10 [January, 



rugose, semilunate, strongly margined beliind, tho lateral areas also coarsely 

 rugose and margined beliind, the posterior face duller and less coarsely rugose, 

 the rugosity being to a large extent due to ill-dehned punctures. At the sides 

 the propodeum is longitudinally rugose in front, the niesopleura densely, 

 coarsely reticulate. 



Abdomen subtriangular or wedge-shaped, the segments decreiising in width 

 regularlj^ from the basal one, which is finely and somewhat densely punctured 

 over most of its sur.'ace, the punctures of very different sizes, the finest 

 extremely minute ; second and third segments also densely or at least very 

 copiously puuttured, their apical impressions wide, shining, and impunctate, 

 that of the basally constricted 2nd segment hardly less Avide in the middle than 

 the part in front of it ; 4th segment much more fiiielj' punctured than the pre- 

 ceding, the punctures ill-defined. 



The genital armature has the stipites elongate and only moderately wide, 

 the surface microscopically longitudinally rugulose, the laciniae are long, about 

 two-thirds as long as the stipites (including that part of them which is pro- 

 duced backwards along the inner margin of the stipes). In dorsal aspect tise 

 darker (more chitinous) part is triangular and linearly produced apically, 

 the paler (more membranous) inner part is emarginate on the inner side and is 

 produced beyond the other. On the outer margin at the base are longish hairs 

 and the surface is also hairy, but between these hairs are inconspicuous or few. 

 iSeen from the side the laciniae appear emarginate at the apex, ami when 

 viewed so that the inner :nembrauous portion and the outer side (which are in 

 planes more or less at right angles to one auotlier) are seen together, the outline 

 is somewhat spoon-shaped. 



Wings infuscate, brownish, clearer at the base. Length about 9 mm. ; 

 expanse about 15 mm. {d •) 



Hab. China, Macao {J. O. Kershaio). 



Allied to S. scabricollis Wesm., and perhaps more closely to 

 S.fuinlpeiinis Sm., or some of the described Japanese species of which 

 I do not possess specimens for comparison. 



Sphecodes abnormis, sp. n. 



Black; the first three abdominal segments ferruginous, the mandibles 

 yellowish testaceous, more red apically. Tarsi testaceous, the hind metatarsi 

 dark on the dorsal edge. There is a dark marking on the disc of the basal 

 abdominal segment and a pair, placed close together, on each side of the basal 

 declivous portion, but it is not certain that these may not be due to internal 

 post mortem changes. The wings are distinctly infuscate, but translucent, the 

 basal cells more hyaline. 



Face very wide, transversely oval, densely clothed with while hairs up to 

 about the line of the upper margin of the eyes, the vertex exceedingly strongly 

 rounded, f o as to be very greatly raised behind the ocelli ; the eyes large, 

 clothed all over, but not very densely, with erect hairs. Antennae rather 

 short, the 2ud and 3rd joints very strongly transverse and of about the same 

 length, the fourth elongate, appearing as long or rather longer than the two 



