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  Cameron, 
  Hymenoptera 
  Orientalia. 
  

  

  recurrent 
  nervure 
  in 
  its 
  apex, 
  almost 
  touching 
  the 
  trans- 
  

   verse 
  cubital 
  nervure. 
  Abdomen 
  strongly 
  punctured, 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  

   entirely 
  and 
  the 
  apical 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  rufo- 
  

   testaceous 
  ; 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  dilated 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  petiole 
  

   is 
  a 
  smooth, 
  shining 
  tubercle. 
  

  

  SCALLAMA, 
  gen. 
  110V. 
  

  

  Areolet 
  oblique, 
  small, 
  appendiculate 
  to 
  the 
  middle. 
  

   Antennae 
  stout, 
  short; 
  the 
  third 
  joint 
  elongate, 
  nearly 
  

   twice 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  fourth. 
  Mandibles 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  

   with 
  one 
  longish 
  apical 
  tooth. 
  Palpi 
  short 
  and 
  thick. 
  

   Legs 
  short 
  and 
  thick, 
  the 
  femora 
  dilated 
  ; 
  the 
  four 
  hinder 
  

   tibiae 
  with 
  two 
  spurs 
  ; 
  the 
  hinder 
  large, 
  the 
  outer 
  much 
  

   larger 
  than 
  the 
  inner, 
  slightly 
  curved, 
  lanceolate 
  ; 
  the 
  

   hinder 
  tarsi 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  stiff, 
  bristle-like 
  hairs 
  ; 
  

   the 
  claws 
  large, 
  thick 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  the 
  apex 
  hook-shaped, 
  

   curved, 
  sharp. 
  Mesopleurae 
  largely 
  projecting 
  in 
  the 
  

   middle, 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  apex 
  with 
  an 
  oblique 
  slope. 
  Meta- 
  

   thoracic 
  spiracles 
  oblique, 
  more 
  than 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  

   broad, 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  apex. 
  Scutellum 
  flat, 
  not 
  

   keeled 
  laterally, 
  becoming 
  gradually 
  narrowed 
  towards 
  the 
  

   apex. 
  Postscutellum 
  large, 
  smooth, 
  fiat, 
  depressed 
  at 
  the 
  

   apex. 
  Petiole 
  broad 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  becoming 
  gradually 
  

   wider 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  other 
  segments 
  flat 
  ; 
  the 
  

   spiracles 
  small, 
  round, 
  situated 
  quite 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  base. 
  

  

  The 
  eyes 
  are 
  large, 
  but 
  do 
  not 
  reach 
  to 
  the 
  base 
  

   of 
  the 
  mandibles. 
  The 
  head 
  is 
  sharply 
  narrowed 
  behind 
  

   the 
  eyes, 
  and 
  is 
  not 
  much 
  developed 
  there 
  ; 
  the 
  clypeus 
  

   is 
  not 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  face 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  side, 
  

   the 
  eyes 
  have 
  a 
  distinct, 
  curved 
  incision 
  ; 
  there 
  are 
  no 
  

   furrows 
  on 
  the 
  mesonotum, 
  nor 
  keels 
  on 
  the 
  median 
  seg- 
  

   ment, 
  except 
  on 
  the 
  sides 
  ; 
  the 
  petiole 
  becomes 
  gradually 
  

   dilated 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  (which 
  is 
  itself 
  broad) 
  to 
  the 
  apex. 
  

  

  

  