60 hymenoptera. 



61. Odynerus flavo-lineatus. B.M. 



Female. Length 6 lines. — Black : the clypeus and a spot 

 above it, a spot in the emargination of the eyes and an abbreviated 

 line behind, with the scape in front, yellow ; the a])ex of the fla- 

 gellum fulvous beneath ; the head and thorax closely punctured. 

 The prothorax anteriorly, a spot beneath the wings, the tegulae 

 and a spot behind them, two abbreviated lines on the mesothorax 

 touching the base of the scutellura, the post-scutellum, and a 

 large subovate spot on each side of the metathorax, yellow ; a 

 fuscous spot in the middle of the tegulae ; a spot on the inter- 

 mediate and posterior coxae, a broad stripe on the femora in 

 front, not extending to their base, the tibiae outside, and the claw- 

 joint of the anterior tarsi, yellow; the claw -joint of the inter- 

 mediate and posterior tarsi rufo-testaceous ; wings subhyaline, 

 the anterior and apical margins of the superior pair fuscous. 

 Abdomen closely and finely punctured, the apex nearly gla- 

 brous ; the apical margins of the segments with a narrow yellow 

 band; beneath closely punctured; the apical margins of the 

 segments narrowly and obsoletely banded with testaceous yellow. 



Hab. Java. 



62. Odynerus confluentus. B.M. 



Female. Length 5i lines. — Black: the head, thorax and abdo- 

 men covered with conjfluent punctures, which are elongate, and 

 on the abdomen have a tendency to run into striae. The scape 

 in front, the clypeus and a spot above it, the emargination of the 

 eyes and a broad stripe behind them, yellow; the flagellum 

 beneath and the mandibles ferruginous. The prothorax in front, 

 the mesothorax beneath the wings, two abbreviated lines on the 

 disk of the mesothorax, the tegula3, two ovate spots on the 

 scutellum, the post-scutellum and the metathorax, yellow ; the 

 latter with a ])lack stripe down the centre ; the a})ical lateral 

 angles of the metathorax acute ; the legs yellow, the femora 

 behind, the tips of the posterior tibiae within and of the joints 

 of the tarsi slightly ferruginous ; the wings subhyaline, the 

 costal cell and the apex of the anterior wings fuscous. Abdomen : 

 the apical and lateral margins of the basal segment, a narrow 

 band a little before the apical margins of the second and three fol- 

 lowing segments, yellow ; beneath, the first and second segments 

 yellow, the second with a narrow central black stripe ; an inter- 

 rupted yellow fascia on the apical margins of the three following 

 segments. 



Hab. Sumatra. 



