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DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW GENERA AND SPECIES OF 

 HYMENOPTERA COLLECTED BY MAJOR C. G. 

 NURSE AT DEESA, SIMLA AND FEROZEPORE. 

 By P. Cameron. 

 Part II. 

 (^Continued from page 293 of this Volume.^ 

 ANTHOPHILA.* 

 Lamproapis, gen. nov. 

 Wings with two cubital cellules in the forewings | the second cellule 

 receives both the recurrent nervures ; the first at a slightly greater 

 distance than the second from the transverse cubital nervure. Radial 

 cellule long, narrow, lanceolate, extending to the apes of the wing ; the 

 transverse median nervure is received on the outer side of the externo- 

 median, not behind it. Antennae stout, bare, the second joint is two-thirds 

 of the length of the third ; the last joint is about one-third longer than 

 the preceding. Ocelli not quite forming a triangle (.'.). Clypeus 

 transverse, the labrum large, gradually narrowed towards the apex. 

 Mandibles long, rather narrow, hollowed on the outer side. Legs 

 thickly covered with short pubescence ; the claws are bifid ; the 

 anterior calcaria are cleft at the apex and have, on the upperside, a 

 broad, diaphanous, rounded dilatation; the middle tibite have only one 

 spur ; the hinder two ; they are sharp and bare ; the basal joint of the 

 hinder tarsi is stout and is longer than the following three joints 

 united. Scutellum large, convex, depressed in the middle above. 

 The base of the median segment forms a large triangular area. Abdo- 

 men Smooth and shining, sparsely haired towards the apex ; the basal 

 segment is largely depressed at the base ; the pygidium depressed ; the 

 sides raised, keeled ; the apex incised in the middle. The abdomen is 

 longer than the head and thorax united | it is narrowed at the base and 

 apex and is distinctly curved above ; there are seven dorsal segments. 



This genus has no near relationship with any of the known Indian 

 genera with two cubital cells. It comes nearest to the European genus 

 Difourea with which it agrees in having the body bare and shining j 

 it differs from it in the transverse median nervure, being received in 



* To the list of Indian Bees should be added Epeolusfervidus, Smith, Description of New 

 Sp. of Hym., p. 102, from the Bombay District. Col. Bingham has overlooked the des- 

 cription of this species. The genus is not included in his work. The specie? are piu'asitis 

 and are found in most parts of the world. 



