﻿8o 
  Cameron, 
  Hyuicnoptcra 
  Ovicntalia. 
  

  

  and 
  is 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part 
  pale 
  brownish 
  ; 
  its 
  outer 
  side 
  

   aciculated 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  stout 
  striations 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  has 
  

   in 
  the 
  middle 
  two 
  stout 
  keels, 
  which 
  form 
  a 
  lar^e 
  tri- 
  

   angular 
  space 
  rough 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  and 
  depressed 
  at 
  the 
  

   apex 
  ; 
  the 
  keels 
  prolonged 
  as 
  one 
  to 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  

   obliquely 
  aciculated. 
  The 
  mesopleurae 
  punctured, 
  the 
  

   metapleurse 
  obliquel_v 
  striated 
  ; 
  the 
  striations 
  widely 
  

   separated. 
  Legs 
  : 
  the 
  coxa; 
  and 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  fore 
  

   femora 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  fore 
  femora 
  3'ellowish 
  ; 
  the 
  four 
  

   posterior 
  ferruginous, 
  the 
  fore 
  tibiae 
  yellowish 
  ; 
  the 
  middle 
  

   ferruginous 
  ; 
  the 
  hinder 
  blackish 
  ; 
  the 
  tarsi 
  blackish 
  ; 
  the 
  

   anterior 
  testaceous, 
  yellowish 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  the 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  

   strongly 
  spined, 
  the 
  spines 
  white, 
  the 
  spurs 
  of 
  a 
  more 
  

   testaceous 
  hue 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  middle 
  femora 
  and 
  the 
  

   four 
  hinder 
  tibiae 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  yellow. 
  Wings 
  clear 
  hyaline, 
  

   the 
  nervures 
  dark 
  fuscous. 
  Abdomen 
  black, 
  strongly 
  

   punctured, 
  the 
  sides 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  yellow 
  line 
  on 
  the 
  four 
  

   basal 
  segments 
  ; 
  the 
  pygidial 
  area 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  

   longish 
  fulvous 
  hairs. 
  

  

  L-^STATA 
  TARDA, 
  Sp. 
  UOV. 
  

  

  Nigra; 
  abdoniinc 
  rnfo 
  late 
  baltcato 
  ; 
  alis 
  hyalinis, 
  fere 
  

   fiunaiis 
  ; 
  siigmate 
  testaceo. 
  6. 
  Long. 
  10 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Ceylon 
  {Ycvbnry). 
  

  

  Resembles 
  A. 
  agilis 
  Sm., 
  but 
  is 
  larger, 
  and 
  has 
  

   not 
  the 
  wings 
  distinctly 
  smoky 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  radial 
  

   cellule 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  much 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  stigma, 
  while 
  in 
  

   A 
  . 
  agilh 
  it 
  is 
  only 
  about 
  its 
  length 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  cubital 
  cellule 
  

   much 
  longer 
  compared 
  to 
  the 
  second 
  : 
  and 
  the 
  median 
  

   segments 
  with 
  no 
  distinct 
  longitudinal 
  keels. 
  Head 
  

   closely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  and 
  clypeus 
  thickly 
  covered 
  

   with 
  long 
  white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  a 
  furrow 
  leads 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  

   antenna;, 
  the 
  space 
  between 
  the 
  latter 
  smooth 
  and 
  

   shining, 
  as 
  is 
  also 
  the 
  space 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  ocelli. 
  

   Scape 
  of 
  the 
  antennae 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hairs. 
  

  

  