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  Cameron, 
  Hymcnoptcra 
  Oricntalia. 
  

  

  thickl}' 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  pale 
  fulvous 
  hairs, 
  the 
  scutellum 
  

   with 
  only 
  long 
  hairs 
  behind, 
  and 
  almost 
  without 
  punc- 
  

   tures 
  ; 
  the 
  median 
  segment, 
  except 
  a 
  triangular 
  space 
  in 
  

   the 
  middle 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  rufo-fulvous 
  

   hairs, 
  which 
  completely 
  hide 
  the 
  texture 
  ; 
  the 
  triangular 
  

   bare 
  space 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  opaque, 
  rugosely 
  aciculated 
  ; 
  with 
  

   an 
  indistinct 
  keel 
  down 
  its 
  centre. 
  The 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  propleura; 
  aciculated. 
  Legs 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  

   pale 
  fulvous 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  calcaria 
  white. 
  Wings 
  clear 
  

   hyaline 
  ; 
  the 
  nervures 
  dark 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  recurrent 
  

   nervure 
  is 
  received 
  shortly 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  

   cellule 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  

   third 
  transverse 
  cubital 
  nervure. 
  The 
  first 
  and 
  second 
  

   dorsal 
  segments 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  are 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  

   pale 
  fulvous 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  others 
  have 
  the 
  hairs 
  darker 
  and 
  

   shorter, 
  and 
  the 
  second, 
  third, 
  and 
  fourth 
  are 
  fringed 
  at 
  

   the 
  apex 
  with 
  glistening 
  white 
  hairs; 
  the 
  ventral 
  segments 
  

   are 
  broadly 
  fringed 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  with 
  long 
  pale 
  hairs. 
  

  

  Andrena 
  gracillima, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  (PI. 
  4, 
  f. 
  ig). 
  

  

  Nigra; 
  capite 
  thovacc 
  ahdominisque 
  basi 
  longc 
  fulvo-Jnrtis 
  ; 
  

   alis 
  fiimatis, 
  basi 
  fere 
  hyalinis. 
  2. 
  Long. 
  15 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Mussouri 
  (Rothney). 
  

  

  Head 
  deep 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  occiput 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  

   long 
  fulvous 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  front 
  with 
  hairs 
  almost 
  as 
  long, 
  

   but 
  somewhat 
  shorter. 
  The 
  front 
  from 
  the 
  hinder 
  ocelli 
  

   closely 
  longitudinally 
  striated 
  ; 
  a 
  sharp 
  keel 
  runs 
  down 
  

   from 
  the 
  ocelli 
  ; 
  the 
  clypeus 
  shining, 
  the 
  punctures 
  close 
  

   at 
  the 
  base, 
  becoming 
  more 
  widely 
  separated 
  towards 
  the 
  

   apex 
  ; 
  which 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  almost 
  free 
  from 
  them 
  ; 
  the 
  

   apex 
  slightly 
  projecting. 
  Antennae 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  flagellum 
  

   almost 
  glabrous 
  ; 
  the 
  fifth 
  and 
  following 
  joints 
  brownish 
  

   beneath. 
  Pro- 
  and 
  meso-thorax 
  and 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  

   punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  scutellum 
  with 
  the 
  punctures 
  more 
  widely 
  

   separated, 
  especially 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  the 
  

  

  