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  Cameron, 
  Hymenoptera 
  Orientalia. 
  

  

  plumbeous 
  hue 
  ; 
  the 
  metapleurae 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  near 
  the 
  base, 
  

   finely, 
  the 
  rest 
  more 
  coarsely, 
  reticulated 
  ; 
  closely 
  covered 
  

   with 
  soft, 
  white 
  hair. 
  Legs 
  entirely 
  black, 
  except 
  the 
  fore 
  

   femora 
  and 
  tibiae 
  in 
  front, 
  which 
  are 
  dirty 
  testaceous, 
  that 
  

   on 
  the 
  femora 
  having 
  a 
  more 
  reddish 
  hue 
  ; 
  thickly 
  covered 
  

   with 
  white 
  hair; 
  the 
  coxae 
  and 
  femora 
  (especially 
  the 
  hinder) 
  

   punctured 
  rather 
  strongly. 
  Wings 
  fusco-hyaline, 
  a 
  darker 
  

   cloud 
  below 
  the 
  stigma 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  infuscated. 
  Abdomen 
  

   smooth, 
  shining, 
  having 
  a 
  distinct 
  plumbeous 
  hue 
  ; 
  the 
  

   basal 
  segments 
  glabrous 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  fringed 
  with 
  white 
  

   hair 
  ; 
  the 
  ventral 
  segments 
  plumbeous, 
  their 
  apices 
  white; 
  

   the 
  hypopygium 
  ploughshare-shaped, 
  punctured. 
  

  

  MACROGASTER 
  varipes, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Niger; 
  flagello 
  antennarum 
  late 
  alboannulato 
  ; 
  pedibus 
  

   anterioribus 
  pallide 
  flavis 
  ; 
  posticis 
  fulvis, 
  nigromaatlatis 
  ; 
  

   alls 
  Jiyalinis, 
  fusco-bifasciatis. 
  ?. 
  

  

  Long. 
  12 
  ; 
  terebra 
  13 
  mm. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  hair, 
  the 
  under 
  

   side 
  of 
  the 
  scape, 
  and 
  second 
  joint 
  beneath, 
  and 
  the 
  twelfth 
  

   and 
  following 
  joints 
  white. 
  The 
  face, 
  except 
  a 
  large, 
  

   squarish 
  mark 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  over 
  the 
  clypeus 
  and 
  a 
  narrow 
  

   black 
  line 
  running 
  from 
  the 
  antennae 
  to 
  it, 
  the 
  clypeus, 
  

   the 
  inner 
  orbits 
  from 
  the 
  ocelli, 
  the 
  outer 
  narrowly 
  above, 
  

   broadly 
  below, 
  to 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  clypeus, 
  yellowish 
  white. 
  

   Face 
  and 
  clypeus 
  strongly 
  punctured, 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  

   white 
  hair. 
  Mandibles 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  coarsely 
  irregularly 
  

   punctured, 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  white 
  hair; 
  the 
  

   palpi 
  whitish 
  testaceous. 
  Middle 
  lobe 
  of 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  

   distinctly 
  raised 
  and 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  lateral, 
  not 
  

   narrowed 
  to 
  a 
  distinct 
  point 
  at 
  the 
  apex; 
  the 
  depression 
  

   uniting 
  it 
  to 
  the 
  scutellar 
  foveae 
  is 
  bordered 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  

   by 
  stout 
  keels, 
  and 
  has 
  at 
  its 
  base 
  a 
  few 
  stout, 
  

   somewhat 
  curved, 
  transverse 
  keels 
  ; 
  rather 
  strongly, 
  but 
  

  

  