  striated 
  ; 
  the 
  

   mesopleurse 
  strongly 
  punctured; 
  the 
  metapleurce 
  obliquely, 
  

   somewhat 
  irregularly 
  striated, 
  the 
  striai 
  widely 
  separated. 
  

   Legs 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  fore 
  knees, 
  

   femora, 
  and 
  tarsi 
  rufous 
  ; 
  the 
  tarsi 
  pale 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  

   middle 
  tibiae 
  and 
  the 
  middle 
  tarsi 
  testaceous, 
  as 
  are 
  also 
  

   the 
  apices 
  of 
  the 
  basal 
  two 
  joints 
  and 
  the 
  third 
  joint 
  of 
  

   the 
  posterior 
  tarsi. 
  Abdomen 
  shining, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  

   with 
  long 
  white 
  hair, 
  especially 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  where 
  

   it 
  has 
  a 
  fulvous 
  hue. 
  

  

  