110 MR. smith's catalogue of hymenopterous insects 



Gen. Rhynchium, Spinola. 



1. Rhynchium haemorrhoidale. * 



Vespa haemorrhoidalis, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 259. 

 Hab. Singapore. Malacca. 



2. Rhynchium sanguineum, Sauss. Mon. Guepes, Sol. p. 110 (var. R. 

 heemorrhoidalis). 



Hab. Borneo (Sarawak). 



3. Rhynchium metallicum, Sauss. Mon. Guepes, Sol. p. 114. 

 Hab. Borneo (Sarawak). 



4. Rhynchium nitidulum. 



Vespa nitidula, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 260. 



Hab. Borneo (Sarawak). 



The specimens from Borneo have the clypeus strongly punctured; in 

 other respects they agree precisely with Indian and Javanese ex- 

 amples, i 



5. Rhynchium obscurum. jR. capite thoraceque rude punctatis, alis 

 apice nigris, abdominis segmento primo rubro-fasciato. 



Female. Length 6 lines. Black : the head and thorax very coarsely 

 punctured ; the margins of the clypeus covered with silvery pile ; the 

 face with scattered, short, griseous pubescence. Thorax : the tegulae 

 black and shining ; the wings fusco-hyaline ; a dark stain along the 

 anterior margin of the externo-medial cell, and a dark fuscous cloud 

 beyond the second submarginal cell occupying the entire apex of the 

 wings. Abdomen : opake black, the apical margin of the first seg- 

 ment with an obscure ferruginous band ; the apical margins of the 

 following segments slightly and very obscurely ferruginous, and 

 covered with fusco-ferruginous pubescence. 



Hab. Borneo (Sarawak). 



Gen. Odynerus, Latr. 



1. Odynerus flavo-liueatus, Smith, Cat. Hym. pt. v. p. 60. 

 Hab. Malacca (Mount Ophir). Java. 



2. Odynerus manifestos. O. niger, capite thoraceque rude et con- 

 fluenter punctatis, clypeo scapo pedibus et prothorace flavo-guttatis, 

 abdomine fasciis duabus flavis ornato. 



Male. Length 5 lines. Black : the head and thorax covered with deep 

 coarse confluent punctures ; a spot on each side of the clypeus, a line 

 on the scape in front, and another behind the eyes, yellow ; the cly- 

 peus produced and truncate in front. Thorax : a line on the poste- 

 rior margin of the prothorax in the middle, a spot on the tegulae in 

 front and behind, the post-scutellum, the apex of the anterior and 

 intermediate femora, and all the tibia; outside, yellow ; the tarsi black ; 

 wings subhvaline, the nervures black ; the anterior margin of the 



