of some Neio Aculeate Hymenoptera. 75 



DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES. 



PLATE V. 



Fig. 3. Pseudomeria Graca, J. 



3a, front view of head ; 36, under side of do. ; 3c, maxilla; 3d, labium ; 



3e, antenna ; 3/", wings ; 3g, foreleg. 

 Fig. 4. Briar-cells of Raphiglossa Enmenoides. 



t Convex top of cell, consisting of a firm well-connected pergameneous 



cap. 

 * Interior of cell. 

 X Concave lower extremity of ditto, resting on successive layers of 



comminuted particles of pith (**) and black earth (tt.) in distinct 



compartments; the former being limited in some instances to mere 



sectional divisions at varying intervals. 



PLATE VI. 



Fig. 1. Myrmosa nigriceps, $. 



la, mandibles; 16, antenna; lc, maxilla; \d, labium; le, anterior 

 tarsus; 1/, apex of abdomen seen in profile; \g, anal appendages 

 as seen from above; \h, intermediate ditto, ditto. 



Fig. 2. Raphiglossa Odyneroides, £. 



2a, under side of head, showing the labium and maxilla? united as when 

 at rest, and projecting backwards beneath the thorax like a needle; 

 26, mandible; 2c, antenna of male; 2d, maxilla; 2e, labium. 



Fig. 3. Raphiglossa Odyneroides, J . 



3a, antenna of ditto. 

 Fig. 4. Raphiglossa Enmenoides, J . 



4a, the same seen in profile of the natural size ; 46, labrum ; 4c, max- 

 illa; Ad, labium; 4c, antenna of male ; 4/, ditto, of female; 4g, 

 anterior tarsus. 



