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  CAMERON, 
  Hymcnoptera 
  Orientalia. 
  

  

  smooth, 
  impunctate, 
  without 
  a 
  distinct 
  depression 
  at 
  the 
  

   base; 
  the 
  abdominal 
  segments 
  strongly 
  punctured. 
  

  

  EPHIALTES 
  NIGROMACULATUS, 
  Sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Flavus; 
  capite, 
  tJiorace 
  abdomineque 
  nigromaailatis 
  ; 
  

   antennis 
  nigris, 
  basi 
  fuscis; 
  trocJianteribus 
  posterioribus, 
  

   basique 
  tibiarum 
  posticarum 
  nigris 
  ; 
  tnrsis 
  posticis 
  fuscis 
  ; 
  

   alis 
  hyalinis, 
  nervis 
  stigmateque 
  nigris. 
  ? 
  . 
  

  

  Long. 
  13-14; 
  terebra 
  13 
  mm. 
  

  

  Scape 
  of 
  the 
  antennae 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  yellow 
  ; 
  closely 
  

   punctured, 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  pale 
  hair; 
  the 
  

   flagellum 
  blackish, 
  brownish 
  at 
  the 
  base; 
  thickly 
  covered 
  

   with 
  stiff, 
  microscopic 
  pubescence. 
  Head 
  yellow; 
  the 
  

   vertex 
  broadly 
  in 
  the 
  centre, 
  and 
  diverging 
  laterally 
  above 
  

   the 
  ocelli 
  to 
  shortly 
  down 
  the 
  occiput 
  and 
  across 
  to 
  near 
  

   the 
  edge, 
  and 
  a 
  small 
  mark 
  on 
  the 
  face 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  below 
  

   the 
  antennae, 
  black. 
  Face 
  obscurely 
  punctured, 
  covered 
  

   with 
  longish, 
  pale 
  hair; 
  the 
  clypeus 
  almost 
  smooth; 
  at 
  its 
  

   base 
  is 
  a 
  deep, 
  transverse 
  furrow; 
  mandibles 
  broadly 
  

   black 
  at 
  the 
  apices; 
  the 
  palpi 
  pallid 
  yellow. 
  Mesonotum 
  

   smooth, 
  shining; 
  a 
  large 
  black 
  mark 
  on 
  each 
  lobe; 
  the 
  

   apex 
  of 
  the 
  scutellum, 
  the 
  postscutellum, 
  and 
  a 
  curved 
  

   mark 
  on 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  segment, 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  

   lobe 
  of 
  the 
  propleurae 
  is 
  for 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  

   black 
  mark 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  side 
  being 
  roundly 
  

   incised; 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  transverse; 
  below 
  the 
  middle 
  on 
  the 
  

   apex 
  of 
  the 
  mesopleurae 
  is 
  a 
  black 
  mark, 
  transverse 
  at 
  the 
  

   apex, 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  apex. 
  The 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  meta- 
  

   pleurae 
  closely 
  and 
  strongly 
  punctured, 
  the 
  lower 
  quite 
  

   smooth. 
  Wings 
  clear 
  hyaline 
  ; 
  the 
  nervures 
  and 
  stigma 
  

   deep 
  black; 
  the 
  areolet 
  oblique, 
  above 
  triangular; 
  the 
  

   recurrent 
  nervure 
  is 
  received 
  in 
  the 
  apical 
  third 
  of 
  the 
  

   cellule. 
  Legs 
  shining, 
  stout, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  

   hair; 
  the 
  apices 
  of 
  the 
  four 
  posterior 
  trochanters 
  and 
  the 
  

  

  