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  Cameron, 
  Hyiucnoptcra 
  Oricntalia. 
  

  

  white 
  hairs. 
  The 
  basal 
  abdominal 
  seg-ment 
  without 
  a 
  

   keel 
  sharply 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  second, 
  which 
  is 
  gradually 
  

   raised 
  to 
  the 
  obliquely 
  depressed 
  apex, 
  thus 
  leaving 
  a 
  

   sharp 
  depression 
  between 
  the 
  two. 
  

  

  h. 
  Fore 
  wings 
  normal, 
  witJi 
  three 
  transverse 
  cubital 
  

   nervures. 
  

  

  VMUTILLA 
  INDEFENSA, 
  Sp. 
  UOV. 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  vertice 
  fnlvo-hirta 
  ; 
  collare 
  late 
  abdomineque 
  ferru- 
  

  

  gineis 
  ; 
  abdominis 
  basi 
  apiccqnc 
  nigris 
  ; 
  alis 
  fuliginosis. 
  6. 
  

   Long. 
  17 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hob. 
  Bomba}' 
  District 
  {^Vroughton). 
  

  

  Head 
  a 
  little 
  narrower 
  than 
  the 
  thorax 
  ; 
  the 
  vertex 
  

   and 
  front 
  densely 
  covered 
  with 
  fulvous 
  pubescence, 
  inter- 
  

   mixed 
  with 
  long 
  fuscous 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  clypeus 
  sharply 
  keeled 
  

   in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  the 
  mandibles 
  entirel}^ 
  black, 
  fringed 
  with 
  

   long 
  golden 
  hairs. 
  Antennae 
  entirely 
  black, 
  the 
  scape 
  

   wddely 
  grooved 
  ; 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  fuscous 
  hairs. 
  

   The 
  head 
  behind 
  the 
  eyes 
  is 
  rapidly 
  narrowed, 
  and 
  is 
  not 
  

   half 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  ej-es. 
  The 
  pronotum 
  is 
  broadl}- 
  

   covered 
  with 
  thick 
  orange 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  pleurae 
  at 
  the 
  

   base 
  coarsely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  rest 
  is 
  longitudinally 
  strio- 
  

   lated. 
  Mesonotum 
  coarsely 
  punctured 
  especially 
  towards 
  

   the 
  apex 
  ; 
  there 
  are 
  two 
  moderately 
  wide 
  longitudinal 
  

   furrows. 
  Scutellum 
  p}Tamidal 
  ; 
  coarsel}- 
  rugosely 
  punc- 
  

   tured 
  ; 
  and, 
  like 
  the 
  mesonotum, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  

   long 
  black 
  hairs. 
  Median 
  segment 
  coarsely 
  reticulated 
  ; 
  

   its 
  base 
  thickh- 
  covered 
  with 
  golden 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  centre 
  

   with 
  an 
  elongated 
  area 
  reaching 
  to 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  slope, 
  

   which 
  is 
  oblique. 
  Mesopleura; 
  coarsely 
  punctured, 
  covered 
  

   with 
  silvery 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  impunctate 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  

   the 
  metapleurae 
  impunctate; 
  the 
  apex 
  coarsel}' 
  reticulated. 
  

   Legs 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  calcaria 
  white 
  ; 
  the 
  femora, 
  tibiae, 
  and 
  

   tarsi 
  thickl)' 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hairs. 
  Wings 
  fusco- 
  

   violaceous, 
  paler 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  abscissa 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  