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Cameron, Hymenopteva Ovientalia. 



the lower half the striations being stout ; the rest of it, 

 being irregularly punctured and on the lower part irregularly 

 striolated ; the mesopleurge strongly punctured; the punc- 

 tures widely separated ; shortly beyond the centre is a 

 wide deep depression bearing some stout irregular keels ; 

 the hinder part of the mesopleurse strongly aciculated. 

 Scutellum shining ; the middle at the apex a little 

 depressed ; at the base is a wide depression with five stout 

 keels ; and at its apex is a deep wide depression with 

 oblique median segment depressed in the middle; the sides 

 of the depression oblique and meeting at the bottom, and 

 irregularly, somewhat obliquely striolated, the bottom and 

 sides with a sharp keel ; the lower part outside this central 

 depression strongly irregularly reticulated. Legs red, 

 covered sparsely with white hairs ; the greater part of the 

 fore coxae and the base of the middle pair above, black. 

 Abdomen black ; covered with white hairs ; a long 

 depression, keeled in the centre, down the middle at the 

 base ; the second segment punctured ; the other segments 

 also punctured, but with the punctures closer together ; 

 and covered with long white hair. 



ANTHOPHILA. . 



ANDRENIDiE. 



As will be seen, the Andrenidae are almost exclusively 

 confined to the northern parts, and more particularly to 

 the mountainous regions of India. 



Prosopis. 



Only one species of Prosopis has been recorded from 

 the Indian Peninsula ; but several are known from the 

 Australian portion of the Malay Archipelago. The new 

 species here described may be separated as follows : — 



i (2) Front strongly longitudinally striated (only the hinder 

 tibiae yellow at the base). striatifrons 



