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  Cameron, 
  Hymenoptcva 
  Oricntalia. 
  

  

  rufous 
  ; 
  coarsely 
  punctured, 
  covered 
  with 
  longish 
  and 
  

   white 
  and 
  fuscous 
  hairs 
  ; 
  behind 
  the 
  eyes 
  less 
  than 
  their 
  

   length 
  ; 
  narrowed 
  and 
  rounded. 
  Antennal 
  scape 
  covered 
  

   with 
  long 
  pale 
  hairs, 
  not 
  grooved 
  ; 
  the 
  flagellum 
  obscure 
  

   fuscous 
  .beneath 
  ; 
  covered 
  with 
  an 
  indistinct 
  microscopic 
  

   down 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  joint 
  nearly 
  twice 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  

   fourth. 
  Mandibles 
  grooved 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  side. 
  Thorax 
  

   a 
  very 
  little 
  dilated 
  gradually 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   notum 
  coarsely 
  shagreened 
  ; 
  mesonotum 
  coarsely 
  rugosely 
  

   punctured 
  ; 
  median 
  segment 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  with 
  an 
  abruptly 
  

   oblique 
  slope 
  ; 
  the 
  propleurse 
  obscurely, 
  the 
  metapleurae 
  

   coarsely 
  rugosely 
  reticulated, 
  its 
  outer 
  edge 
  spinose 
  ; 
  the 
  

   mesopleuras 
  shining, 
  a 
  little 
  excavated, 
  smooth, 
  shining, 
  

   and 
  glabrous. 
  Legs 
  thickly 
  haired 
  : 
  the 
  spines 
  thick, 
  

   pale 
  and 
  black 
  on 
  the 
  tibia;, 
  rufous 
  on 
  the 
  tarsi. 
  Basal 
  

   abdominal 
  segment 
  graduall}' 
  dilated 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  

   not 
  distinctly 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  second 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  latter 
  

   are 
  two 
  oval 
  whitish 
  fulvous 
  marks 
  near 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  the 
  

   third 
  and 
  fourth 
  have 
  two 
  marks 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  colour 
  ; 
  

   those 
  on 
  the 
  latter 
  the 
  smaller 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  is 
  fringed 
  

   laterally 
  with 
  pale 
  long 
  hairs, 
  and 
  is 
  closely 
  aciculated 
  

   or 
  shagreened. 
  The 
  basal 
  ventral 
  segment 
  is 
  obscure 
  

   rufous 
  ; 
  the 
  keel 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  has 
  a 
  longer 
  and 
  a 
  shorter 
  

   blunt 
  tooth 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  has 
  widely 
  scattered 
  

   punctures 
  ; 
  the 
  others 
  are 
  finel}- 
  transversely 
  striated 
  at 
  

   the 
  base 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  with 
  scattered 
  punctures 
  and 
  covered 
  

   with 
  long 
  pale 
  fulvous 
  hairs. 
  

  

  Resembles 
  closely 
  M. 
  aulica 
  Sm., 
  in 
  coloration, 
  but 
  

   wants 
  the 
  large 
  spot 
  of 
  silver}' 
  pubescence 
  on 
  the 
  

   vertex, 
  and 
  otherwise 
  is 
  easily 
  known 
  from 
  M. 
  aulica 
  b\' 
  

   having 
  the 
  pronotum 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  transverse, 
  with 
  the 
  

   sides 
  acute 
  ; 
  while 
  M. 
  aulica 
  has 
  the 
  sides 
  broadh' 
  

   narrowed 
  and 
  the 
  base 
  not 
  transverse. 
  In 
  one 
  of 
  m}' 
  

   examples 
  of 
  M. 
  aulica 
  there 
  are 
  only 
  four 
  white 
  spots 
  

   on 
  the 
  abdomen. 
  

  

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