90 MB. smith's catalogue or HYMENOPTEEOUS INSECTS 



10. ScoLiA SPECIOSA. S. atra ; fronte, macula post-oculari, thoracjs 

 maculis duabus frontalibus, metathorace supra, fascia annuli tertii 

 abdominis interrupta, flavis. 



Black and shining ; the head impunctate ; a large bell-shaped macula 

 on the face extending from the margin of the vertex to the insertion 

 of the antennae, a black spot nearly in the centre of the space enclosing 

 the ocelli ; the eyes and a lunate spot behind them yellow. Thorax : 

 a broad yellow stripe on each side in front curving over each tegula, 

 having a straight oblique termination within ; the metathorax yellow 

 at the base as far as the margin of the truncation ; the whole of the 

 disk of the thorax impunctate, or with only a few widely scattered 

 punctures on the sides of the mesothorax and scutellum : from the 

 anterior angles of the latter a deeply impressed smooth line passes 

 forward, terminating opposite to the anterior margin of the tegulse ; 

 the post-scutellum punctured and the thorax on each side of the 

 scutellum opake ; the wings brown-black, with a splendid violet and 

 blue iridescence, the nervures black. Abdomen : closely punctured, 

 the first segment with a central smooth space at its base ; the second 

 segment smooth and shining, except at the sides ; the third smooth 

 at the base with a broad transverse yellow stripe slightly interrupted 

 in the middle ; beneath, the segments smooth and shining in the 

 middle, and with a few scattered punctures. 



Female. Length 15 lines. Hab. Sarawak. 



This is one of the most beautiful species of the genus, and has not 

 hitherto been captured in any other locaHty than Borneo. 



Gren. TiPHiA, Fabr, 



1. TiPHiA FUMiPENNis. T. uitida, atra, punctata; alis anticis fumatis 

 purpu reo -iridescentibus. 



Female. Length 8 lines. Black, shining, pubescent, with scattered 

 punctures ; the mandibles ferruginous, fringed beneath with bright 

 fulvous hairs ; the head strongly punctured. The prothorax strongly 

 punctured, its posterior margin impunctate, smooth and shining j 

 the mesothorax strongly punctured ; the tegulae smooth and shining ; 

 the superior surface of the metathorax with three central longitudinal 

 elevated lines, the spaces between them rugose; the verge of the 

 truncation and the lateral margins bordered by an elevated line ; the 

 surface has a shining silky appearance and is very delicately trans- 

 versely reticulated; the anterior wings smoky, with a bright purple 

 iridescence ; the posterior pair faintly coloured towards their apex ; 

 the legs with a glittering white pubescence. Abdomen : smooth 

 and shining ; the three apical segments punctured ; the apex rufo- 

 piceous. 



Hab. Borneo (Sarawak). 



