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  CAMERON, 
  Hymcnoptera 
  Orientalia. 
  

  

  sheaths 
  of 
  the 
  ovipositor 
  covered 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  with 
  long, 
  

   white 
  hair. 
  

  

  PROCTOTRUPID^E. 
  

  

  EPYRIS 
  FUSCINERVIS, 
  Sp. 
  710V. 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  nitida 
  ; 
  geniculis, 
  tibiis 
  tarsisqae 
  testaceis; 
  a/is 
  

   fasco-hyalinis, 
  costa 
  nervisque 
  testaceis 
  ; 
  antennis 
  uigris, 
  

   basi 
  flagelli 
  testaceo. 
  2 
  . 
  

  

  Long. 
  4 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Barrackpore 
  (Rothney). 
  

  

  Antennae 
  stout, 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  scape, 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   flagellum 
  distinctly, 
  its 
  middle 
  indistinctly, 
  testaceous 
  ; 
  

   the 
  scape 
  roundly 
  curved 
  on 
  the 
  under 
  side. 
  Head 
  

   shining, 
  impunctate 
  ; 
  the 
  antennal 
  tubercles 
  testaceous. 
  

   Prothorax 
  not 
  quite 
  so 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  head 
  ; 
  the 
  collar 
  

   obscure 
  testaceous, 
  shagreened, 
  shining. 
  Mesonotum 
  

   shining, 
  minutely 
  and 
  not 
  very 
  distinctly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  a 
  

   narrow, 
  but 
  distinct, 
  furrow 
  down 
  the 
  sides 
  opposite 
  the 
  

   sides 
  of 
  the 
  scutellum, 
  which 
  is 
  shining, 
  impunctate, 
  and 
  

   with 
  a 
  wide, 
  moderately 
  deep 
  and 
  slightly 
  curved 
  furrow 
  

   at 
  its 
  base. 
  Median 
  segment 
  closely 
  punctured, 
  most 
  

   strongly 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  becoming 
  weaker 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  

   down 
  its 
  centre 
  runs 
  a 
  distinct 
  keel 
  which 
  reaches 
  the 
  apex 
  

   of 
  the 
  basal 
  part 
  ; 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  this 
  is 
  a 
  narrower, 
  less 
  

   distinct, 
  keel 
  which 
  reaches 
  to 
  about 
  the 
  middle 
  only 
  ; 
  the 
  

   apex 
  is 
  sharply 
  oblique. 
  Legs 
  stout, 
  the 
  four 
  anterior 
  

   knees, 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi, 
  the 
  posterior 
  trochanters, 
  the 
  

   posterior 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  dark 
  testaceous 
  ; 
  the 
  four 
  hinder 
  

   femora 
  are 
  obscure 
  testaceous 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  as 
  are 
  also 
  

   the 
  trochanters. 
  Abdomen 
  shining, 
  the 
  apices 
  of 
  the 
  

   second 
  and 
  following 
  segments, 
  and 
  nearly 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  

   the 
  last, 
  testaceous. 
  The 
  first 
  basal 
  cellule 
  is 
  sharply 
  

   oblique, 
  the 
  second 
  (and 
  lower) 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  apex. 
  

  

  Appears 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  true 
  Epyris 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  parapsidal 
  

  

  