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Cameron, Hymenoptera Orientalia. 



TEMNATA, gen. nov. 



Antennae 12-jointed, situated immediately over the 

 mouth. Face broadly, but not deeply, excavated. Meso- 

 notum without parapsidal furrows. Scutellum at the apex 

 narrowed, and projecting at the sides into two oblique 

 triangular teeth. At the base of the metapleurse near the 

 hind wings are two stout keels almost united on the outer 

 border and forming a somewhat horseshoe-shaped area ; 

 on the side beyond this are two stout spines widely 

 separated. Ovipositor short. 



Comes nearest to Kirby's genus Megalocolus (Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. (Zool.) xvii., 61), which differs from it in having 

 the antennae inserted in the" middle of the face ; the hind 

 coxae have a leaf-like projection on the upperside, and 

 the ovipositor is as long as the abdomen itself. 



Temnata maculipennis, sp. nov. (PL 3, f. 10). 



Nigra, avgenteo-pilosa ; alts fumatis, albo-fasciatis. 2. 

 Long. 6 mm. 



Hab. Agra (Rothncy). 



Head strongly punctured, very sparsely covered with a 

 microscopic pile, which gives it a greyish appearance. 

 From the middle of the lower side of the cheek a distinct 

 keel runs to the eyes. Pro- and meso-notum closely punc- 

 tured ; the scutellum with the punctuation equally strong, 

 but closer ; the apical teeth are not twice longer than 

 wide and rounded at the apex. Median segment with 

 keels all over from the base to the apex ; the two central 

 straight, the others more oblique ; the sides at the apex 

 thickly covered with long silvery hair. Pro- and meta- 

 pleura coarsely and uniformly punctured ; the mesopleurae 

 with longitudinal keels rather widely separated; the upper 

 side at the apex rugosely punctured. Legs black, sparsely 

 covered with a silvery pile. Abdomen shining ; the apex 

 opaque, shagreened ; the fore wings to the base of the 



