^6 Cameron, Hyuienoptct'a Orioitalia. 



ferrugi)ieo ; abdoniinc fiilvo-quadri-niaailato; pcdibus 

 nigris. $ . 



Long : lo mm. 



Hab. Barrackpore {Rothney). 



Head as wide as the thorax ; the front and vertex 

 thickly covered with long black, intermixed with shorter 

 silvery hair ; it is largely developed behind the eyes — 

 more than their length — and is closely and strongly 

 punctured ; the punctures large and deep. Antennal 

 tubercles black. Behind and below the eyes the hair is 

 thicker and longer. Scape of antennae thickly covered 

 with long silvery hair ; the flagellum with a pale down ; 

 the third joint is about one-quarter longer than the 

 following. Mandibles rufous in the middle ; the base 

 thickly covered with long white hair. The thorax not 

 quite twice the length of the head ; the pronotum is 

 large, flat above, irregularly punctured, obscure rufous, the 

 sides margined. Mesonotum entirely red ; deeply and 

 strongly punctured ; the punctures large ; the hair is 

 sparse, long and black. The median segment has an 

 oblique slope ; the upper part has large reticulations ; 

 the lower part is black. The proplcurtX piccous and 

 finely striated ; the base of the mesopleura^ irregularly 

 striated and punctured ; the u[)per part of the metapleura^ 

 strongly reticulated ; the upper edge of the mcso- and the 

 upper half of the meta-plcur:e are rufous. Legs thickly 

 covered with white hair; calcaria white; the tibial spines 

 pale rufous, black on the apex. Abdomen deep black ; the 

 petiole thickly covered with long white hair; in the middle 

 of the second segment are two fulvous oval marks; on the 

 sides of the third are two square ones of similar colour ; 

 pygidium smooth and fringed with long black hairs. The 

 basal ventral segment is rufous ; the keel is roundly dilated 

 towards the apex ; the second segment has an oblique 



