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Cameron, Hymcnoptera Oricntalia. 



the tegulae black. Abdomen entirely black ; shining, 

 impunctate ; the petiole at the base depressed in the 

 middle ; oblique ; its top somewhat triangularly, its sides 

 much more widely depressed; gastrocoeli oblique, smooth, 

 raised in the centre ; and from them an oblique furrow 

 leads to the apex of the segment ; the oblique furrows on 

 the third segment moderately deep and wide ; on the 

 fourth they are shallower. 



PlMPLA LAOTHOE, Sp. 110V. 



Nigra, pedibus rufis ; coxis, trochanteribus, apice tibiarum 

 posticavum tarsisque posticis, nigris; alis fulvo-hyalinis ; nervis 

 fuscis, stigmate fulvo. 2 . Long. 13 mm. ; terebra 3 — 5 mm. 



Hab. Mussouri (Rothney). 



Head black, thickly covered with pale fulvous hair, 

 especially long and thick below the antennae, where there 

 is in the centre a shining, impunctate line ; the front 

 broadly but not deeply depressed; the front ocellus 

 surrounded by a furrow, which is continued down the 

 front to the antennae ; the front with the punctures 

 shallow, especially towards the eyes. Thorax entirely 

 black; the pro- and meso-notum closely punctured, thickly 

 covered with short fuscous hair ; scutellum shining, 

 smooth ; the punctures shallow, widely separated, the 

 sides much more strongly and closely punctured, except 

 at the base ; post-scutellum rugosely punctured ; the 

 median segment with a gradually rounded slope, rugose ; 

 the centre transversely striated. Propleurae at the bottom 

 longitudinally striated ; at the top are two stout longi- 

 tudinal keels. All the coxae and trochanters black ; the 

 coxae beneath thickly covered with fulvous hair, as are 

 also the tibiae and tarsi ; the hinder tarsi black. Abdomen 

 entirely black ; above closely, strongly, and uniformly 

 punctured, except at the apices of the segments, which 

 are smooth and shining ; the base of the petiole widely 

 depressed, smooth and almost impunctate. 



