Hymenoptera Orientalis. 1 1 3 



except on the mesopleuras behind the margin of the 

 propleurae, the metapleura^ at the base, and the centre 

 of the mesonotum ; the latter having the punctures sparser ; 

 and with the parapsidal furrows deep, and reaching 

 from the apex to beyond the middle. Scutellum sparsely- 

 punctured; the sides of the metanotum very closely rugosely 

 punctured. Median segment short, transverse at the apex, 

 which has a rather sharply oblique slope and is impunctate 

 between the furrows. Abdomen shining, sparsely punctured, 

 the hair black, longish, and sparse ; pygidial area coarsely 

 longitudinally rugose ; the ventral segment sparsely punc- 

 tured on the apical half and bearing long black hairs. The 

 third cubital cellule of nearly equal width throughout. The 

 hair on the legs is black, except on the fore femora, which 

 have it greyish ; the hind femora have behind a row of 

 punctures in the middle. 



Length 17 mm. 



Hab. Ceylon (Rothney). 



MvziNE, Latr. 

 In his Catalogue of Indian Hymenoptera, Smith omits, 

 curiously enough, all the species described by himself in 

 his Cat. Hym., III. 



1. Myzine anthracina. 

 Smith, Cat. Hym., III., 71, 9. 

 Hab. India. 



2. MlZINE COMBUSTA. 

 Smith, New species of Hym., ijg. 

 Hab. India? or Africa? 



3. Myzine dimidiata. 



Guerin, Diet. pitt. d. Hist. Nat., v. 575, 17 ; Smith, Cat. 

 Hym., 71. 



Hab. Bombay, Bengal. 

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