100 Cameron, Hymcnoptcya Orientalia. 



and covered witli short white hair ; the apex of the 

 clypeus rounded, depressed, mart^ined. Base of mandibles 

 black ; the middle yellowish, the apex piceous ; palpi 

 long, pallid j^ellow. Thorax rufous ; the sterna, the 

 lower part of the mesopleunu and the whole of the meta- 

 thorax, black. Mesonotum closely punctured ; the middle 

 lobe finely transversely striated ; the central lobe is 

 distinctly separated. Scutellum rugosely punctured, 

 narrowed towards the apex. Median segment with all 

 the are?e clearly defined and punctured; the supra 

 median is longer than broad ; the base transverse in 

 the middle ; the sides oblicjuc ; the apex transverse. 

 Pro- and meso-pleura; closely punctured, striated in 

 the middle; the apex of the mesopleuri^e smooth above ; 

 the metapleurai strongly rugose. Wings hyaline; there 

 is a cloud extending from near the top of the trans- 

 verse basal nervure (broadest on the inner side) to the 

 opposite side of the wing, and a broader one extending 

 right across from near the base of the stigma to the base 

 of the apical third of the radial cellule. The four anterior 

 legs are pale testaceous ; the coxaj black at the base ; the 

 hinder legs black ; the trochanters and base of tibiae white. 

 Abdomen black; the apices of the first and second seg- 

 ments testaceous; the petiole is almost impunctate above; 

 the middle keels do not extend to the apex; the sides are 

 bordered above and below by keels, and are finely punc- 

 tured; the second, third, and fourth segments are longitu- 

 dinally striated, the stride becoming gradually finer and 

 closer; the transverse depression on the fourth segment is 

 broader and more curved than that on the third ; the 

 depression on the fifth is broad, curved, and separated by 

 a longitudinal keel in the middle; the apical segments are 

 densely co\ered with white hair. 



