90 MB. smith's catalogue of iiymenopteeous insects 



of the mandibles ferruginous ; the palpi black. Thorax : the anterior 

 coxae in front and a minute spot in frout of the intermediate pair, 

 yellow ; the apex of the femora beneath and the anterior tibia; in front, 

 ferruginous; the posterior femora slightly ferruginous above; the 

 wings brown with their base hyaline, the posterior pair palest. Abdo- 

 men petiolated, with the three basal segments ferruginous ; the 

 apical margin of the third segment dusky, covered with a fine white 

 silky pile. 

 Hub. Borneo (Sarawak). 



13. Agenia flavopicta. A. atra flavo variegata ; pedibus flavis ; alis 

 hyalinis iridescentibus. 



Female. Length 3^ lines. Head black ; a broad stripe at the inner 

 orbits of the eyes, the clypeus, labrum, mandibles, palpi and scape in 

 front, yellow ; the flagellum reddish-yellow, fuscous above beyond the 

 first joint. Thorax : the prothorax, tegulse, scutellum, post-scutellum, 

 the apex of the metathorax and the legs, yellow ; the apical joints of 

 the tarsi fuscous ; the metathorax with a changeable golden pile ; the 

 wings hyaline and beautifully iridescent, the nervures testaceous. 

 Abdomen : the second, third and fourth segments black with a 

 changeable pile, the apical margins testaceous yellow ; the basal and 

 fifth and sixth segments, yellow ; the apical segments incurved ; the 

 sting elongate. 



Hab. Singapore. 



14. Agenia Hippolyte. A. atra, facie metathoracisque lateribus 

 aureo-pubescentibus; alis flavo-hyalinis ; femoribus posticis ferrugineis, 

 basi apiceque nigris. 



Female. Length 6^ lines. Black, with a fine changeable pile ; the face, 

 clypeus and cheeks covered with a dense pale golden pile. The sides 

 of the metathorax and the posterior coxae above with a dense pale 

 golden pile ; the wings flavo-hyaline, the nervures testaceous ; the 

 posterior femora ferruginous, their base and apex black. Abdomen : 

 distinctly petiolated, the apical margins of the segments narrowly 

 rufo-testaceous ; the sixth segment with a central longitudinal smooth 

 shining space. 



15. Agenia CeLjENO. A. atra, cinereo-pubescens; facie abdomineque 

 argenteo-iridescentibus ; alis hyalinis apice fuscis. 



Female. Length 3£ lines. Black ; covered with a changeable cinereous 

 pile, that on the face, coxae and abdomen having in certain lights a 

 silvery brilliancy ; the tips of the mandibles and the palpi pale 

 testaceous ; the posterior margin of the prothorax curved ; the wings 

 hyaline, with a faint fuscous fascia crossing the superior pair at the 

 second submarginal cell, the apex of the wings narrowly and slightly 

 fuscous ; the apical segment of the abdomen nigro-piceous with the 

 extreme apex pale, very glossy, smooth and shining. 



Hub. Singapore. 



