126 MR. smith's descbiptions or hymenopteeous insects 



Genus Ceecerts, Latr. 



1. Cerceris pr^data. C. nigra, flavo-variegata ; abdomine fasciis 

 duabus flavis ; pedibus flavo-ferrugineis. 



Female. Length 4^ lines. Black, punctured and shining; the head 

 before the insertion of the antennae, the scape and mandibles, yellow ; 

 the latter black at the apex. Thorax : two ovate spots on the pro- 

 thorax, the tegulse, and postscutellum, yellow ; the wings subhyaline, 

 with a fuscous cloud at the apex of the superior pair ; the legs ferru- 

 ginous, with yellow stains. Abdomen : the first segment with a narrow 

 3'ellow band on its apical margin, the second with a transverse macula 

 at the base, and a waved narrow yellow line at its ajjical margin, the 

 third and fifth yellow, the sides and apical margin of the fourth nar- 

 rowly reddish yellow, the fifth with a triangular black spot at its base, 

 the sixth ferruginous ; beneath reddish yellow, the margins of all the 

 segments rufo-piceous. 



Hab. Bachian. 



Group Solitary Wasps. 

 Fam. EUMENID^, Westw. 



Gen. Eumenes, Latr. 



1. Eumenes circinalis, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 286. 



Hab. Bachian; Kaisaa ; Celebes; Sumatra; India; Java. 



2. Eumenes arcuatus, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 287. 



Hab. Bachian ; Australia ; New Guinea (Dory and Triton Bay) ; Key 

 Island ; Singapore ; Siam, 



3. Eumenes Praslina, Guer. Voy. Coq. Zool. ii. 267, pi. 9. tig. 7- ? • 

 Hab. Gilolo; Kaisaa; New Ireland (Port Praslin) ; Key Island; Am- 



boyna. 

 I agree with M. Saussm-e in considering Eumenes Praslina and E. Blan- 

 chardi most probably merely more highly coloured varieties of E. arcuatus. 



4. Eumenes esuriens, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 286. 



Hab. Bachian ; Sierra Leone ; Gambia ; Senegal ; Egypt ; New Guinea ; 

 Australia ; India (Mysore) ; China. 



5. Eumenes tricolor. Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. vol. v. p. 87. 

 Hab. Bachian ; Makassar (Celebes). 



6. Eumenes eximius. E. niger, flavo pictus; mesothoracis fasciis 

 duabus flavis ; alls flavescentibus. 



Female. Length 10^ lines. Black ; the clypeus, a line behind the eyes, 

 another at their inner orbit, terminating in theii- emargination, the 

 scape in front, a line between the antenna, and a minute spot outside 

 of the posterior ocelli, yellow. Thorax : a liue on the collar, two 

 longitudinal ones on the mesothorax, a triaugular spot beneath the 



