i8o Cameron, Hymenoptera Orientalia. 



of the median segment strongly transversely striated, 

 most strongly so in the middle ; the apex in the 

 middle smooth, slightly raised in the middle ; the 

 sides obscurely aciculated. The base of the propleurae 

 finely longitudinally striated ; the lower two-thirds of 

 the apical part rather strongly longitudinally striated. 

 Mesopleurse coarsely punctured, the middle smooth 

 above ; the apex stoutly crenulated ; the part over 

 the middle coxae coarsely striated. Metapleurse coarsely 

 rugosely punctured ; the apex more closely punc- 

 tured than the base ; the basal depression smooth in 

 the middle, the sides roughly punctured. Legs black ; 

 all the femora and the anterior tibiae ferruginous ; the 

 anterior tarsi fuscous. The central depression on the 

 petiole smooth ; the sides and apex roughly aciculated ; 

 the sides at the apex divided by a flat, oblique, raised part; 

 in the centre above it is finely transversely striated, inter- 

 mixed with large punctures. 



PiMPLA VIDUA, sp. nov. 



Nigra; femoribus, tibiis tarsisqiie anterioribus femori- 

 busque posticis rufis ; tibiarum posticarum basi late albo- 

 annulato; alis hyalinis^ nervis stigmateque nigris. $ . 



Long. 8 mm. 



Antennae black, the flagellum covered with a white 

 down; the scape closely punctured, covered with longish, 

 pale hairs. Face and clypeus thickly covered with long, 

 white hair; the front and vertex shining, impunctate, 

 almost glabrous; the maxillary palpi are white; the labial 

 fuscous. Mesonotum shining, obscurely punctured, as is 

 also the scutellum; but the sides below the latter are 

 strongly punctured. Median segment coarsely, rugosely 

 punctured, except the base and the apex in the middle; 

 thickly covered with longish, fuscous hair. The lower 



