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  CAMERON, 
  Hymenoptera 
  Orientalia. 
  

  

  PlMPLA 
  HIMALAYENSIS, 
  Sp. 
  UOV. 
  

  

  Nigra; 
  pedibus 
  flavis 
  ; 
  coxis 
  femoribusque 
  posticis 
  rufis 
  ; 
  

   tibiis 
  posticis 
  nigris, 
  medio 
  late 
  alb 
  is 
  ; 
  tarsis 
  posticis 
  fuscis 
  ; 
  

   alls 
  hy 
  a 
  lints, 
  stigmate 
  nervisque 
  nigris. 
  $ 
  . 
  

  

  Long. 
  12 
  mm. 
  

  

  Head 
  shining, 
  smooth; 
  the 
  front 
  roundly 
  and 
  broadly 
  

   projecting 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  bearing 
  some 
  rather 
  

   large 
  punctures 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  and 
  bottom 
  almost 
  impunctate; 
  

   sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  fuscous 
  hair 
  ; 
  short 
  above, 
  much 
  

   longer 
  below 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  clypeus 
  is 
  minutely 
  

   punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  palpi 
  pale 
  yellow 
  ; 
  mandibles 
  shining, 
  

   smooth, 
  black. 
  Front 
  and 
  vertex 
  shining, 
  impunctate 
  ; 
  

   the 
  depression 
  on 
  the 
  front 
  is 
  deep, 
  and 
  does 
  not 
  extend 
  

   backwards 
  to 
  the 
  ocelli. 
  The 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  thorax 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  fuscous 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  hair 
  on 
  the 
  

   scutellum 
  longer, 
  on 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  still 
  longer 
  

   and 
  paler 
  ; 
  smooth, 
  impunctate, 
  as 
  is 
  also 
  the 
  post- 
  

   scutellum. 
  Except 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  the 
  median 
  

   segment 
  is 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  punctures 
  large, 
  

   deep 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  smooth, 
  the 
  punctures 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  

   not 
  so 
  strong 
  as 
  on 
  the 
  apex, 
  where 
  they 
  almost 
  form 
  

   reticulations 
  ; 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  is 
  a 
  smooth 
  

   area, 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad, 
  the 
  apex 
  transverse 
  ; 
  the 
  

   sides 
  bordered 
  by 
  a 
  straight 
  stout 
  keel, 
  interrupted 
  in 
  the 
  

   middle 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  is 
  open, 
  being 
  bounded 
  only 
  by 
  the 
  

   punctures. 
  Propleurre 
  smooth, 
  and 
  very 
  shining, 
  deeply 
  

   hollowed 
  below 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  

   sides 
  crenulated 
  from 
  top 
  to 
  bottom 
  ; 
  the 
  mesopleura: 
  

   smooth 
  and 
  shining 
  ; 
  the 
  furrow 
  near 
  the 
  base 
  curved, 
  

   moderately 
  wide 
  and 
  deep, 
  not 
  reaching 
  to 
  the 
  tubercles 
  ; 
  

   at 
  the 
  tegulae 
  strongly 
  punctured, 
  the 
  punctured 
  space 
  

   somewhat 
  triangular 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  depressed 
  below, 
  and 
  

   bordered 
  by 
  a 
  narrow 
  crenulated 
  furrow. 
  Metapleurae 
  

   strongly 
  punctured, 
  the 
  portion 
  below 
  the 
  keel 
  with 
  the 
  

  

  