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4. Myzine fuscipennis. 



Smith, Cat. Hynn., III., 72. 

 Hab. India. 



5. Myzine Madraspatana. 



Smith, Cat. Hym., III., 72. 

 Hab. Madras. 



6. Myzine nitida. (PI. IV., f. 2.) 



Black, shining, the abdomen with a bluish gloss ; the 

 wings fuscous, hyaline to the transverse basal nervure. 

 Head covered with longish greyish hair, especially long and 

 thick below the antennae ; coarsely rugosely punctured 

 below the ocelli, the vertex with the punctures small, 

 shallower and more widely separated ; the ocellar region 

 slightly raised, a depression on the outerside of the lateral ; 

 a not very distinct channel runs down from the anterior. 

 Mandibles testaceous black at the apex ; antennae stout, 

 opaque, as long as the abdomen, the first and second joints 

 subequal, the third, if anything, longer than the fourth. 

 The pronotum punctured, somewhat like the vertex ; the 

 mesonotum in front finely and closely punctured ; behind 

 with the punctures larger and widely separated ; the scut- 

 el lum slightly raised, very coarsely rugose ; the median seg- 

 ment rugosely punctured ; the mesopleura convex, coarsely 

 punctured ; behind there is a smooth, shining oblique 

 depression. The thorax bears a thick greyish hair. Abdo- 

 men very smooth and shining ; the pygidium margined 

 laterally, carinate down the centre ; the space between with 

 some large punctures ; the apical segments bearing longish 

 blackish hairs. Legs bearing a greyish pubescence ; the fore 

 tibiae yellowish in front. The second cubital cellule at top 

 and bottom shorter than the third ; the first recurrent 



