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  CAMERON, 
  Hymenoptera 
  Orientalia. 
  

  

  with 
  black 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  epipygium 
  cultriform 
  ; 
  the 
  ventral 
  

   surface 
  dirty 
  yellow. 
  

  

  B. 
  Abdomen 
  not 
  greatly 
  Icngtliened, 
  at 
  the 
  most 
  not 
  

   much 
  more 
  than 
  twice 
  the 
  lengtli 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  tlwrax 
  

   united, 
  the 
  securiform 
  articulation 
  distinct. 
  

   i. 
  Abdomen 
  not 
  striolated. 
  

  

  a. 
  Fore-wings 
  with 
  two 
  black 
  clouds. 
  

  

  B. 
  orientalis 
  and 
  V-macula. 
  

  

  b. 
  Fore-wings 
  with 
  one 
  black 
  cloud. 
  

  

  B. 
  simlaensis, 
  lepcha 
  and 
  ph&do. 
  

  

  BRACON 
  V-MACULA, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Luteus 
  ; 
  antennis 
  nigris 
  ; 
  capite 
  favo, 
  supra 
  nigro- 
  

   maculato 
  ; 
  a/is 
  flavo 
  - 
  hyalinis, 
  nigro 
  - 
  bifasciatis, 
  apice 
  

   fuscis. 
  ? 
  . 
  

  

  Long. 
  14-15; 
  terebra 
  10 
  mm. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  body; 
  the 
  scape 
  shining, 
  

   bearing 
  a 
  few 
  longish, 
  black 
  hairs; 
  the 
  flagellum 
  brownish 
  

   beneath. 
  Head 
  yellow 
  ; 
  the 
  vertex 
  broadly 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  

   black 
  continued 
  broadly, 
  triangularly 
  behind 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  

   square 
  in 
  front, 
  to 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  antennae; 
  shining, 
  

   impunctate; 
  the 
  vertex 
  and 
  front 
  covered 
  sparsely, 
  the 
  

   face 
  more 
  thickly, 
  with 
  longer, 
  white 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  face 
  

   is 
  sparsely 
  and 
  indistinctly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  mandibular 
  

   teeth 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  palpi 
  pale 
  testaceous, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  

   with 
  white 
  hair. 
  Thorax 
  shining, 
  impunctate, 
  sparsely 
  

   covered 
  with 
  longish, 
  paler 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  lobes 
  of 
  the 
  meso- 
  

   notum 
  infuscated, 
  of 
  a 
  mahogany 
  colour 
  ; 
  the 
  furrow 
  on 
  

   the 
  mesopleuras 
  is 
  curved 
  and 
  extends 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  to 
  

   the 
  apex. 
  The 
  upper 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  metapleurae 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  

   is 
  deeply 
  excavated 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  excavation 
  oblique 
  ; 
  

   at 
  the 
  base, 
  continuous 
  with 
  it, 
  is 
  a 
  smaller 
  hollow. 
  Legs 
  

   ferruginous, 
  the 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  paler, 
  of 
  a 
  faint 
  yellowish 
  

  

  