﻿4S 
  Cameron, 
  Hymenoptera 
  Orientalia. 
  

  

  radial 
  cellules 
  smoky 
  ; 
  the 
  stigma 
  flavo-testaceous 
  ; 
  the 
  

   nervures 
  blackish. 
  Petiole 
  elongate, 
  the 
  basal 
  third 
  dis- 
  

   tinctly 
  narrowed 
  and 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  rest 
  ; 
  the 
  narrow 
  

   yellow 
  apex 
  being 
  also 
  slightly 
  narrowed 
  ; 
  shining, 
  impunc- 
  

   tate 
  ; 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  depressed, 
  

   fulvous 
  hair. 
  The 
  other 
  segments 
  closely 
  and 
  rather 
  

   strongly 
  punctured, 
  particularly 
  the 
  third 
  and 
  following. 
  

  

  ICARIA 
  CEYLON 
  ICA, 
  sp. 
  mv. 
  

  

  Long, 
  fere 
  9 
  mm. 
  (worker). 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Periyakullam, 
  Ceylon 
  ( 
  Yerbury). 
  

  

  In 
  Bingham's 
  table 
  {I.e., 
  p. 
  386), 
  this 
  species 
  can 
  be 
  

   referred 
  to 
  " 
  A. 
  Reddish 
  or 
  reddish-brown, 
  with 
  yellow 
  

   markings," 
  and 
  to 
  subsection 
  "<?. 
  second 
  abdominal 
  seg- 
  

   ment 
  with 
  no 
  transverse 
  yellow 
  band 
  on 
  its 
  apical 
  margin," 
  

   which 
  will 
  now 
  be 
  subdivided 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  rufous; 
  abdomen 
  black; 
  hind 
  legs 
  for 
  

   the 
  greater 
  part 
  black. 
  /. 
  guttatipennis. 
  

  

  Entirely 
  rufous, 
  except 
  the 
  second 
  abdominal 
  segment, 
  

   which 
  is 
  infuscated 
  ; 
  legs 
  without 
  black. 
  I. 
  ceylonica. 
  

  

  Head 
  reddish, 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  short, 
  glistening 
  white 
  

   pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  front 
  and 
  vertex 
  with 
  moderately 
  large, 
  

   rather 
  widely 
  separated 
  punctures, 
  the 
  ocellar 
  space 
  

   fuscous; 
  the 
  antennal 
  tubercle 
  bare; 
  furrowed 
  above; 
  the 
  

   clypeus 
  almost 
  bare 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  its 
  sides 
  oblique, 
  the 
  

   middle 
  ending 
  in 
  a 
  tooth, 
  and 
  with 
  some 
  large 
  punctures; 
  

   at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  mandibles 
  is 
  a 
  black 
  spot. 
  Scape 
  of 
  

   antennae 
  rufous, 
  infuscated 
  above 
  ; 
  the 
  flagellum 
  paler, 
  

   infuscated 
  above, 
  especially 
  towards 
  the 
  apex. 
  Pro- 
  and 
  

   meso-notum 
  with 
  shallow, 
  rather 
  large 
  punctures 
  all 
  over; 
  

   the 
  mesonotum 
  darker 
  in 
  tint, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  

   microscopic, 
  white 
  pile; 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  post-scutellum 
  

   black, 
  obscurely 
  crenulated 
  ; 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  with 
  a 
  

   large, 
  wide, 
  deep, 
  black 
  depression 
  in 
  the 
  middle; 
  the 
  

   depression 
  becoming 
  gradually, 
  but 
  not 
  very 
  greatly, 
  nar- 
  

  

  