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  CAMERON, 
  Hymenoptera 
  Orientalia. 
  

  

  BRACON 
  FIRMUS, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Niger, 
  pi'othorace, 
  mesonoto, 
  mesopleuris 
  scutelloque 
  rufis; 
  

   alis 
  Jusco-Jiyaiinis, 
  stigmate 
  fusco. 
  $ 
  . 
  (?) 
  

  

  Long. 
  7 
  mm. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  scape 
  bearing 
  long 
  black 
  hairs 
  ; 
  

   the 
  flagellum 
  almost 
  bare. 
  Front 
  and 
  vertex 
  shining, 
  

   smooth, 
  the 
  vertex 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  black 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  

   ocelli 
  bordered 
  by 
  a 
  distinct 
  furrow 
  ; 
  the 
  front 
  has 
  a 
  wide 
  

   and 
  deep 
  furrow, 
  with 
  oblique 
  sides 
  ; 
  the 
  face 
  opaque, 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  fuscous 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  clypeus 
  is 
  

   bordered 
  laterally 
  by 
  a 
  wide 
  and 
  deep 
  furrow 
  ; 
  the 
  top 
  

   by 
  a 
  narrow, 
  shallow 
  one. 
  Mandibles 
  rufo-testaceous, 
  

   their 
  teeth 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  palpi 
  pale 
  testaceous, 
  blackish 
  at 
  

   the 
  base. 
  Thorax 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining 
  ; 
  the 
  pro- 
  and 
  

   meso-thorax 
  ferruginous, 
  except 
  the 
  mesosternum 
  and 
  a 
  

   large 
  mark, 
  interrupted 
  narrowly 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  on 
  the 
  

   apex 
  of 
  the 
  mesopleurae. 
  Metapleurae 
  thickly 
  covered 
  

   with 
  long 
  fuscous 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  slope 
  of 
  the 
  meso- 
  

   sternum 
  is 
  red, 
  except 
  for 
  a 
  somewhat 
  triangular 
  black 
  

   mark 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  at 
  the 
  apex. 
  Legs 
  black, 
  the 
  spurs 
  

   white 
  ; 
  the 
  tibia; 
  and 
  tarsi 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  

   hair. 
  Wings 
  fusco-hyaline 
  ; 
  the 
  stigma 
  blackish 
  ; 
  the 
  

   nervures 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  cubital 
  cellule 
  is 
  distinctly 
  

   shorter 
  than 
  the 
  third 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  transverse 
  cubital 
  

   nervure 
  is 
  faint, 
  and 
  is 
  bullated 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  and 
  bottom. 
  

   The 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  petiole 
  is 
  deeply 
  depressed 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  

   part 
  coarsely 
  irregularly 
  punctured, 
  and 
  keeled 
  down 
  the 
  

   middle 
  ; 
  the 
  depressed 
  sides 
  are 
  obliquely 
  striated 
  at 
  the 
  

   base 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  rugose 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  is 
  irregularly 
  

   rugosely 
  striated 
  ; 
  the 
  triangular 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  central 
  keel, 
  

   the 
  triangular 
  sides 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  the 
  apex, 
  smooth 
  and 
  

   shining 
  ; 
  the 
  lateral 
  depression 
  is 
  bordered 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  

   side 
  by 
  a 
  stout 
  keel 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  edge 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  are 
  

  

  