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3. Thorax with some lighter tomentum. 



All the tibia) reddish nielamjJi/fftts, v. d. ^Vlllp. 



Thorax velvety black. Ouly the auterior 

 and middle tibiie reddish 4. 



4. Tibias reddish inanilHensis, Macq. 



Tibiso paler in colour noscibilis, Austen. 



5. Very large black species with black legs 



and yellow-orange hairs at apex of 



abdomen ' plutonicus, "VVlk. 



6. Legs usually reddish or yellowish, some 



of the tibije et least paler in colour. 



Ovipositor short 7. 



Ovipositor long. Abdomen usually with 

 pale bands 9. 



7. Large species. Abdomen yellow-haired. 



Legs reddish yellow cJiinensis, sp. n. 



Smaller species. Legs partly reddish. . 8. 



8. Abdomen with black spots and yellowish 



segmentations and sides. Genitalia 



with white hairs. Legs reddish yellow. caloriJicus,W\k. 

 ?^bdomen entirely black. Genitalia with 



very few white hairs. Legs dark red 



with black liairs amorges, Wlk. 



Deep black species. Only the fore and 



middle tibise dull yellow. Genitalia 



with white hairs philipinus, sp. n. 



9. Legs reddish. Abdomen deep black . . fusiformis, Wllr. 

 Legs blackish, tibiao usually reddish or 



yellow 10. 



10. Femora entirely black 11. 



Femora partly red 12. 



11. Large species. Bands on abdomen nar- 



row. Scutellum with black bristles 

 and white hairs. Ovipositor composed 

 of the last four abdominal segments. 

 Moustache chiefly black contradicens, Wlk, 



Large species. Bands of abdomen broad. 

 Scutellum with black bristles. Ovi- 

 positor of the last three segments 

 only. Moustache yellowish Uneosus, Wlk. 



Smaller, very pubescent species. Bands 

 of abdomen narrow. Scutellum with 

 black bristles and yellow hairs. Ovi- 

 positor of the last three abdominal 

 segments only. 



Moustache blackish transactiis, Wlk. 



Slender black species. Scutellum with 

 a double row of black brisles. Ovi- 

 positor of the last four segments. 



Moustache black addetu, "Wlk. 



12. Femora black above, red below. 

 Genitalia very stout. Abdomen and 



ovipositor as in P. contradicens. 



Moustache black complens, Wlk. 



Only the middle femora partly red. 

 Abdomen deep black with thick yellow- 

 haired segmentations and yellow hnir.s 

 on scutellum raptor, Austeti. 



