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  CAMERON, 
  Hymenoptera 
  Orientalia. 
  

  

  their 
  apices. 
  All 
  the 
  segments 
  are 
  closely 
  and 
  strongly- 
  

   punctured. 
  

  

  Comes 
  near 
  to 
  P. 
  latifoveata, 
  which 
  may 
  readily 
  be 
  

   separated 
  from 
  it 
  by 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  being 
  only 
  

   sparsely 
  punctured, 
  by 
  the 
  smaller 
  areolet, 
  by 
  the 
  absence 
  

   of 
  a 
  yellow 
  line 
  on 
  the 
  pronotum, 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  scutellum 
  

   being 
  more 
  distinctly 
  raised 
  and 
  less 
  strongly 
  punctured. 
  

  

  H. 
  Body 
  and 
  legs 
  entirely 
  black. 
  

  

  PlMPLA 
  EREBUS, 
  Sp. 
  110V. 
  

  

  Nigra; 
  tibiis 
  tarsisque 
  anlicis 
  flavotestaceis 
  ; 
  alls 
  hyal- 
  

   inis, 
  basi 
  fere 
  fulvis 
  ; 
  stigmate 
  nervisque 
  nigris. 
  $ 
  . 
  

  

  Long. 
  13 
  ; 
  terebra 
  4 
  mm. 
  

  

  Face 
  closely 
  punctured, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  short, 
  

   white 
  hair 
  ; 
  below 
  the 
  antennae 
  the 
  depression 
  is 
  large, 
  

   triangular 
  and 
  deep 
  ; 
  the 
  centre 
  is 
  distinctly 
  keeled; 
  there 
  

   is 
  a 
  distinct, 
  semicircular 
  depression 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   clypeus, 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  obliquely 
  depressed, 
  smooth 
  

   and 
  shining 
  ; 
  the 
  front 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  is 
  stoutly, 
  trans- 
  

   versely 
  striolated. 
  Mesonotum 
  almost 
  opaque, 
  thickly 
  

   covered 
  with 
  short, 
  depressed 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  transversely 
  

   striated. 
  Scutellum 
  raised, 
  smooth, 
  and 
  shining, 
  sparsely 
  

   covered 
  with 
  long, 
  white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  postscutellum 
  with 
  

   large, 
  deep 
  punctures 
  ; 
  the 
  depression 
  at 
  its 
  sides 
  wide 
  

   and 
  deep, 
  and 
  bearing 
  large 
  longitudinal 
  striations. 
  The 
  

   base 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  is 
  finely, 
  transversely 
  striated 
  ; 
  

   the 
  rest, 
  to 
  shortly 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle, 
  strongly 
  trans- 
  

   versely 
  striated, 
  the 
  striations 
  being 
  thicker 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  

   the 
  apex 
  is 
  broadly 
  smooth 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  striated. 
  The 
  

   propleura 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  finely 
  longitudinally 
  aciculated 
  ; 
  

   the 
  lower 
  part 
  strongly, 
  the 
  apical 
  above 
  more 
  finely 
  

   longitudinally 
  striated 
  ; 
  the 
  central 
  hollow 
  strongly 
  striated 
  

   in 
  the 
  middle, 
  smooth 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  and 
  bottom. 
  Mesopleurae 
  

  

  