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  Cameron, 
  Hymenopiera 
  Orienta/ia. 
  

  

  more 
  strongly 
  and 
  closely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  

   third 
  segment 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  are 
  two 
  small, 
  yellow 
  marks 
  ; 
  

   on 
  the 
  fourth 
  segment 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  is 
  a 
  much 
  larger 
  mark, 
  

   transverse 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  contracted 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  at 
  the 
  

   the 
  base 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  sides 
  rounded 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  

   last 
  segment 
  is 
  a 
  larger 
  yellow 
  mark 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  

   the 
  apex 
  roundly 
  projecting 
  in 
  the 
  middle. 
  Beneath, 
  the 
  

   basal 
  segment 
  is 
  red 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  second, 
  yellow. 
  

  

  VESPID^E. 
  

  

  ICARIA 
  JUCUNDA, 
  sp. 
  110V. 
  

  

  Long. 
  15 
  mm. 
  (worker). 
  

  

  Hab. 
  New 
  Guinea 
  (CutJibertson). 
  

  

  Agrees 
  closely 
  in 
  size, 
  form 
  and 
  coloration 
  with 
  

   /. 
  ferruginea 
  ; 
  but 
  may 
  be 
  known 
  from 
  it 
  by 
  the 
  

   scutellum 
  and 
  post-scutellum 
  being 
  furrowed 
  down 
  the 
  

   centre 
  ; 
  by 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  being 
  much 
  

   more 
  strongly 
  and 
  broadly 
  transversely 
  striated, 
  by 
  the 
  

   petiole 
  being 
  longer, 
  by 
  its 
  narrowed 
  basal 
  half 
  being 
  

   narrower 
  compared 
  with 
  the 
  apical 
  and 
  more 
  distinctly 
  

   separated 
  from 
  it 
  ; 
  by 
  the 
  yellow 
  band 
  on 
  the 
  second 
  

   abdominal 
  segment 
  being 
  much 
  narrower 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  

   wings 
  being 
  much 
  lighter 
  in 
  tint, 
  their 
  apex 
  being 
  only 
  

   lightly 
  infuscated. 
  

  

  Several 
  species 
  of 
  Icaria 
  are 
  known 
  from 
  New 
  

   Guinea 
  and 
  the 
  neighbouring 
  Islands 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  present 
  

   species 
  does 
  not 
  agree 
  with 
  any 
  of 
  them. 
  Smith's 
  

   catalogue 
  (Proc. 
  Linn. 
  Soc. 
  (Zoo/.), 
  1869) 
  is 
  not 
  trustworthy. 
  

   In 
  Icaria 
  there 
  are 
  several 
  noteworthy 
  omissions 
  ; 
  e.g., 
  I. 
  

   festina 
  Sm., 
  /. 
  bicolor 
  Sm. 
  (Proc. 
  Linn. 
  Soc. 
  (Zoo/.), 
  1864,/. 
  

   90), 
  from 
  New 
  Guinea, 
  and 
  /. 
  austra/is 
  Sauss 
  , 
  from 
  Dorey. 
  

  

  Rufo-ferruginous 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  clypeus 
  all 
  round, 
  

   the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  mandibles 
  broadly, 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  thorax 
  

   all 
  round 
  in 
  front, 
  scutellum, 
  post-scutellum, 
  two 
  mode- 
  

   rately 
  large, 
  oblique 
  marks 
  on 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  

  

  