32 MR. F, SMITH ON HYMENOPTEBOUS INSECTS 



Male. Length 6 lines. Black; the head and thorax subopake; the 

 face covered vfith silvery- white pubescence; the tips of the mandibles 

 ferruginous. Thorax oblong-quadrate, the sides being parallel ; the 

 metathorax transversely striated ; the wings hyaline, with a small brown 

 macula near the base of the marginal cell extending into the second 

 submarginal cell, faint, and not well defined. The abdomen clavate ; 

 the first segment forming a petiole, with its apex shghtly dilated. 



Hah. Waigiou. 



Gen. Mtgnimia, Smith. 



1. Mygnimia Aspasia, Smith, Proc. Linn, Soc. iv. 15/. 1. 

 Hub. Martabello; Aru. 



2. Mygnimia fervida, Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. v. 82. 1. 

 Hub. Mysol; Bouru; Celebes. 



3. Mygnimia iridipennis, Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. iv. 13. 1. 

 Hab. Timor; Celebes; Borneo. 



4. Mygnimia intrepida. M. nigra, capite thoraceque pube nigra 

 vestitis ; alis cseruleo violaceoque splendide micantibus. 



Female. Length 13 lines. Black; the abdomen with obscure shades 

 of blue in certain lights ; the anterior margin of the clypeus widely 

 emarginate ; the pubescence on the head and thorax black ; the meta- 

 thorax with transverse ridges behind ; wings black, with a splendid 

 purple and violet iridescence, with tints of green in certain lights. 



Hab. Timor. 



5. Mygnimia opulenta. M". ferruginea, abdomine laete fusco; alis 

 flavo-hyalinis, apice fuscis. 



Male. Length 9^ lines. Ferruginous ; the anterior margin of the cly- 

 peus transverse ; the flagellum slightly fuscous above. The posterior 

 margin of the prothorax rounded ; the mesothorax above with a lon- 

 gitudinal fuscous stripe on each side, and a spot in front in the middle ; 

 the metathorax transversely striated ; the legs elongate, and the tibiae 

 and tarsi with scattered, short, fine spines ; the wings yellowish, their 

 apical margins bordered by a fuscous cloud. The abdomen fusco- 

 ferruginous. 



Hab. Mysol. 



6. Mygnimia exasperata. M. ferruginea, abdominis segmento se- 

 cundo et tertio nigris ; alis obscure fuscis, purpureo-iridescentibus. 



Female. Length 9-10 lines. Ferruginous ; the head and thorax opake ; 

 the antennae thick and convolute; the clypeus slightly emarginate 

 anteriorly. The posterior margin of the prothorax curved ; the meso- 

 thorax with two black spots anteriorly ; the metathorax rounded be- 

 hind and transversely striated ; the tibiae and tarsi strongly spinose ; 

 the wings fuscous, with a purple iridescence. Abdomen smooth and 



