1/6 Cameron, Hymenoptera Orietitalia. 



black ; the white marks on the abdominal segments are 

 larger laterally and continued across the sides. 



In size it is variable. One ? is only 7 mm. in length. 

 The males also vary in length. The extent of the white 

 on the abdomen varies ; in some females there is only 

 white on the sides ; in others the white is continued right 

 across, especially on the middle segments. 



G. Body black, the legs rufous. 



PiMPLA POESIA, sp. nov. 



Nigra ; tegulis scutelloque flavis ; pedibus rufis ; coxis, 

 trochanteribus tarsisque posticis nigris ; alls fulvo-hyalinis, 

 stigviate fusco-fulvis. $ . 



Long. 16 ; terebra 5 mm. 



Scape of antennae distinctly, but not closely, punc- 

 tured, sparsely covered with long, white hair ; the flagellum 

 almost bare. Face strongly and uniformly punctured. 

 The basal part of the clypeus with scattered punctures 

 except at its apex ; the apical part of the clypeus smooth, 

 depressed, the apex slightly shagreened ; the hairs on it 

 are sparse and longer than those on the face. Mandibles 

 sparsely punctured and covered with dark hairs. The 

 basal joints of the palpi blackish ; the apical dark 

 testaceous. Vertex broadly, but not deeply, depressed ; 

 the sides minutely punctured ; the centre with a narrow, 

 shallow furrow, and closely and finely transversely striated. 

 Mesonotum strongly and uniformly punctured. Scutellum 

 yellow, except round the edges ; sparsely covered with 

 large, not very deep, punctures, which are more widely 

 separated in the middle ; the depressed apex almost 

 rugosely punctured ; the postscutellum not so closely nor 

 so strongly punctured as the apex of the scutellum. 



