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XXXIV. — Noteft on Foftsoridl Ilipnenoptera. — XL. On new 

 Species in the British Museum. Qy Rowland E. Tuuner, 

 F.Z.S., F.E.S. 



Superfamily VESPOIDEA. 



Family Scoliidae. 



Subfamily Elidinm. 



Myzine alhohirta, sp. n. 



^ . Pallide flavas ; fronte, inosonoto antice lateribasque, meso- 

 pleuris postico sternoque nigris; flagello, segmeiitis abdominalibus 

 dimidio basali, aculeoque pallide rufo-testaceis ; alls hyalinis, 

 venis testaceis, stigmate flavo. 



Long. 12 mm. 



(J. Clypeus short and broad, three times as broad as its 

 greatest length, broadly rounded apically. Antennse short 

 and stout, about equal in length to the thorax and median 

 segment combined, of even thickness throughout ; supra- 

 anteiinal tubercles large and flattened. The whole insect 

 clothed with white hairs, which are longest on the pleurae. 

 Head broad and transverse ; eyes converging towards the 

 clypeus, their inner margin only slightly sinuate. Pronotura 

 twice as broad as long, the anterior margin straight, the iiind 

 margin only teebly arcuate. Tlie black portion of the meso- 

 notum closely punctured, the yellow median portion much 

 more sparsely and indistinctly punctured. Scutellum large, 

 more than half as long as the mesonotuu), broadly subtruncate 

 at the apex, modeiately convex; median segment short. 

 First tergite short, obliquely sloped anteriorly to the very 

 short petiole. Abdomen elongate, only slightly narrowed at 

 the extremities, the segments not constricted, each segment 

 pale testaceous red on the basal half. Seventh tiM'gite deeply 

 triangularly incised at the apex, rather broadly rounded and 

 blunt at the apex on each side of the incision. Siernites 3-7 

 with a raised transverse space at the base, which is bounded 

 apically by a curved carina, which is produced into a point 

 near the middle c»f each stenntc, tiie basal portion of the raised 

 s[)ace is coarsely longitudinally siriated ; seventh sternite 

 produced and rounded at tlie apex. Seventh tergite longitu- 

 dinally striated at the extreme base. Radial cell short and 

 broad, first abscissa of the radius equal to the second, third 

 al)out as long as the first and second combined, fourth almost 

 I (pial to the third; cubital and discoidal narvures extending 



