COLLECTED IN BORNEO, ETC. 127 



metathorace supra nigro-piceo, abdomine pedibusque intermediis et 

 posticis nigris, alis hyalinis basi fuscis. 



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

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

 narrowed towards 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 ; 

 the margin of the second segment curved and strongly crenulated, 

 the abdomen yellow beneath. 



Hab. Singapore. 



Gen. Agathis, Latr. 



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

 Hab. Singapore. India. 



Gen. Miceodus, Esenbeck. 



1. Microdus apicalis. M. capite thorace pedibusque anticis et inter- 

 mediis pallide ferrugineis, abdomine pedibusque posticis, mesotho- 

 race trimaculari et metathorace supra nigris, alis flavescentibus apice 

 fuscis. 



Female. Length 5^ 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. 



Fam. CHALCIDID^, Walker. 

 Gen. Epistenia, Westivood. 



1. Epistenia imperialis. E. capite thoraceque purpureis rude 

 punctatis, alis hyalinis, abdomine versicolori, segmentis apicalibus 

 basi testaceis. 



Female. Length 1 \ 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 



