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projecting on sides. Ovipositor concealed in a thick tube. Generally
parasitise the parasitic solitary bees and wasps. More than 1,000 species
described, nearly 100 in India about 18 in Maharashtra.
Hedychridium spp. Bright green, mesonotum bluish, abdomen margined
black. L. 6-7 mm. S. cyanurum splendidum. Metallic green, 3rd
abdomenal segment purple, blue in certain lights. L. 9-12 mm. male 12-16
mm. female. Universal. Chrysis spp. Narrow, elongate, blue or greenish,
scutellum golden, black spots on ventral side of abdomen. L. 6-7 mm. C.
obliterata. Metallic green, parts violet blue, legs green and brown.
Variable. L. 6-9 mm. C. fuscipennis. Green and blue, blackish spot on
mesonotum, antennae and tarsi blackish. 3 groves at base of abdomen. L.
8-12 mm. Parasitic on Eumenis spp. Cosmopolitan.
Fam. Scoliidae (PL IV, Fig. 53) lnmluding Tiphudae ana sapygiaue.
Generally inhabit warm countries, Fairly big, black with red and yellow
markings, big. iridiscent wings, consp'euous mandibles. Males generally
slender with spines at anal end. Females robust with ovipositor. Both
hairy. Legs stout, short, spiny. Parasitic on Coleoptera. A big family,
thousands described, about 100 in India, only a few in Maharashtra.
T. rufofemorata. Small, black, mandibles and parts of hind legs red,
black base to wings. L. 12 mm. M. dimidiata. Jet black, abdomen with
tints, wings violet at tip. L. 15 mm. M. madraspatana. Black, abdomenal
base red, wings blackish, hindwmg hyaline at base. L. 19 mm, Scolia spp.
Black, w r ings shining coppery. S, bilunata. Densely punctured, 2-4 yellow
spots on abdomen. L. 15-25 mm. Elis spp. Black, with or without yellow
bands and coloured pubescence, L. 10 mm. to 33 mm. E. asiatica. Entirely
black. L. 24-32 mm. L. analis. Black, apical segments red, wings
iridescent. L. 19-22 mm. male 26-33 mm. Females.
Fam. Mutilidae (Solitary ants). (PL IV t Fig. 54) Male winged, female
apterous. Pronotum produced in angles upto wings, apex of abdomen with
teeth. Female legs stout for digging, tibiae with spines. breeding habits
peculiar. Male siezes the wingless female, carries her to a convement place
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