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coxae and trochanters yellow; the posterior coxae of a 

 darker rufous than the femora, and marked with black at 

 the base; behind, at the base, is a small, yellow mark. 

 Wings deep fulvous ; the apex slightly infuscated ; the 

 costa and stigma fulvous; the nervures black; the areolet 

 triangular; the first transverse cubital nervure oblique, 

 straight; the second curved; the recurrent nervure is 

 received in the apical fourth of the areolet. Abdomen 

 shining; the petiole rufous; the other segments dark 

 rufous ; the second segment above marked with two broad, 

 obscure fulvous lines; the others marked laterally with 

 fulvous lines, broad at the base, becoming obliquely 

 narrowed towards the apex; the basal ventral segment 

 rufous ; the others yellowish ; the sheaths of the ovipositor 

 dark fulvous towards the apex. 



Epirhyssa FLAVO-BALTEATA, sp. nov. 



Fulva, flavo-maculata ; antennis rufo-testaceis, apice 

 nigris; alis fulvo-hyalinis, apice fusco-maculatis, stigrnate 

 rufo-testaceo. $ . 



Long. 13-22 ; terebra (in large size) 25 mm. 



Antennae dark rufous, darker towards the apex ; the 

 scape yellowish beneath. The lower half of the front and 

 the face yellow ; the vertex behind the ocelli rufous ; the 

 face closely punctured, thickly covered with short, white 

 hair ; the clypeus short, the sides at the apex rounded ; 

 the base with a trilobate depression, the central lobe 

 curved, the lateral smaller and much deeper. Mandibles 

 short and broad, the basal half rufous, the apical deep 

 black ; the palpi pale yellow. Thorax yellowish ; the 

 mesonotum dark rufous ; black in the middle beyond the 

 central lobe ; the central lobe raised, its base with an 

 almost perpendicular slope, and black on the lower part ; 



