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ceoiis pile ; abdomen with yellow bands. Head : the scape 

 yellow beneath, and the first three joints of the funiculus ful- 

 vous beneath ; on the vertex and on the cheeks the pile has, 

 in certain lights, a pale golden tinge, as it has also on the disk 

 of the thorax. A yellow line on the collar and an orange one 

 on the scutellum ; the triangular space at the base of the 

 metathorax longitudinally and divergently striated ; wings 

 hyaline, the nervures pale ferruginous ; the tibiae and tarsi 

 spinose ; the spines ferruginous ; the tibiae, as well as the apex 

 of the femora, more or less fen-uginous within. Abdomen : 

 the apical margin of the second and following segments with 

 yellow fasciae, which widen laterally ; beneath, these segments 

 are yellow. 

 Hab. Ega. 



In general appearance this is the counterpart of the social 

 wasp Nectarina analis. 



Gorytes triangularis. 



Female. Length 7 lines. Black, with the triangular space 

 at the base of the metathorax yellow, smooth, and shining. 

 Head : the base of the mandibles, the labrum, clypeus, face as 

 high as the antennse, and a broad stripe behind the eyes red- 

 dish yellow ; the scape of the antennae of the same colour, and 

 the flagellum fulvous beneath. Thorax : a narrow line on the 

 posterior margin of the prothorax and the postscutellum yel- 

 low ; the sides of the mesothorax ferruginous ; the anterior 

 legs reddish yellow ; wings dark brown along the anterior 

 margin of the fore pair, and subhy aline behind. Abdomen 

 velvet-black. The tibiee and tarsi with pale ferruginous 

 spines. 



Hah. Para. 



Gorytes facilis. 



Male. Length 4f lines. Black, smooth, and shining ; the 

 metathorax and base of the abdomen yellow. Head : the base 

 of the mandibles, the labrum, clypeus, and scape of the antennae 

 honey -yellow, the latter slightly fuscous behind. Thorax : 

 the margin of the prothorax, the tubercles, a spot beneath the 

 wings, the tegulae and an epaulet over them, the scutellum, 

 postscutellum, and metathorax honey-yellow ; the triangidar 

 space at the base of the metathorax black, and with a central 

 impressed line which is continued to the apex of the meta- 

 thorax ; the wings light fuscous, with their apical margins 

 paler ; the anterior and intermediate legs yellow ; the femora 

 ferruginous above ; the posterior legs ferniginous ; the third 

 and fourth joints of the tarsi yellow, the claw-joint black ; 



