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  CAMERON, 
  Hymenoptera 
  Orientalia. 
  

  

  verging 
  teeth, 
  which 
  project 
  backwards 
  and 
  are 
  a 
  little 
  

   narrowed 
  at 
  the 
  top. 
  The 
  basal 
  area 
  on 
  the 
  median 
  

   segment 
  long 
  and 
  narrow, 
  bearing 
  stout, 
  longitudinal 
  

   keels, 
  widely 
  separated 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  closer 
  together 
  at 
  

   the 
  sides. 
  The 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  are 
  strongly, 
  

   but 
  not 
  closely, 
  punctured, 
  and 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  white 
  

   hair. 
  Pleurae 
  rugosely 
  punctured, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  

   white 
  hair. 
  Wings 
  hyaline, 
  the 
  costa 
  and 
  nervures 
  

   fuscous 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  cubital 
  cellule 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  half 
  the 
  

   length 
  of 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  ; 
  the 
  recurrent 
  nervures 
  are 
  

   received 
  in 
  the 
  apical 
  third 
  of 
  the 
  cellules. 
  Legs 
  thickly 
  

   covered 
  with 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  hind 
  femora 
  and 
  tibiae 
  red, 
  

   except 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  femora 
  above, 
  which 
  is 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  

   hind 
  femora 
  dilated 
  above 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  

   gradually 
  dilated 
  to 
  the 
  apex, 
  the 
  dilation 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  

   than 
  broad, 
  transverse 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  with 
  the 
  sides 
  rounded. 
  

   Abdomen 
  shining, 
  impunctate, 
  marked 
  with 
  four 
  greenish 
  

   blue 
  belts 
  ; 
  the 
  ventral 
  surface, 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  

   rufous 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  segments 
  pale, 
  thickly 
  fringed 
  

   with 
  white 
  hair. 
  

  

  NOMIA 
  TURPUREO-LINEATA, 
  Sp. 
  7101'. 
  (PI. 
  4, 
  f. 
  1 
  5.)* 
  

  

  Long. 
  10 
  mm. 
  ?. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Barrackpore 
  (Rothney). 
  

  

  In 
  Bingham's 
  table 
  {I.e., 
  p. 
  458), 
  this 
  species 
  fits 
  into 
  

   " 
  b, 
  b 
  l 
  . 
  Thorax 
  with 
  griseous 
  or 
  white 
  pubescence," 
  and 
  

   " 
  a 
  s 
  . 
  Clypeus 
  with 
  a 
  medial 
  vertical 
  furrow," 
  which 
  now 
  

   stands 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Clypeus 
  coarsely 
  punctured; 
  abdominal 
  segments 
  2-4 
  

   with 
  blue 
  or 
  green 
  transverse 
  lines, 
  wings 
  hyaline. 
  

  

  N. 
  iridescens 
  Sm. 
  

  

  Clypeus 
  coarsely 
  longitudinally 
  striated 
  ; 
  abdominal 
  

   segments 
  1-5 
  with 
  purple 
  transverse 
  lines; 
  wings 
  deeply 
  

   fuscous 
  except 
  at 
  extreme 
  apex. 
  A. 
  purpureo-lineata. 
  

  

  * 
  This 
  group 
  (thai 
  of 
  N. 
  chalybcala 
  Sm.) 
  forms 
  the 
  sub-genus 
  Paranomia 
  

   Friese. 
  

  

  