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  Cameron, 
  Hyuienopteva 
  Oricntalia. 
  

  

  scutellum 
  ; 
  rather 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  longish 
  fuscous 
  

   hair 
  ; 
  the 
  hair 
  on 
  the 
  pleurae 
  and 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  

   segment 
  white. 
  Median 
  segment 
  transversely 
  irregu- 
  

   larly 
  striated 
  ; 
  in 
  its 
  centre 
  is 
  a 
  somewhat 
  triangular 
  

   area 
  which 
  reaches 
  near 
  to 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  top 
  part, 
  

   where 
  it 
  is 
  rounded, 
  and 
  from 
  which 
  a 
  straight 
  keel 
  

   runs 
  to 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  down 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  the 
  triangular 
  

   area 
  are 
  two 
  keels 
  not 
  reaching 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  area, 
  

   and 
  bulging 
  out 
  at 
  the 
  apex. 
  At 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  oblique 
  

   apex 
  are, 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  central 
  keel, 
  three 
  areae, 
  

   the 
  inner 
  being 
  the 
  larger 
  ; 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  area; 
  irregular. 
  

   Wings 
  clear 
  hyaline, 
  the 
  stigma 
  and 
  nervures 
  black 
  ; 
  

   the 
  radial, 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  lirst 
  and 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  

   third 
  cubital 
  cellules, 
  smoky. 
  Legs 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  

   short 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  anterior 
  knees, 
  tibiae, 
  and 
  tarsi 
  

   yellowish 
  in 
  front 
  ; 
  the 
  apices 
  of 
  the 
  four 
  hinder 
  coxae 
  

   and 
  of 
  the 
  trochanters, 
  a 
  line 
  below 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  

   hinder 
  tibiae, 
  and 
  the 
  spurs 
  yellow 
  ; 
  the 
  femoral 
  tooth 
  

   oblique, 
  stout, 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad, 
  the 
  apex 
  bluntly 
  

   rounded. 
  Abdomen 
  shining, 
  impunctate, 
  the 
  apex 
  and 
  

   ventral 
  surface 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  black 
  hairs 
  ; 
  

   the 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  obscure 
  yellow 
  (per- 
  

   haps 
  discoloured) 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  segment 
  obscure 
  testaceous 
  

   laterally 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  

  

  Gastrosericus 
  Binghami, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  (PI. 
  i6, 
  f. 
  8). 
  

  

  Long. 
  5 
  mm. 
  6. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Barrackpore 
  (Rothney). 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  differs 
  in 
  too 
  many 
  points 
  from 
  G. 
  Kotli- 
  

   neyi 
  to 
  be 
  its 
  6. 
  It 
  differs 
  also 
  from 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  the 
  

   genus 
  (G. 
  Waltii 
  from 
  Egj'pt) 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  clypeus 
  

   toothed 
  in 
  the 
  middle. 
  

  

  Head 
  alutaceous, 
  the 
  vertex 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  pale 
  golden 
  

   microscopic 
  down 
  ; 
  the 
  orbits 
  behind 
  with 
  silvery 
  pu- 
  

   bescence 
  ; 
  the 
  face 
  and 
  oral 
  region 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  

  

  