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Cameron, Hymenopteva OrientaUa. 



nervures testaceous. Abdomen shining; the apex sparsely 

 covered with long pale hair ; at the base is a distinctly 

 bordered longitudinal furrow. 



Except the radius, the alar nervures are obsolete. 



SCOLIIDiE. 



TlPHIA TARSATA, Sp. 110V. 



Nigra, tibiis tarsisque anticis rufis ; alis fusco-hyalinis. 

 3 . Long. 9 mm. 



Hab. Mussouri (Rothney). 



Head shining, strongly punctured ; the punctures 

 widely separated on the vertex ; the front and vertex 

 covered with longish pale hair ; the clypeus and lower 

 part of the cheeks thickly covered with long white hair ; 

 the base and the apex of the mandibles broadly in the 

 centre, ferruginous. The scape of the antennae strongly 

 punctured beneath and sparsely covered with long white 

 hair ; the flagellum obscure brownish beneath. Pronotum 

 punctured, except at the apex ; and rather thickly covered 

 with long pale hairs ; the mesonotum with a broad 

 fringe of large punctures round the sides ; the scutellum 

 with large punctures all over, which are much closer 

 towards the apex. Median segment alutaceous ; with 

 three complete keels down the centre ; the apex at the 

 sides shining, smooth. Propleurae obscurely punctured 

 round the edges ; the rest finely obliquely striated ; the 

 mesopleurae strongly punctured; the metapleurae obliquely, 

 somewhat irregularly striated, the striae widely separated. 

 Legs thickly covered with white hairs ; the fore knees, 

 femora, and tarsi rufous ; the tarsi pale ; the apex of the 

 middle tibiae and the middle tarsi testaceous, as are also 

 the apices of the basal two joints and the third joint of 

 the posterior tarsi. Abdomen shining, thickly covered 

 with long white hair, especially towards the apex, where 

 it has a fulvous hue. 



