COLLECTED IN BORNEO, ETC. 127 



metatliorace supra nigro-piceo, abdomine pedibusque intermediis et 

 po3ticis nigris, alls hyalinis basi fuscis. 



Female. Length 8 lines. Head smooth and shining ; antennae and tips 

 of the mandibles black ; clypeus deeply emarginate. Thorax : much 

 narrowed tow ards the head, smooth and shining ; the wings subhya- 

 line, the posterior pair fuscous towards the base, the superior pair 

 yellowish, the nervures pale ferruginous, the costal nervures dark fer- 

 ruginous, the stigma pale ; the legs thick, particularly the posterior 

 pair, the intermediate tibiae ferruginous at the base. Abdomen : the 

 basal segment at right angles with the following segments; the base 

 of the second segment with an impressed oblique line on each side, 

 and a central carina, each extending to about the middle of the seg- 

 ment ; all the segments of an opake black, and margined posteriorly j 

 the margin of the second segment curved and strongly crenulated, 

 the abdomen yellow beneath. 



Hah. Singapore. 



G-en. Agathis, Latr. 



1. Agathis flavipennis, Brulle, Hym. iv. p. 484. 3. 

 Hab. Singapore. India. 



Gen. MiCRODUS, EsenhecJc. 



1. MiCKODUS APiCALis. WI. capitc thorace pedibusque anticis et inter- 

 mediis pallide ferrugineis, abdomine pedibusque posticis, mesotho- 

 race trimaculari et metathorace supra nigris, alis flavescentibus apice 

 fuscis. 



Female. Length b\ lines. Head and thorax pale red; the antennae, a 

 spot enclosing the ocelli and the eyes, black. Thorax : the meso- 

 thorax divided into three elevations by two oblique converging deeply 

 impressed lines, each division with a black stripe in the middle ; wings 

 yellow, fuscous beyond the apex of the stigma, the fuscous cloud in- 

 clining inwards and crossing both wings. Abdomen : the three basal 

 segments longitudinally striated ; their lateral margins and the apical 

 margin of the basal segment, yellow ; the abdomen yellow beneath. 

 The ovipositor about the length of the insect. 



Hab. Singapore. 



Pam. CHALCIDIDiE, Walker. 

 Gen. Epis TENIA, Westwood. 



1. Epistenia imperialis. E. capite thoraceque purpureis rude 

 punctatis, alis hyalinis, abdomine versicolori, segmentis apicalibus 

 basi testaceis. 



Female. Length 71 lines. Head and thorax of a rich purple, the meta- 

 thorax with tints of bright green ; the legs black, the apex of the joints 

 rufo-piceous as well as the apical joints of the tarsi. Abdomen : of 



