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  CAMERON, 
  Hymcnoptera 
  Orieiitalia. 
  

  

  the 
  two 
  basal 
  palpal 
  joints 
  greatly 
  enlarged 
  and 
  thickened 
  ; 
  

   the 
  basal 
  slightly 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  second 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  two 
  

   joints 
  of 
  nearly 
  equal 
  length. 
  The 
  stipes 
  longer 
  and 
  

   broader 
  than 
  the 
  galea 
  by 
  about 
  one-fourth 
  ; 
  the 
  top 
  on 
  

   the 
  inner 
  side 
  rounded 
  inward 
  1)- 
  and 
  fringed 
  with 
  long, 
  

   stout, 
  stiff 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  and 
  third 
  joints 
  of 
  the 
  palpi 
  are 
  

   nearly 
  equal 
  in 
  length 
  ; 
  the 
  fourth 
  is 
  slightly 
  shorter 
  ; 
  the 
  

   second 
  is 
  the 
  longest. 
  Wings 
  very 
  short, 
  not 
  reaching 
  to 
  

   the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  abdominal 
  segment 
  ; 
  the 
  two 
  

   recurrent 
  nervures 
  received 
  quite 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  transverse 
  

   cubital 
  nervures. 
  Fore 
  wings 
  with 
  three 
  cubital 
  cellules 
  ; 
  

   the 
  third 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  scarcely 
  so 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  second 
  ; 
  at 
  the 
  

   bottom 
  nearly 
  twice 
  its 
  length. 
  Legs 
  densely 
  pilose 
  ; 
  the 
  

   hinder 
  tibia; 
  and 
  tarsi 
  densely 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  

   calcaria 
  simple, 
  of 
  nearly 
  equal 
  length 
  ; 
  the 
  claws 
  with 
  a 
  

   stout 
  tooth 
  near 
  the 
  base. 
  Abdomen 
  not 
  densely 
  pilose 
  ; 
  

   the 
  apical 
  segment 
  with 
  a 
  large, 
  smooth, 
  glabrous 
  area 
  in 
  

   the 
  middle, 
  somewhat 
  triangular 
  in 
  shape, 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  

   apex 
  rounded. 
  

  

  Tetralonia 
  brevipennis, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  (PI. 
  4, 
  f. 
  6, 
  6a, 
  b.) 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  flagello 
  antennarum 
  rufo; 
  pedibus 
  longc 
  pallidc 
  

   pilosis 
  ; 
  a/is 
  brevibus, 
  costis, 
  stigma 
  te 
  nervisque 
  tcstaceis. 
  ?. 
  

  

  Long. 
  9 
  ; 
  exp. 
  at 
  6 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Allahabad 
  (Rotkney). 
  

  

  Antenna; 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  flagellum 
  from 
  its 
  second 
  joint 
  

   rufous 
  beneath 
  ; 
  bare 
  ; 
  the 
  scape 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  short, 
  black 
  

   hairs. 
  Head 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  clypeus 
  more 
  

   strongly 
  than 
  the 
  front 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  vertex 
  much 
  

   more 
  finely 
  ; 
  the 
  occiput 
  fringed 
  with 
  long, 
  erect, 
  white 
  

   hair 
  above 
  ; 
  the 
  front 
  and 
  vertex 
  with 
  short, 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  

   the 
  clypeus 
  with 
  much 
  longer, 
  white 
  hair. 
  The 
  apex 
  of 
  

   the 
  clypeus 
  distinctly 
  margined, 
  ferruginous. 
  Mandibles 
  

   rufous 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  and 
  fringed 
  with 
  long, 
  fulvous 
  hair 
  on 
  

   the 
  lower 
  side. 
  Mesonotum 
  and 
  scutellum 
  closely 
  punc- 
  

  

  

  