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  CAMERON, 
  Hymenoptera 
  Orientalia. 
  

  

  more 
  broadly 
  behind. 
  Clypeus, 
  labrum, 
  mandibles, 
  and 
  

   palpi 
  yellow; 
  the 
  mandibular 
  teeth 
  black. 
  Thorax 
  black, 
  

   a 
  broad 
  band 
  on 
  the 
  pronotum 
  and 
  the 
  tegulae 
  lemon- 
  

   yellow. 
  Mesonotum 
  opaque, 
  closely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  furrow 
  

   on 
  the 
  middle 
  lobe 
  distinct. 
  Scutellum 
  pyramidal 
  ; 
  more 
  

   strongly 
  punctured 
  than 
  the 
  mesonotum, 
  the 
  middle 
  

   stoutly 
  keeled 
  throughout, 
  the 
  basal 
  and 
  apical 
  (or 
  lower) 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  keel 
  separated 
  by 
  a 
  curved 
  depression. 
  Pleurae 
  

   opaque, 
  closely 
  and 
  uniformly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  sternum 
  

   closely 
  punctured, 
  finely 
  furrowed 
  down 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  the 
  

   sides 
  bluntly 
  margined. 
  Abdomen 
  entirely 
  black, 
  without 
  

   any 
  yellow 
  ; 
  the 
  back 
  with 
  a 
  distinct 
  violet 
  -blue 
  tinge, 
  

   smooth 
  and 
  shining. 
  Legs 
  straw-yellow 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  

   four 
  anterior 
  femora 
  above, 
  the 
  four 
  anterior 
  tibia; 
  behind, 
  

   all 
  the 
  tarsi 
  and 
  the 
  hinder 
  knees 
  and 
  tibiae, 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  

   patellae 
  are 
  distinct 
  ; 
  the 
  claws 
  are 
  bifid. 
  

  

  Paciiyprotasis 
  violaceidorsata, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  F/ava, 
  supra 
  nigra; 
  tibiis 
  tarsisque 
  anterioribus 
  postice, 
  

   apice 
  femorum, 
  tibiis 
  tarsisque 
  posticis 
  nigris 
  ; 
  a/is 
  Ziya/inis, 
  

   stigmate 
  nervisque 
  nigris. 
  ? 
  . 
  

  

  Long. 
  8 
  mm. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  black, 
  the 
  scape 
  yellow 
  beneath 
  ; 
  the 
  vertex 
  

   and 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  front 
  above, 
  and 
  the 
  occiput, 
  

   black 
  ; 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  vertex 
  is 
  an 
  oblique 
  yellow 
  

   mark, 
  triangularly 
  narrowed 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  side 
  and 
  

   touching 
  the 
  eyes 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  labrum 
  almost 
  trans- 
  

   verse. 
  The 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  black, 
  except 
  the 
  

   apex 
  of 
  the 
  middle 
  lobe 
  of 
  the 
  mesonotum, 
  a 
  mark 
  

   between 
  it 
  and 
  the 
  scutellum, 
  the 
  scutellum 
  and 
  post- 
  

   scutellum; 
  the 
  sides 
  and 
  under 
  surface 
  pale 
  yellow, 
  except 
  

   the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  pronotum 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  mesonotum, 
  

   except 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  black 
  mark 
  on 
  the 
  

   sides 
  of 
  the 
  mesosternum. 
  The 
  four 
  anterior 
  tibia; 
  and 
  

  

  