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mediate and posterior femora deep red ; the antennae filiform, long ; 

 the flagellum and also the tarsi of the legs black: wings hyaline, 

 slightly fuscescent ; fore wing with three cubital cells, the Lst and 

 3rd subeqiial, each receiving a recurrent nervure, the 2nd small, 

 nearly square, the 3rd or outer transverse cubital nervure received 

 at some distance from the apex of the radial cell. 



Hab. Throughout India, Burma, Ceylon, extending to Africa 

 and to China. $ . Length. 15-20 ; exji. 22-30 mm. 



474. Ampulex constanceae. 



Ehin<i])sis const ^nice.ie, Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) iv, 1891, 

 p. 192, pi. i, fig. 6. 



5 . Head very minutely and closely punctured, giving it an 

 opaque appearance; pro- and mesonotum, scutellum and post- 

 scutellum with a few scattered punctures ; median 

 segment coarsely rugose and reticulate ; abdomen 

 smooth and shining ; pronotura with the middle 

 portion raised and deeply longitudinally grooved ; 

 mesonotum convex, with four abbreviated longi- 

 tudinal grooves not reaching the apex ; median 

 segment somewhat flat transversely, striate above, 

 with a medial longitudinal carina and two lateral 

 broader ones converging slightly towards the apex, 

 the apex of the segment rounded, tlie sides 

 vertical; abdomen smooth and shining, the petiole 

 -p. „„ clavate at apex. Black ; the mandibles, clypeus, 



Ampuiex con- antennae, pronotum, the greater part of the meso- 

 sfancecB, 5 . J. pleurae, and mesosternum and apex of the meso- 

 notum, the tegulae, the median segment, the coxae, 

 trochanters, the femora beneath, and tarsi reddish ; the base 

 of the tibiae and apex of the femora obscurely rufescent ; the base 

 of the 1st petiolate abdominal segment whitish ; wings hyaline, a 

 broad fuscous band from the stigma obliquely across the wings. 



Hah. Poona, Bombay Presidency. 9 • Lenrjlh 9 ; exj). 8 mm. 

 Type in coll. Eothney. 



475. Ampulex ruficornis. 



Rhinopsis ruficornis, Cmn. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) ii, 1889, 

 p. 115, 2 . 



2 . Head coarsely, thorax finely punctured ; abdomen smooth, 

 slightly shining ; antennae rather short, shorter than the thorax ; 

 eyes parallel, an indistinct short keel in front of the anterior ocellus ; 

 pronotum raised in the middle, with a deep longitudinal furrow ; 

 mesonotum shorter than the pronotum, with two posteriorly con- 

 vergent, longitudinally impressed lines; scutellum and postscutellum 

 smooth ; median segment above finely transversely striate, pos- 

 teriorly roundly truncate, with an indistinct broad furrow at 

 apex ; above the segment is flattish, with a posteriorly convergent 



