62 Cameron, Hymowptcra Oricntalia. 



silver}' pubescence, intermixed with long silvery hair ; the 

 vertex sparsely with long white hair. Face and clypeus 

 smooth and shining ; the latter with a deep furrow on the 

 top and with two foveie on the sides above. Mandibles 

 at the base thickly covered with silvery pubescence ; palpi 

 dark fuscous. Pronotum strongly and deeply punctured, 

 except at the base, which is smooth and shining. The 

 apex of the propleur.-e is smooth and thickly covered with 

 a white pile ; there are nine stout keels equally separated. 

 Mesonotum closely and strongly punctured and thickly 

 covered with stiff black hair. Scutellum rugoscly punctured 

 except for a broad smooth line in the middle ; its base 

 sparsely covered with black, the rest with long white, hair. 

 Post-scutellum rugose, and covered with long white hair. 

 Median segment at the base thickly covered with depressed 

 silvery pubescence; it is reticulated, except along the sides 

 of the central area, which is not much widened at the base; 

 the keels there are straight ; the oblique apical slope is 

 strongly reticulated and covered with long white hair. 

 The base of the mesopleurre rugose and thickly covered with 

 white hair ; the apex of the metapleur;e irregularly reticu- 

 lated. Mesosternum thickly covered with white pubescence. 

 Legs thickly covered with long white hair ; the calcaria 

 white. Wings dark violaceous ; the first cubital cellule at 

 the top is slightl}', but distinctly, longer than the second ; 

 the second transverse cubital nervure is roundh^ curved ; 

 both the recurrent nervures are received shortly, but 

 distinctly, beyond the middle. Abdomen with the second, 

 third, and fourth segments ferruginous, densely covered 

 with white hair ; the third and fourth with golden hair on 

 the apex ; the last segment with black hair. The ventral 

 keel has a slight, rounded slope from the base to the apex; 

 the hypopygium is smooth at the base ; the lateral keels 

 are stout and do not reach the base. 



