no.1733. NEW PHILIPPINE EYMENOPTERA CRAWFORD. L21 



clypeus, a spot on each side of prothorax, spot on tegula?, postscu- 

 fcellum almost entirely, anterior and middle tibiae and tarsi, basal 

 half of hind tibiae, spot at base of segment 2, small spot on cadi side 

 of segments 2 and 4 at apex, apical half of segments 3 and 6, yellow; 

 lateral angles of clypeus strongly produced; wings dusky, the ante- 

 rior margin with a more deeply infuscated band; bases of abdominal 

 segments strongly constricted; venter black, first segment with a 

 median keel basally, third segment with a transverse yellow band. 



Manila, P. I. (R. E. Brown, collector.) One specimen. 



Type.— Cat. No. 12887, U.S.N.M. 



Superfamily VESPOIDEA. 

 Family TIPIIIID.E. 



TIPHIA ASHMEADI, new species. 



Male. — Length 4.75-6 mm. Black, sparsely pubescent, the 

 pubescence at apex of abdomen golden; head and thorax finely 

 reticulated; antenna? reddish beneath, joints two and three sub- 

 equal, together longer than four; clypeus produced, with small, well- 

 separated punctures; punctures immediately above antenna' close, 

 in front of ocelli, sparse; those along inner orbits close almost up to 

 ocelli; thorax, including scutellum and post scut ellum, sparsely 

 punctured; propleurae finely lineolated, mesopleurae reticulated and 

 punctured, metapleurae longitudinally striated except at front 

 beneath wliere they are strongly lineolated; metathorax with three 

 straight, longitudinal carina?, the outer ones converging slightly 

 towards apex, between them coarsely sculptured, lateral areas trans- 

 versely rugulose basally; truncation of metathorax closely sculp- 

 tured all over; tegula? black with a broad reddish margin, reticu- 

 lated; wings slightly dusky, veins light brown, stigma dark brown; 

 legs black, front and middle femora at apices together with the 

 tibia? and tarsi, brownish; abdomen shiny, sparsely punctured, more 

 closely so on apical segments; segments 2 to apex reticulated. 



Manila, P. I. (R. E. Brown and W. A. Stanton, collectors.) 



Type.— Cat. No. 12824, U.S.N.M. 



Named for the late Dr. W. H. Ashmead. 



TIPHIA LUCIDA, new species. 



Male. — Length about (i mm. Closely related to 7'. ashmeadi; head 

 and thorax not reticulated; joint three of antennae distinctly longer 

 than two; clypeus not produced, with large, close punctures; punc- 

 tures along inner orbits close almost up to ocelli; tegulse reticulated 

 at rear; mesopleurae not reticulated; truncation of metathorax at 

 top smooth, below coarsely sculptured; punctures of scutellum dose, 

 coarse; of postscutellum close, very comix- metathorax with three 

 longitudinal carina?, the outer ones converging toward apex and 



