Hymenoptera Orientalis. 447 



Salius (Hemipepsis) anthracina, Sm. 



This species has the head in front concave, but with the 

 antennal tubercles large, projecting ; the eyes parallel from 

 the top ; the ocelli large, separated from the eyes by one 

 and a half times the distance the posterior are from each 

 other ; the pronotum rounded in front ; concave behind : 

 base of abdomen subsessile ; apical segment covered with 

 stiff blackish pubescence, roughened. Tibiae and tarsi thickly 

 spurred ; the long spur of the hind tibiae not one-fourth the 

 length of the metatarsus ; thick, obliquely narrowed towards 

 the apex ; claws with two stout spines. In the hind wings 

 the anal-nervure is received a little beyond the cubital. 

 Clypeus transverse at apex, projecting. 



Salius Hercules, sp. nov. 



Black ; the face, orbits, tibiae and tarsi dull brown, the 

 flagellum dull ferruginous, blackish above at the base ; 

 wings at the base (to a little beyond the basal nervure), 

 deep blackish-violaceous, the rest brownish-yellow, except 

 at the apex which is infuscated. Head almost transverse 

 in front, behind slightly convex, piceous. Eyes parallel, very 

 little arcuate above ; ocelli large, in a curve, the hinder 

 separated from the eyes by a perceptibly less distance than 

 they are from each other. Clypeus moderately convex, 

 below the eyes projecting nearly as much as half the length 

 of the mandibles; broader than long; transverse at the 

 apex ; labrum rounded at the apex, nearly half the length 

 of the clypeus. The ocellar region slightly raised, a furrow 

 at the sides of the region, the inner orbits narrowly edged 

 with obscure testaceous ; the head thickly covered with a 

 black to fuscous pubescence. Thorax opaque, thickly 

 covered with a blackish pubescence ; the prosternum and 

 anterior coxae with long blackish hairs. Pronotum as 

 long as the head, rounded and narrowed in front, behind 

 convex. Scutellum gibbous, becoming gradually raised 



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