40 ME. F. SMITH ON HTMENOrTEEOUS INSECTS 



2. Odyuerus insularis, Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. iii. 21. 3. 

 Hab. Makassar. 



3. Odynerus fallax. 0. niger, capite thoraceque flavo vaiiegatis, 

 tarsis pallide flavis, alls hyalinis ; abdoraine petiolato, segmentorum 

 marginibus flavo fasciatis. 



Female. Length 4J lines. Black ; tlie head and thorax punctured, the 

 disk of the mesothorax strongly so; the clypeus, mandibles, a bi- 

 furcate spot above, the inner margin of the eyes as high as their 

 emargination, and the scape in front yellow; the base and apex of 

 the mandibles rufo-piceous ; the head is covered with a fine cinereous 

 down, especially the cheeks. The anterior and posterior margins of 

 the prothorax, the tegulse, a spot on each side of the scutellum and 

 postscutellum, the sides of the metathorax, a spot beneath the wings, 

 the anterior and intermediate tibiae, the knees and the tarsi pale 

 yellow ; the claw-joint of the tai'si pale ferruginous ; the wings hyaline 

 and iridescent. Abdomen petiolated, of a brownish black ; the mar- 

 gins of the segments bordered with yellow. 



Hab. Mysol. 



4. Odynerus conspicuus. 0. flavo-ferrugineus, capite thoraceque 

 nigro maculatis ; alis hyalinis, paris superioris margine antico fusco. 



Female. Length 3} lines. Yellowish red ; the face, thorax at the sides 

 and beneath yellow ; the clypeus yellow, its anterior margin angular ; 

 the vertex black; the flagcllum fuscous above. The mesothorax 

 black, with a longitudinal broad black mark in the middle, which is 

 ])ointed towards the prothorax ; a narrow black line runs across the 

 scutellum, postscutellum, and down the truncation of the metathorax ; 

 the wings hyaline, the anterior margin of the superior pair dark fus- 

 cous. Abdomen : the posterior margin of the basal segment 'con- 

 stricted and yellow ; the second segment has also a narrow yellow 

 border. 



Hab. Mysol. 



5. Odynerus sobrinus. 0. ferrugineus; capite, thorace abdomine- 

 que nigro variis ; abdominis segmentis flavo fasciatis. 



Female. Length 4 ^ lines. Ferruginous; the ctypeus and a spear-shaped 

 mark above, the orbits of the eyes, the base of the mandibles, and the 

 scape in front yellow ; a transverse curved yellow line on the vertex, 

 extending to the orbits of the eyes ; the scape dusky above. Thorax : 

 the scutellum and postscutellum yellow, bordered with black; two 

 longitudinal yellow lines on the mesothorax, the space between them 

 black; the sides and beneath black; a spot under the wings, and the 

 coxae yellow ; the wings subhyaline, with the anterior margin of the 

 superior pair narrowly fuscous. The posterior margins of the seg- 

 ments of the abdomen yellow ; the basal segment with a minute spot 

 in the middle, the second with a large triangidar one at the base and 

 a larger one at its apical margin black (the points of the angular 



