CAMERON, VEHP1DAK. I ,H7 



segment, wider trilobate lines on the apices of the 3rd and 4th, the sides and apex of 

 the 2nd ventral segment broadly and the apices of the following 2 segments, bright 

 lemon-yellow; the following parts are black: an oblique, stout line over the antennas 

 between the frontal and the eye yellow marks, a broad curved line on the top of the 

 front enclosing the lower ocellus, a broad line, dilated at the base to unite with a 

 lateral line, not reaching to the apex of the mesonotum, and one down the sides, ex- 

 tending from the base to the apex, the basal half wider than the apical; the pleural 

 sutures, sternum; a mark in the centre of the apex of 1st abdominal segment, a broad 

 line on the 2nd, narrowed laterally and with a square projection in the middle of its 

 base, the basal half of the 4th and 5th and a large mark on the 2nd ventral, black. 

 Legs coloured like the body, the coxte yellow below, the hinder femora blackish above; 

 the middle of the hind coxas projecting into a distinct tooth. Wings hyaline, slightly 

 fulvous along the fore margin, the costa and stigma testaceous, the nervures black, (f. 



Total length 10 mm. 



Me ni low lands, Ngare na nyuki, December. 



Clypeus a little longer than wide, smooth, the apex ending in 2 triangular teeth, 

 which are covered with depressed golden pubescence. Base of thorax transverse, the 

 sides of the apex broadly rounded. Post-scutellum broadly narrowed towards the apex. 

 2nd abdominal segment clearly wider than long. 



Odynerus stiraspis sp. uov. 



Brownish red, a large broad mark on the lower half of the front, its centre above 

 and below with a slight incision, the sides broadly rounded, the lower part distinctly 

 roundly narrowed, clypeus, a small spot on the base of the mandibles, a line on the 

 basal and lateral edges of the pronotum, the apices of the basal 5 abdominal segments, 

 that on the 1st narrow and of equal width, the others broader and waved, the last being 

 broader than the others and more distinctly trilobate; and all are continued backwards 

 along the sides; a mark, wider than long, rounded behind, on the sides of the 1st ab- 

 dominal segment in the middle and with a smaller rufous spot attached to its innerside, 

 a larger spot, rounded on the innerside, and with the apical outer part narrowed and 

 united to the apical transverse band on the sides of the 2nd, and broad trilobate bands 

 on the apices of the 2nd to 4th ventral segments, bright lemon-yellow ; the following 

 parts are black: the front, except the yellow mark and narrowly at the eyes, the spot 

 continued on to the front half of the vertex where it is roundly narrowed behind, the 

 occiput, mesonotum, the parts bordering the scutellums, the base of the pro- and meta- 

 pleurse narrowly, of the mesopleura? more broadly, the mark becoming gradually widened 

 below, mesosternurn, the back of the 1st abdominal segment except the marks, a narrow 

 line with an irregularly dilated part in the middle on the base of the 2nd above, 3 lines 

 11 ie central the longer - - on the apex of the ventral surface, with 2 curved marks 

 behind them, the 3rd and 4th except for the yellow apices, and the basal third of the 

 5th, black. Legs and antenme coloured like the body. Wings fulvous hyaline, the radial 



