i6o Cameron, Hymenoptera Orientalia. 



PiMPLA APPENDICULARIS, Sp. nov. 



Flava; maculis parvis mesonoti, apiceqiie tibiaruin 

 posticarum nigris ; alls fulvo-hyalinzs, stiginate rufo-fjisco, 

 nervis fuscis. $ . 



Long. 15; terebra 5 mm. 



Antennae longer than the body, black ; the scape 

 yellow, the base of the flagellum brownish beneath at the 

 base Head yellow, except the ocellar region, which is 

 black. Face closely punctured ; the clypeus smooth on 

 the obliquely depressed apex, the base obscurely punc- 

 tured Mesonotum closely punctured at the base; the 

 raised central part at the base bordered by distinct 

 furrows ; at the base of the tegulae there is a mark, broader 

 than long, followed in the middle by a narrower and longer 

 one, the whole forming an almost continuous line. The 

 basal depression of the scutellum black; the keel to the 

 middle large and leaf-like, on the apical half much 

 smaller ; the scutellum sparsely covered with long, black 

 hair. Median segment smooth ; the base between the 

 keels narrowly black ; the black continued along the inner 

 side of the lateral keel, becoming gradually wider to the 

 base behind, and slightly extending beyond the outer 

 side of the keel ; the middle keel broadly curved and 

 united to the apex of the segment by a lateral one. 

 Pleurae smooth, shining. Legs coloured like the thorax ; 

 the basal joint of the hinder trochanters on the under side, 

 a large mark on the under side of the hinder femora in the 

 middle, the apex of the tibiae and the apical two joints 

 of the hinder tarsi, black. Wings with a distinct fulvous- 

 smoky tinge ; the costa rufo-testaceous ; the stigma rufo- 

 fuscous ; the nervures fuscous. Areolet shortly, but 

 distinctly, appendiculated, triangular ; the recurrent ner- 

 vure received in the apical third. The petiole broadly, 

 but not deeply depressed at the base ; its sides stoutly 



