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Cameron, Hymcnoptcva Ovientalia. 



centre ; the apex of the apical area bulges into it as a 

 triangle from the sides of which a keel goes round the 

 edge of the segment ; there is a short, stout, oblique keel 

 outside the spiracles, beyond which it curves round to 

 the apex of the segment, but is much thinner than the 

 basal branch. Legs rufous; the base of the anterior pair 

 yellow ; the apex of the hind tibiae and the tarsi black ; 

 the latter thickly covered with a white down, the spurs 

 pale yellow. Wings clear hyaline ; the stigma and 

 nervures dark testaceous. Abdomen black ; the second 

 and third segments pale testaceous beneath ; the petiole 

 with an elongated area at the base of the thickened 

 part ; the apices of the second and third segments obscure 

 rufous. 



LlMNERIA MOROSA, Sp. 110V. 



Nigra, palpis tegidisqiie albis ; pcdibus rtifo-tcstaceis, 

 abdominis segmentis testaceo-maculatis ; alts hyalinis. 2. 

 Long. 5 mm. 



Hab. Trincomali, Ceylon (Yerbury). 



Antennae entirely black, thickly covered with a pale 

 microscopic pubescence. Head closely punctured, the 

 face thickly covered with white pubescence ; the man- 

 dibles and palpi white. Thorax shagreened, opaque, 

 sparsely covered with minute pale hair ; the three basal 

 areae on the median segment distinct ; the others not 

 clearly defined, the apex finely transversely striated. The 

 four anterior legs pale testaceous ; the femora with a 

 more reddish hue ; the coxae broadly black at the base ; 

 the hinder entirely black ; the apex of the hinder tibiae 

 and tarsi fuscous. Petiole black, shagreened, the base 

 flat, very smooth and shining ; the other segments black, 

 broadly rufo-testaceous at the apex and at the sides ; 

 the ventral segments of a paler more yellowish testaceous 

 colour. The stigma testaceous on the lowerside ; the 

 areolet distinctly petiolated. 



