HYMENOPTKRA. 



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shining, anil sparingly and delicately punctured. Head small aiu\ 

 more strongly ])unctured than the thorax ; a deeply impressed 

 line in front of the anterior ocellus, extending to the base of the 

 clvpeus, which is smooth, shining and convex, with its anterior 

 margin rounded ; the mandibles jjunctate-striate, with four or 

 five black acute teeth ; the antenna; and apical joints of the tarsi 

 pale rufo-testaceous ; the mesothorax with two central approxi- 

 matmg lines anteriorly, which terminate a little before the middle 

 of the disk, also a faintly impressed line opposite each tegula ; 

 wings sraokv, nervures dark ferruginous. Abdomen large and 

 ovate, the nodes of the petiole transverse, the anterior lateral 

 angles of the second node acute. 



Hub. Hong Kong. 



This species very closely resembles C. lignata, but may be 

 distinguished by its" having the second node of the petiole widest 

 anteriorly : the reverse is the characteristic of the typical insect. 



.'1 C.\REB.\RA VIDUA. B.M. 



Male. Length 7 lines.— Head, thorax and nodes of the pe- 

 tiole black ; the antenmc, mandibles, legs and abdomen ochra- 

 ceous, covered with a thin, short, ])ale pul)escence, which is most 

 dense on the head and thorax ; the mesothorax with a central 

 raised line anteriorly, and very closely punctured ; wings brown, 

 with the nervures dark ferruginous, the ])osterior wings palest. 

 Abdomen oblong-ovate, slightly narrowed posteriorly ; the first 

 node of the abdomen, viewed above, rounded, the seconil trans- 

 verse. 

 Hah. Port Natal. ■ . 



The specimen described has its antenna; broken, but of one, 

 eleven joints remain : I have little doubt of two being broken otf. 



4. Careb.\ra dux. B.M. 



Female. Length ]0| lines. — Black : the thorax and abdomen 

 shining ; the head closely and strongly punctured ; the iintennae, 

 mandibles and anterior margin of the cly))eus feiruginous; the 

 mandibles punctate-striate, with four stout acute teeth at their 

 inner margin. Thorax: the disk with distant punctures; two 

 impressed "hues on the mesothorax anteriorly, in the centre, 

 which unite and terminate in the middle of the disk, and a line 

 on each side extending to the posterior margin , the wings brown, 

 the posterior pair and apex of the anterior wings palest, the ner- 

 vures ferruginous ; the legs dark fusco-ferruginous, with the tarsi 

 palest. Abdomen large, much wider than the thorax, .inely and 



