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  CAMERON, 
  Hymenoptera 
  Orientalia. 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  third 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  is 
  roundly 
  

   curved 
  and 
  is 
  received 
  in 
  the 
  basal 
  fourth 
  of 
  the 
  cellule 
  ; 
  

   the 
  second 
  is 
  oblique, 
  straight, 
  only 
  slightly 
  curved 
  near 
  

   the 
  cubital 
  nervure 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  cubital 
  cellule 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  

   wider 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  than 
  at 
  the 
  bottom 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  transverse 
  

   cubital 
  nervure 
  is 
  bullated 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  and 
  bottom. 
  Abdo- 
  

   men 
  closely 
  punctured 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  the 
  middle 
  segments 
  

   aciculated, 
  the 
  apical 
  smooth 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  apical 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  

   second 
  segment 
  is 
  a 
  white 
  mark 
  at 
  the 
  side 
  ; 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  

   the 
  third 
  segment 
  is 
  almost 
  entirely 
  white. 
  The 
  sheaths 
  

   of 
  the 
  ovipositor 
  are 
  punctured 
  and 
  covered 
  sparsely 
  with 
  

   fulvous 
  hair. 
  

  

  This 
  makes 
  the 
  second 
  species 
  of 
  XipJiydria 
  recorded 
  

   from 
  India. 
  

  

  TENTHREDINIDyE. 
  

  

  Abia 
  MELANOCERA, 
  Sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Cupreo-viridis 
  ; 
  antennis 
  nigris, 
  bast 
  ritfo-testaceis 
  ; 
  apice 
  

   femorum 
  tibiis 
  tarsisque 
  pallide 
  flavis 
  ; 
  alis 
  Jiyali)iis, 
  medio 
  

   fumatis 
  ; 
  costa 
  stigjuateque 
  ritfo-testaceis. 
  $ 
  . 
  

  

  Long. 
  10 
  mm. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  black, 
  the 
  scape 
  rufo-testaceous, 
  the 
  apical 
  

   three 
  joints 
  forming 
  a 
  club, 
  all 
  three 
  are 
  distinctly 
  separ- 
  

   ated, 
  the 
  last 
  joint 
  slightly 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  preceding, 
  the 
  

   basal 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  club 
  is 
  distinctly 
  longer 
  than 
  either 
  of 
  

   the 
  apical 
  and 
  narrowed 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  the 
  last 
  joint 
  is 
  

   slightly 
  oblique; 
  the 
  vertex 
  and 
  outer 
  orbits 
  are 
  brassy, 
  

   almost 
  golden, 
  closely 
  and 
  strongly 
  punctured, 
  thickly 
  

   covered 
  with 
  long, 
  dark 
  hair, 
  broadly 
  triangularly 
  depressed 
  

   behind 
  the 
  ocelli, 
  and 
  more 
  widely 
  and 
  deeply 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  

   the 
  hinder 
  pair 
  ; 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  vertex 
  is 
  bluish, 
  not 
  

   golden. 
  Below 
  the 
  antenna; 
  is 
  a 
  wide 
  and 
  deep 
  furrow, 
  

   which 
  is 
  prolonged 
  downwards 
  at 
  the 
  sides. 
  The 
  face 
  is 
  

   coarsely 
  punctured, 
  the 
  labrum 
  large, 
  smooth, 
  the 
  apex 
  

  

  