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sculptured; abdomen obtuse apically, the tergites dull, granular; 

 sheath short, broad, rounded apically; hind basitarsus subequal in 

 length with hind femur; hind tibiae subequal in length with hind 

 tarsi and about twice as long as hind femora; venation normal. 

 Black; basal two joints of antenna brownish, rest of antenna yel- 

 lowish; base on mandibles, a spot above each antenna, inner mar- 

 gins of eyes (broader above), cheeks, temples, and posterior part of 

 vertex yellow; upper angles of pronotum, three spots on scutellum, 

 metanotum entirely, and upper part of mesepisternum yellow; basal 

 four segments of abdomen, except inner margin of propodeal plates 

 and median apical margins of tergites, which are brownish, ferrugi- 

 nous, apical part of abdomen black, the seventh and eighth tergites 

 laterally and the apical one medianly yellow; legs ferruginous, with 

 bases of tibiae and tarsi whitish; wings uniformly hyaline, venation 

 dark brown. 



Male. — Length, 8 mm. Sculpture and structural details as in 

 female; antennae 14-jointed, with relationship of basal joints as in 

 female; preultiminate sternite with a bunch of long bristles near 

 middle of apical margin ; apical sternite broadly rounded posteriorly. 

 Pale ferruginous, broad line on middle of face, margins of thorax 

 dorsally and tergites medianly brownish; basal two joints of anten- 

 nae pale brownish, the remaining joints whitish; wings hyaline, 

 venation pale browrl. 



Type locality. — Sandakan, Borneo. 



Described from one female (type) and one male (allotype) col-' 

 lected by C. F. Baker. 



Type.— Cat. No. 22379 U.S.N.M. 



XIPHYDRIA PYRURA, new species. 



The dark wings, black body with the red terminal segments should 

 make it easy to pick out this species. 



Male. — Length, 16 mm. Clypeus not extending over base of 

 mandibles, its lateral surfaces shining, medianly with a sharp tooth; 

 face and frons below ocelli with strong raised lines which medianly 

 form dorsad-ventrad striations; area below anterior ocellus shining 

 and sparsely punctured, somewhat depressed so there is a broad 

 shallow middle fovea; area around ocelli, vertex, and temples polished, 

 without sculpture; cheeks with a few strong striae; occipital carina 

 strong, extending dorsally to a line drawn tangent to inner margin 

 of eyes; ocelli in a low triangle, a short distance below supraorbital 

 line; postocellar line distinctly longer than ocellocular; antennae 

 short, 14-jointed, slightly thickened medianly, tapering apically, 

 second joint half as long as the third and a little shorter than the 

 fourth; anterior and lateral faces of pronotum shining, with strong 

 rugae in the depressions; prescutum subgibbous, its anterior surface 

 punctured; prescutum almost V-shaped, its anterior width slightly 



