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  CAMERON, 
  Hymenoptera 
  Orientalia. 
  

  

  ferrugineo 
  ; 
  abdomine 
  fiilvo-qnadri-maculato 
  ; 
  pedibus 
  

   nigris. 
  $ 
  . 
  

  

  Long 
  : 
  10 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Barrackpore 
  (Rothney). 
  

  

  Head 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  the 
  thorax 
  ; 
  the 
  front 
  and 
  vertex 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  black, 
  intermixed 
  with 
  shorter 
  

   silvery 
  hair 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  largely 
  developed 
  behind 
  the 
  eyes 
  — 
  

   more 
  than 
  their 
  length 
  — 
  and 
  is 
  closely 
  and 
  strongly 
  

   punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  punctures 
  large 
  and 
  deep. 
  Antennal 
  

   tubercles 
  black. 
  Behind 
  and 
  below 
  the 
  eyes 
  the 
  hair 
  is 
  

   thicker 
  and 
  longer. 
  Scape 
  of 
  antennae 
  thickly 
  covered 
  

   with 
  long 
  silvery 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  flagellum 
  with 
  a 
  pale 
  down 
  ; 
  

   the 
  third 
  joint 
  is 
  about 
  one-quarter 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  

   following. 
  Mandibles 
  rufous 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hair. 
  The 
  thorax 
  not 
  

   quite 
  twice 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  ; 
  the 
  pronotum 
  is 
  

   large, 
  fiat 
  above, 
  irregularly 
  punctured, 
  obscure 
  rufous, 
  the 
  

   sides 
  margined. 
  Mesonotum 
  entirely 
  red 
  ; 
  deeply 
  and 
  

   strongly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  punctures 
  large 
  ; 
  the 
  hair 
  is 
  

   sparse, 
  long 
  and 
  black. 
  The 
  median 
  segment 
  has 
  an 
  

   oblique 
  slope 
  ; 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  has 
  large 
  reticulations 
  ; 
  

   the 
  lower 
  part 
  is 
  black. 
  The 
  propleurae 
  piceous 
  and 
  

   finely 
  striated 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  mesopleuroe 
  irregularly 
  

   striated 
  and 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  metapleuras 
  

   strongly 
  reticulated 
  ; 
  the 
  upper 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  meso- 
  and 
  the 
  

   upper 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  meta-pleurae 
  are 
  rufous. 
  Legs 
  thickly 
  

   covered 
  with 
  white 
  hair; 
  calcaria 
  white; 
  the 
  tibial 
  spines 
  

   pale 
  rufous, 
  black 
  on 
  the 
  apex. 
  Abdomen 
  deep 
  black; 
  the 
  

   petiole 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hair; 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  

   of 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  are 
  two 
  fulvous 
  oval 
  marks 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  

   sides 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  are 
  two 
  square 
  ones 
  of 
  similar 
  colour 
  ; 
  

   pygidium 
  smooth 
  and 
  fringed 
  with 
  long 
  black 
  hairs. 
  The 
  

   basal 
  ventral 
  segment 
  is 
  rufous 
  ; 
  the 
  keel 
  is 
  roundly 
  dilated 
  

   towards 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  has 
  an 
  oblique 
  

  

  