72 HYMENOPTERA. 



its apical margin ; beneath, the segments have a fringe of short 

 white pubescence. 



Hab. India. 



10. MYZINE PETIOLATA. 



Male. Length 4J-5 lines. Black, the head roughly punc- 

 tured -, the clypeus, mandibles, and a spot above each antenna 

 pale yellow ; the posterior margin of the prothorax, a spot on the 

 tegulae, the tibiae and tarsi pale yellow ; the anterior and inter- 

 mediate tibiae have a stripe behind, and the posterior pair, except 

 at their base, black ; wings hyaline and iridescent ; on the pro- 

 and metathorax the punctures are scattered, the metathorax 

 opake and rugose, having a central impressed line at its base ; 

 the basal segment petiolate, its apex subglobose, the second seg- 

 ment slightly constricted ; the apical margins of all the segments 

 have a narrow yellow fascia, which is widened in the middle and 

 at the extreme lateral margins. 



Hab. India. (Coll. W.W. Saunders, Esq.) 



11. MYZINE MADRASPATANA. B.M. 



Female, Length 8 lines. Head and thorax black, deeply and 

 ruggedly punctured, the punctures on the prothorax and scutellum 

 confluent; the head, thorax and legs have a few erect scattered 

 glittering hairs ; the apex of the joints of the tarsi rufo-piceous 

 and furnished with rigid pale yellow hairs ; wings dark brown, 

 the posterior pair hyaline towards their base ; the metathorax 

 shining, delicately roughened towards the base and rugose be- 

 hind, and having a longitudinal impressed line. Abdomen : the 

 basal segment black, the second, third, and base of the fourth 

 red, from thence to the apex black, and the apical segment lon- 

 gitudinally scabrous. 



Hab. Madras. 



12. MYZINE FUSCIPENNIS. B.M. 



Female. Length 5-5| lines. Black and shining, head and 

 prothorax having large distinct punctures, the latter subelongate ; 

 the mesothorax less coarsely and more sparingly punctured, the 

 scutellum having large deep punctures, placed somewhat in 

 lines ; the metathorax rugose, most finely so towards the base, 

 having a central channel, which is margined by two slightly ele- 

 vated carinse, truncated posteriorly ; the legs have a number of 

 pale testaceous spines, the calcaria of that colour ; wings dark 

 fuscous, paler towards their base, particularly the posterior pair. 

 Abdomen strongly punctured at the base, more finely so towards 



