28 Cameron, Hymcnoptera Orieiitalia. 



Etha rufo-femorata, sp. nov. 



Nigra; tibiis tarsisque anterioribus testaceis ; fevioribics 

 posticis rufis ; tarsis posticis late aibo aniiulato ; alls 

 hyalinis, stigiiiate fusco. $ . 



Long. 9 mm. 



Antennae entirely black, thickly covered with a short 

 black pile. Head black, thickly covered with short, white 

 pubescence ; a mark on the mandibles before the teeth 

 above and the palpi white. Face and clypeus opaque, 

 finely and closely punctured ; the vertex somewhat more 

 coarsely punctured ; there is a thin keel below the ocelli. 

 Thorax black ; a conical mark (the broad end at the 

 apex) on the apex of the scutellum, and the post- 

 scutellum, yellow. Mesonotum closely punctured, thickly 

 covered with short, pale pubescence ; the parapsidal 

 furrows wide and deep at the base, and stoutly trans- 

 versely striated. Scutellum shining, the punctures, 

 especially at the base, not quite so close together as on 

 the mesonotum ; its basal depression wide and deep, and 

 with two keels in the middle. Median segment at the 

 base closely punctured ; the rest of the segment more 

 coarsely and rugosely punctured ; in the middle at the 

 base are two oblique keels. Propleurre strongly, obliquely 

 striated; the upper part in the middle coarsely punctured; 

 the base coarsely aciculated. Meso- and metanotum 

 coarsely rugose, opaque. Mesosternum closely punctured ; 

 the central furrow shallow, wide. Legs black ; the apices 

 of the anterior femora, the tibiae and tarsi testaceous, 

 those of the middle legs darker in tint ; the hinder 

 femora ferruginous, except at the extreme apex ; the 

 extreme base of the tibire, and the second to fourth joints 

 of the tarsi, yellowish-white. Areolet large, almost square ; 

 the second transverse cubital nervure is faint ; the re- 

 current nervure is received in the middle ; the stigma and 



