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XXII. A new species of the Hynienopterous Genus 

 Megalyra, Westwood. By J. Chester Bradley, 

 Ithaca, N.Y., U.S.A. Communicated by Col. 

 C. T. Bingham, F.Z.S. 



[Read November 1st, 1905.] 



I FIND among some material from the American Museum 

 of Natural History an undescribed species of Megalyra. 

 In order that its position may be readily seen I append 

 a translation of a table to the genus published by 

 Szepligeti in the " Termeszetrajzi Fiizetek," xxv, p. 526, 

 adding the new species in its proper place. 



1. Wings black, short, scarcely longer than the head above- 



Mulilis, Westwood. 

 Wings not shorter than normal (2) 



2. Wings black or brown (3) 



Wings hyaline, with brown crossbands .... (5) 



3. Wings black, almost opaque, with a hyaline spot ; forehead and 



vertex longitudinally grooved . . Sfvackardii, Westwood. 



Wings more or less brown, without a hyaline spot ; forehead 



and vertex not longitudinally grooved ... (4) 



4. Entirely black • head, venter, legs, and propodeum heavily 



clothed with grey hair ; a hairy spot on the side of each 

 abdominal segment . . Melomoptera, Schletterer. 

 Base of the antenna 1 , legs beyond the femora, and the abdomen 

 red ; not heavily clothed with hair ; the abdomen without 

 hairy spots Bufiventris, Szepligeti. 



5. The posterior ocelli further removed from each other than from 



the compound eyes (6) 



The posterior ocelli equally removed from the compound eyes 



and from each other (7) 



TRANS. ENT. SOC. LOND. 1905. — PART IV. (DEC.) 



