306 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XVIII. 



VESPIDiE. 



Odynerus leviscutis, sp. nov. 



Brownish-red, the clypeus and the 2nd abdominal segment above, except for 

 a broad triangular mark on the base yellow, wings hyaline, tinged with fulvous, 

 the apex slightly violaceous. $. 



Length 11-12 mm. to end of 2nd abdominal segment. 



" Bombay." 



Closely, strongly punctured, the mesonotum only sparsely so, the scutellum 

 smooth, impunctute, the top of postscutellum not quite so smooth, its apex 

 rough, depressed in the centre, the apical slope steep, long, smooth, bluntly, 

 roundly narrowed below. Apex of metanotum with a steep, vertical slope, 

 closely, transversely striated, the sides above with 2 distinct teeth, of which the 

 lower is the larger and thicker, and 2 indistinct ones below. First abdominal 

 segment large, cup shaped, with a short, but distinct neck at the base ; the 

 2nd wider than long, not reflexed [at apex, nor narrowed at base. Temples 

 somewhat short, broadly roundly narrowed. Base of thorax transverse without 

 a raised margin, the apex almost transverse. There is a pale mark over the 

 antennae, which becomes gradually widened from the top to the bottom, the eye 

 incision is also pale yellow. 



This species is not unlike O.punctum ; it is larger, has the scutellum longer, 

 narrower and transverse at the apex v the temples are shorter and distinctly 

 roundly narrowed, the mesonotum is almost and the scultellumi quite smooth, 

 not closely distinctly punctured as in punctum, the 2nd abdominal segment is 

 shorter, and the wings lighter coloured, the apical cloud being very faint. The 

 yellow on the 2nd abdominal segment is on the top only, not all round as in 

 punctum. 



Odynerus henricus, sp. nov. 



Black, with the following yellow marks ; antennal scape below, the lower part 

 of eye incision — the line broad above, narrow below — a mark over the antennae, 

 dilated above, with the middle slightly incised and the sides rounded, mandibles, 

 a small mark behind the eyes, 2 lines on pronotum, broad and oblique on 

 inner side, post-scutellum, metanotal process, apex of basal 2 abdominal 

 segments, the apical 2 in the middle, the latter lines broader than long, under 

 side of 1st abdominal segment and the base of the 2nd yellow largely tinged 

 with rufous. Legs yellow, the coxae above and the femora rufous. Antennae 

 below towards the apex and the antennal hook reddish brown. Wings hyaline, 

 the stigma brown, the nervures darker. Tegulae yellow with a large dark fuscous 

 mark near the base. $. 



" Bombay." 



Length to end of 2nd segment 6 mm. 



First abdominal segment with a wide stout, transverse keel near the base ; the 

 next clearly longer than wide, its apex very slightly reflexed and with a row of 

 strong punctures. Clypeus longer than wide, sparsely punctured, the sides 

 obliquely sloped, the apex bidentate. Antennal hook stout. Base of thorax. 



