DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW HYMENOPTERA. 285 



AroEUS EXORUCIANS, sp. nov. 



Niger, abdominis basi late rufo; alis fere hyalinis, apice fuseo. $. 



Long : 6 m.m. 



Habitat : Simla. 



Head alntaceons, opaque; the face covered with silvery pubescenoe ; 

 the ocelli hardly form a triangle ; the hinder pair are separated from 

 the eyes by a slightly greater distance than they are from each other. 

 The eyes converge verv slightly towards the bottom ; there is a slight 

 curve on the inner side above. Mamliblns rnfou^, b^ack at the base. 

 Thorax opaque, covered with a pale pubescence. Legs long, black, with 

 a pale pubescence ; the sianes and calcaria are black. Whigs fuscous- 

 hyaline, with a slight, but distinct, cloud on the apex, from the end of 

 the radial cellule. Radi<il cpllule small ; the ai.icnl two- thirds obliqn^ly 

 nairowed ; the second cubital celhd*^ is siboiii tbe length <'f the radial ; 

 it is about as wdde as long, rnun<led at the top ; the cubital norvures 

 there are separated by slightly less than th^^ space bounded by the first 

 transverse Guhiial and the first recurrent nervures. which i? received 

 near the Jipex of the ai)ical fourth of the cellule ; the second at a less 

 distance from the afies. The anal c -Huh' in the hind winy^ is short, its 

 apex not reaci ing to the middle, the secnd has a rounded 'lurve ; the 

 recurrent nervures are received near the middle of thf^ crlluhs; the 

 transverse basal nervure is received distinctly in front of the transverse 

 bas:d. In the hind wings the anal nervure is iuterst tial <>r nearly so. 

 On the abdomen, the basul, the spcond and the base of she th;rd seg- 

 ment are n'd. 



SPHEGIDiE. 



NOTOGONTA PULCHERRIMA, sp. noV. ( Fl. fig. 7.7a.) 



Niu^-a, abdomi'ds basi late, :..pice pedibnsque rufis : alls flavo- 

 hyalinis, ajiice fumatis. 9. 



Long : 1 7 in .m. 



Habitat : Deesa. 



AntenuEe covered with silvery pubeso3ncH ; Idaok. The scape rod. 

 Head black; the apex of the dypous dull-red ; the front and chpeus 

 covered with depressed silvery pubescence; the lower part of the 

 vertex is sparsely pilose. Mandibles broadly rufous in the middle ; ihe 

 base is coveied with silvery pubescence ; the apical joints of the nalpj 

 are dark-rufous. Thoras covered with a silvery pile, which has a more 

 golden hue on the mesonotum. The median segment is transverse j the 

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